What are the responsibilities and job description for the Engineer III position at TerraSource?
Position Summary
This position is fully accountable for the planning, development, coordination, execution, and schedule performance of engineering projects related to after-market parts and service and capital equipment sales. These projects may be in the areas of quote support, order fulfillment, and product improvement, as well as documentation / certification processes and procedures. This position will manage projects with the highest impact to financial and strategic company performance and provide significant work direction to others managing projects of varying size. Additionally, this position maintains significant responsibility for technical assistance to the Company's product lines to maintain and improve marketing position, growth, and financial goals.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Project Management :
Manage projects of significant size and scope from receipt of order through design, procurement, fabrication testing, shipment, installation, and start-up
Prepare 2D drawings and 3D models of various parts or products and produce general assembly drawings and sub-assembly drawings using Autodesk software products, incorporating a detailed understanding of manufacturing processes into designs
Directly support and engage in generating quotes for parts, service, and capital equipment by identifying requirements and providing summaries of costs and lead time. This work involves technical bid package evaluation, generating technical responses, accumulating documentation, gathering cost information, and finalizing formal packages. Additionally, this involves reviewing customer needs and applications and identifying available solutions.
Accept requests from customers to troubleshoot technical issues with products and develop solutions with customers in an efficient and professional manner.
Marginal duties include the following :
Supervisory Responsibilities
This position does not have any supervisory responsibilities, however, will have technical oversight responsibilities including checking drawings, models, and quotations generated by the Engineering department.
Education
Bachelor's degree (B.S.) or equivalent from a college or university in Engineering, preferably Mechanical.
10 years of broad engineering experience including product design, manufacturing methodology, tooling, laboratory, etc. is typical for this position.
Skills / Experience
Language Skills : Reading / writing / speaking fluency in the English language is required. Ability to read, analyze and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
Mathematical Skills : Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations. Understanding of complex algebraic equations and calculus is a plus but not a requirement.
Reasoning Ability : Plan and perform a wide variety of duties requiring general knowledge of company policies and procedures applicable within area of responsibilities and including their application to cases not previously covered. Requires considerable judgment to work independently toward general results, devising methods, modifying, or adapting standard procedures to meet different conditions, making decisions based on precedent and company policies
Other Skills and Abilities
Travel
Employee must be able to travel occasionally, including internationally.
Physical Demands
To perform this job successfully, the physical demands listed are representative of those that must be met by an employee. 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, stand, walk, use hands to handle and feel, reach with hands and arms, talk, and hear. The employee may occasionally be required to crouch. The employee may occasionally lift items as heavy as 50lbs. Specific vision abilities may include the employee's ability to see near and far distances.