Project Engineer

Our client is a longtime Midwest family-owned business that designs, manufactures, and supports hydraulic press systems for molding rubber and composite materials, industrial rubber mixers, and synthetic rubber processing. They are looking for two highly motivated Project Engineers that are looking to build a long and stable career within the company.

• Provide correct drawings and bills of materials to manufacturing in a timely fashion on sales orders
• Provide correct drawings and manuals to the end customer in a timely fashion on sales orders
• Provide technical assistance to sales to help sell more machinery
• Provide technical assistance to manufacturing to insure on time delivery within the cost estimate
• Provide technical assistance to customer service to answer customer related problems
• Provide technical assistance to end customers installing and starting up our machinery
• Refine existing designs to reduce cost and improve performance
• Incorporate assembly and field requested improvements in a prompt fashion
• Control engineering costs within the projected budget
• Follow all ISO 9001 procedures and work instructions and participate in Q100 quality efforts
• Other tasks may be assigned

• Bachelor’s degree (B. A.) from four-year college or university; or five to ten years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Professional Engineer Registration is preferred
• Must be personable person with excellent communication skills
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret mechanical drawings, quotations, commercial contracts, and other technical correspondence.
• Ability to understand and use AutoCad (Solid Works) design software and computer software for word processing, spreadsheets, project management, databases, etc
• Communicate verbally and in writing with customers, suppliers, and fellow employees
• Write transmittal letters, engineering bills of materials, trip reports, and general correspondence
• Verbally negotiate scope of supply, price, and delivery terms
• Must have experience in designing custom machines specifically for large capital projects
• 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
• Hydraulics experience is a must-have. Electrical design experience is a plus

• Generous 401k plan featuring a potential 25% employer match
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage