Project Engineer

The Project Engineer is responsible for the overall mechanical design of hydraulic presses and associated subsystems. Subsystems may include process heating and cooling, material-handling automation, and loading/unloading, as well as vacuum, pneumatic, and hydraulic elements.

The position will include 3D modeling in SolidWorks, as well as creating drawings, bills of materials, and other project documentation. The candidate will interface with sales engineers, electrical engineers, manufacturing, vendors, and customers to implement new designs from inception through field use.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Provide correct drawings and bill of materials to manufacturing on schedule.
• Serve as a technical resource for Sales Engineers to help them sell equipment.
• Provide technical assistance to manufacturing to ensure on-time, within-budget delivery.
• Deliver technical support to customer service to answer customer-related problems.
• Provide technical assistance to end users during the installation and startup of our machinery.
• Refine existing designs to reduce costs and improve performance.
• Incorporate assembly and field-requested improvements promptly.
• Control engineering costs within the project budget.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment as well as individually.
• Compile manuals, including drawings and other documentation, for the end customer.
• Follow all ISO 9001 procedures and work instructions and participate in Q100 quality efforts.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

The position has no direct reports.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must satisfactorily perform each essential duty.

A Project Engineer must have strong mechanical knowledge, an understanding of design principles, and experience designing custom machines for large capital projects. The requirements listed below represent the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Hydraulic and electrical design experience is a plus.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university; or five to ten years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret mechanical drawings, quotations, commercial contracts, and other technical correspondence. Ability to communicate verbally and in writing to with customers, suppliers, and fellow employees. Ability to write transmittal letters, engineering bill of materials, trip reports, and general correspondence. Ability to verbally negotiate scope of supply, price, and delivery terms.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as strength of materials calculation, thermodynamics calculations, heat transfer calculations, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret a wide variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables. Ability to understand and use AutoCAD and SolidWorks design software and computer software for word processing, spreadsheets, project management, databases, etc.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

Professional Engineer Registration is preferred.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and peripheral vision.

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.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, high, precarious places, fumes or airborne particles, and outdoor weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet, but occasionally moderate to loud.

TRAVEL

The employee will be expected to travel occasionally to customer and supplier locations. Typical trips are one to seven days in length.