Description

POSITION SUMMARY

 Perform engineering duties in planning and designing tools, machines, and other mechanically functioning equipment. 

 Oversee installation, operation, maintenance, and repair of such equipment. Create and revise processes and process controls as well as quality and quality instrumentation.

Requirements

        ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

•         Read and interpret blueprints, technical drawings, schematics, and computer-generated reports.
•         Confer with engineers and other personnel to implement operating procedures, resolve system malfunctions, and provide technical information.
•         Research and analyze customer design proposals, specifications, manuals, and other data to evaluate the feasibility, cost, and maintenance requirements of designs or applications
•         Specify system components or direct modification of products to ensure conformance with engineering design and performance specifications.
•         Research, design, evaluate, install, operate, and maintain mechanical products, equipment, systems and processes to meet requirements, applying knowledge of engineering principles.
•         Investigate equipment failures and difficulties to diagnose faulty operation, and to make recommendations to maintenance crew.
•         Use of drafting tools or computer-assisted design (CAD) or drafting equipment and software.
•         Provide feedback to design engineers on customer problems and needs.
•         Oversee installation, operation, maintenance, and repair to ensure that machines and equipment are installed and functioning according to specifications.
•         Conduct research that tests and analyzes the feasibility, design, operation and performance of equipment, components and systems.
•         Recommend design modifications to eliminate machine or system malfunctions.
•         Develop and test models of alternate designs and processing methods to assess feasibility, operating condition effects, possible new applications and necessity of modification.
•         Develop, coordinate, and monitor all aspects of production, including selection of manufacturing methods, fabrication, and operation of product designs.
•         Perform personnel functions such as supervision of production workers, technicians, technologists and other engineers, or design of evaluation programs.
•         Establish and coordinate the maintenance and safety procedures, service schedule, and supply of materials required to maintain machines and equipment in the prescribed condition. 
•         Study industrial processes to determine where and how application of equipment can made                                            Write performance requirements for product development or engineering projects.
•         Achieve company and department business plans for Health and Safety Goals