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Engineering Tech

Greenbrier · Marmaduke, AR

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Level
Engineer
Team
Manufacturing
Degree
Required
Experience asked
2+ years
Industry
Industrial
Posted
Recently

The role in 30 seconds

An engineer-level manufacturing role at Greenbrier (industrial) in Marmaduke, AR.

They ask for
2+ years · degree required
Tools it names
Robotics, Machining, Welding, Tooling

Read from the posting. The full description is below.

From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026

Manufacturing Engineer roles in Arkansas: typical posted base $78k–$110k.

Median of the low and high ends of 3 live postings that list pay, out of 11 manufacturing engineer openings in Arkansas, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.

Arkansas plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →

How this role compares

Against 10 other live manufacturing postings in Arkansas.

Experience asked
Less than usual (2+ vs 4+)

Similar roles usually ask 4+ years.

Skills these teams ask for most

  • Lean 73%
  • Root cause 73%
  • Automation 45%
  • New product launch 36%
  • ✓ Tooling 36%
  • ✓ Team leadership 36%

✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.

Stands out: this posting asks for Machining, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.

It asks for 2+ years. If you're close, apply anyway: requirements are a wish list. Talk to someone doing this work there first.

At a glance

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How to get in at this plant

Five moves over a week or two. The first one takes ten minutes.

  1. 1

    Pick 2–3 people on the Manufacturing team at Greenbrier

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  2. 2

    Send a short, curious note

    One real question about their work. No favors yet. Each person gets a different note, written for this role.

  3. 3

    Turn a reply into a short call

    Questions worth asking about this team:

    • What does a normal week look like on your team?
    • Is the work mostly new product launches or sustaining existing lines?
    • How much time do you spend on the floor versus at a desk?
    • How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
  4. 4

    Apply with someone vouching for you

    If the call went well, ask whether they’d pass your résumé to the hiring manager. Send your résumé link, apply that day, and let them know.

  5. 5

    Bring proof to the interview

    One page of before-and-after numbers from projects you led: scrap, OEE, cycle time, cost. Plant managers hire on results.

Full description from GreenbrierAs posted on their careers site.Show

Responsibilities

To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform the following essential duties satisfactorily. Other duties may be assigned to address business needs and changing business practices.

  • ◆Creates, tests, and introduces tools, jigs, and other engineering devices from shop drawings to improve the required manufacturing processes.
  • ◆Develops methods and fabricates jigs and fixtures to assemble parts and assure quality of finished product.
  • ◆Assists in the preparation of detailed operation sheets which designate materials, machine tools, tooling, die and fixture

requirements

for each operation.

  • ✓Presents engineering changes, processing and method changes, and changed shop conditions for review.
  • ✓Participates in review of operation sheets, flow charts, tools, dies and fixtures, and facilities

requirements

with the engineering staff, shop supervision, and other plant management.

  • ✓Ensures that safety and housekeeping standards are met and maintained.

Qualifications

The following generally describes

requirements

to successfully perform the assigned duties.

Qualifications

  • ✓2+ years experience in a manufacturing environment including: tooling, metal working, or fabricating environment that consists of reading and understanding mechanical drawings and blueprints and hands-on experience in tooling and fixturing processes.
  • ✓Ability to document records accurately under tight timeframes
  • ✓Ability to accurately demonstrate visual inspections for safety, equipment and processes, parts and welding processes
  • ✓Ability to follow oral and written instructions including basic blue prints and schematics
  • ✓Ability to work both alone and in a team environment
  • ✓Ability to communicate professionally, both verbally and in writing
  • ✓Ability to receive and interpret information and communicate it accordingly
  • ✓Ability to make quick, effective judgements to resolve problems or navigate challenges

Preferred Qualifications

  • ✓High school diploma or equivalency test/GED
  • ✓Engineering Associate or Bachelor degree
  • ✓Ability to create drawings and blueprints using Auto CAD programs
  • ✓Experience leading and managing others
  • ✓Experience in robotic systems, metal fabrication, and arc welding

Work Environment and Physical

Requirements

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This position is in a production environment with exposure to heat, cold, noise, moving machinery and trip hazards where personal protective equipment such as head, eye, hearing, and foot protection, including composite toed safety shoes, are required.

This position may be exposed to welding, machining, forming, metal surface treatment, laser cutting, plasma cutting, and other metal working and assembly processes.

Additional PPE may be required as determined by the environment.

Physical Activities and

Requirements

Frequency Key

Not Applicable: Activity is not applicable to this occupation

Occasionally: Occupation requires this activity up to 33% of the time (0- 2.5+ hours/day)

Frequently: Occupation requires this activity from 33% - 66% of the time (2.5- 5.5+ hours/day)

Constantly: Occupation requires this activity more than 66% of the time (5.5+ hours/day)

Requirements

  • ✓5-10 lbs: Occasionally
  • ✓10-25 lbs: Occasionally
  • ✓25-50 lbs: Occasionally
  • ✓50-75 lbs: Not Applicable
  • ✓75+ lbs: Not Applicable

Push / Pull

Requirements

  • ✓Up to 10 lbs: Occasionally
  • ✓10-25 lbs: Occasionally
  • ✓25-50 lbs: Occasionally
  • ✓50-75 lbs: Not Applicable
  • ✓75+ lbs: Not Applicable

EOE including Vet/Disability

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At Greenbrier, we do the hard work that matters. The Greenbrier Companies (NYSE:GBX) is powering the movement of products around the world as a leading designer, manufacturer and supplier of freight rail transportation equipment and services.

Greenbrier’s heritage of hard work and industrial innovation is celebrated at every level of our organization. We structure our business to support teams that deliver innovative solutions for our customers while positively impacting the world around us.

Greenbrier’s success begins with people. We believe in supporting our global workforce through our unwavering attention to Safety, Quality, Respect for People and Customer Satisfaction. Our Inclusion, Diversity, Engagement, Access and Leadership (IDEAL) commitment is rooted in these values, which lead to a culture where employees are engaged and feel good about coming to work every day.

Summary

The Engineering Tech creates, tests, and introduces tools, jigs, and other engineering devices. This position assists in preparation of detailed operation and production line flow sheets and submits engineering changes and other related information for review.

Working Postures

  • •Sit: Frequently
  • •Stand: Frequently
  • •Walk: Frequently
  • •Bend: Frequently
  • •Kneel/Squat: Occasionally
  • •Crawl: Occasionally
  • •Climb: Occasionally
  • •Reach Forward: Occasionally
  • •Reach Upward: Occasionally
  • •Handling/Fingering: Frequently

Lift / Carry

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