Design & Estimating Engineer

Chemelex is a global leader in electric thermal and sensing solutions, protecting the world’s critical processes, places and people. With over 50 years of innovation and a commitment to excellence, we develop solutions that ensure safety, reliability, and efficiency in diverse environments – from industrial plants and data centers to people’s homes. We deliver future-ready technologies, advanced engineering capabilities and local expertise backed by global standards. Our offering includes a leading portfolio from our trusted brands: Raychem, Tracer, Nuheat and Pyrotenax.

What You Will Experience In This Position

• Apply engineering techniques to design at the lowest overall cost and enhance product value to the customer by either Project, Product or Value Engineering.
• Provide engineering design and analysis within assigned project scope of work. This may include layouts, specification development, and engineering drawings. Assume responsibility for cost, schedule, quantity, and budget control for the engineering scope of work.
• Develop resolution of problems of limited scope following standard procedures.
• Use advanced software such as NavisWorks, SmartPlant, AutoCAD and our in-house programs TRACERLYNX and PROMAN to optimize our design process.
• Perform various engineering and circuit design tasks within our innovative paperless workflow process.
• Proactively establish customer relationships at appropriate levels and manage client expectations relative to technical execution methodologies, scope, schedule, progress, and technical change management.
• Review inquiry documents to identify competitive advantages, ascertain risks, & ensure compliance with or clarified exceptions to customer bid requests & specification requirements.
• Create cost estimates inclusive of materials and labor (direct & indirect).
• Participate in new business opportunity strategy development with Sales and Executive Management team
• Participate in the development, review, and communication of proposals and estimates.
• Impact work in own department and occasionally to other areas and functions.
• Perform all other duties and tasks as assigned.
  
  

You Have

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, science, or related field.
• Possess solid time management skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, as well as the ability to present and influence views in a clear and compelling manner.
• Previous heat tracing, power design, and/or field engineering experience is an asset, but not required.
  
  

At Chemelex

We protect places of progress through electric excellence.

Pioneering plants, sprawling data centers, busy transport hubs, and your own home. These are the places that bring progress to the world, and the places that we protect with time-tested technologies, advanced engineering, and a suite of services. Because here, excellence is everything.

Our Dimensions of Excellence reflect the core values of Chemelex. Together, they inspire our decisions and guide our actions – defining excellence in our work for colleagues, customers and communities.

• Experts with empathy
• Explorer mindset
• Example for others
• Exceptional impact
  
  

Benefit Overview

At Chemelex, we value our people and their health and well-being. We provide a broad benefits package with meaningful programs for full-time employees that includes:

• Medical, dental, and vision plans along with flexible spending accounts, short-term and long-term disability benefits, critical illness, accident insurance and life insurance.
• A 401(k) retirement plan with a company match.
• Other supplemental benefits such as tuition reimbursement, caregiver, personal and parental leave, back-up care services, paid time off including volunteer time, a well-being program, and legal & identity theft protection.
  
  

We are committed to equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by national, federal, state or local law.