Senior Project Engineer

Under the direction of some level of supervision by upper level engineers, the Project Engineer designs all aspects of all systems and equipment meeting safety standards, project deadlines and project cost constraints to meet or exceed our customer’s needs.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Review, interpret and document customer specifications, sales agreements, test data and other project related information prior to the “kick-off” meeting with the project team.

Attend “kick-off” meeting with the project team to discuss project requirements highlighting critical design features, high risk areas, and/or areas of Generate list of questions and/or missing information required to complete the design and manufacturing of the equipment.

Attend “progress” meetings, including “kick-off” meeting, with manufacturing personnel prior to the start of assembly and “post job review” meeting with the project team after commissioning of the equipment.

Responsible for information flow on projects, not necessarily performing all related tasks but delegating those tasks and ensuring completion of tasks.

Manage the gathering of missing information from customer, vendors,, and document responses.

Provide all aspects of the equipment design including necessary calculations, advance orders of long lead components, customer approval drawings, shop detail drawings for manufacturing using sound practical engineering principles and safety standards, while meeting project deadlines, estimated engineering hours and estimated equipment cost Review of complex tasks may be provided by upper level engineers.

Based on skill set, may assign design tasks, and oversee lower level

Provide direction to and assist in training of lower level engineering hires as

If required, travel to jobsite independently or with lower level engineers to measure and inspect installation location and/or existing equipment to be retrofit.

Develop working relationships with manufacturing department to address and resolve issues to produce the highest quality products at the lowest possible cost.

Act as technical resource for Sales, Applications, Manufacturing, Quality Assurance and Field Service assisting in addressing and resolving questions and problems.

Participate in cross-functional teams to address and resolve manufacturing, design and quality issues and ensure the continuous, on- going improvement of processes and methods.

Review build progress of projects in manufacturing to ensure equipment is assembled in accordance with the engineered design intent and to check for assembly accuracy.

Provide special equipment testing requirements to Quality Assurance in a clear and concise

Review all test data with Quality Assurance to ensure equipment performs properly and to design and customer

Compile input from upper level engineers, Sales, Manufacturing, and vendors and use this information to work with lower level engineers to write and maintain engineering design This includes standard engineering drawings, standard engineering calculations and standard engineering practices for oven design and vendor design data.

Review designs of lower level engineers to ensure design meets or exceeds customer needs while staying consistent with Company’s engineering standard practices.

May participate in the interviewing process for all potential new hires and provide input in making final candidate

May assist in the annual coaching process for lower level engineers to help manage their training and Ensure employees are performing up to their maximum potential and that goals are set appropriately for individual success.

May assist upper level engineers in determining engineering resource requirements to maintain budgeted business

Required Skills and Qualifications

Proficient with SolidWorks 3D modeling plus a base familiarity with DraftSight 2D.

Ability to mentor, coach, train and develop staff members with patience and understanding, providing clear and concise direction to assure successful learning and growth.

Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as dimensions, tolerances, proportions, and Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form.

Ability to provide direction and delegate

Ability to independently resolve issues

Education and Experience

Bachelor’s degree in engineering and 3-5 years of related experience or 5-7 years of progressively responsible related experience or a combination of education and experience.