Project Engineer

 Essential Duties and Responsibilities
• Plan, organize, and coordinate the work efforts on projects assigned, including the development of detailed engineering schedules

• Responsible for all phases of projects assigned in accordance with customers Engineering Department Procedures

• Efficiently perform all functions and duties of all lower-level mechanical engineering positions

• Participate in the appropriate meetings to understand the upcoming project and the development of identifying key dates to accomplish project completion

• Recommend to supervision when and how many people and hours of work are needed to accomplish the “key dates” as scheduled

• Recommend to supervision the strengths and weaknesses of personnel assigned

• Attend and participate in all customer design review meetings for design approvals. Take all pertinent meeting notes on projects assigned.

• Attend project production meetings as required, with updated engineering schedules and percent complete status

• Interpret all specifications and standards

• Perform comparative analysis of designs and drawings, to ensure conformance to customer standards, specifications, and good engineering practices.

• Perform conceptual design work and carry out actual design utilizing latest AutoCAD software

• Follow all action logs to assure all items are being completed by target dates

• Keep accurate job logs, records, meeting minutes and schedules

• Ensure that designs and all purchased components and parts will function and perform their intended task in the environment in which they operate for meetings all designated R&M requirements and life expectancies based on duty cycles and cycle time

• Perform machine and/or design FMEA’s for final design conformance to all requirements on projects assigned

• Perform or have performed FMEA’s on all critical parts of the assembly structure during static or dynamic loading, to ensure conformance within required job specifications

• Perform final update of design of manufacturing, purchasing, and assembly revisions

• Complete engineering within budget and delivery requirements

• Generate machine and/or system detailed sequence of operation within cycle times and cylinder sizes, motor sizes, etc.

• Assist in machine debug and tryout

• Perform field service as required (both domestic and international). Fill out field service reports in detail

• Maintain customer contact as needed

• Release and monitor design through purchasing, manufacturing, and assembly phases

Additional Job Requirements
A requirement of this position is that extended overnight business travel, domestic and/or international, may be necessary relating to responsibilities associated with projects that you are assigned to. Travel expectations are
25% or less.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Read technical journals, abstracts, manuals, and specifications in a timely manner with full comprehension. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Advanced knowledge with recent software such as Computer Aided Design (CAD) systems:
• NX or Solidworks
• Microsoft Word, Excel, and Windows XP or higher

Education and/or Experience Required:
• Associates Degree in Mechanical Engineering and/or equivalent in education and/or experience
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in design and build of Assembly and/or Test Machines Systems
• Minimum of 5 years experience as Designer and/or Project Engineer in a similar industry

Preferred:
• BSME in Mechanical Engineering
• 5-10 years experience in design and build of Assembly and/or Test Machines and/or Systems
• Pervious project management and leadership training
Language Skills
• Good interpersonal communication skills with formal training and ability to participate in group discussions and debates.
• Ability to prepare business correspondences, meeting minutes, and reports using prescribed format, as well as prepare and deliver presentations.
• Ability to listen to comments, statements, questions, etc., interpret what was said, and relay this information to managers

REASONING ABILITY
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions furnished in written, oral, schedule, mathematical or diagram form.
• Ability to work in a team environment.
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Well organized and self-disciplined