Engineering Technician IV

TCOM, L.P.•Sioux Falls, SD

About The Position

Assist engineering by designing, testing, fabricating, and/or troubleshooting a process, system, assembly, or product. This role involves assisting engineering and coordinating with internal teams on various products and processes, including engineering specifications, drawings, models, manuals, processes, or bills of materials. The position requires researching and selecting technical data, working with internal and external sources to obtain and communicate data, and potentially being involved in the bid process. Responsibilities include writing test plans, conducting tests, documenting results, and preparing technical reports. The role may also involve customer interaction for installation, monitoring, troubleshooting, or repair, maintaining a safe work area, and performing comparable duties as needed. A key aspect is learning, understanding, and promoting the division’s quality management system in accordance with ISO standards, and leading or participating in department improvement activities. Troubleshooting for areas of opportunity, compliance, and implementation issues is expected, along with developing and recommending test procedures. The role may facilitate minor design projects with engineering assistance from concept through production, defining technical approaches, and having critical project technical leadership responsibility, potentially delegating work to lower-level technicians. This position also requires knowledge of the business side and contribution to strategic decisions, with the possibility of performing limited engineering work.

Requirements

Minimum of an associate degree in field related to specific position is required.
8+ years’ experience in a related position, or experience in lieu of education.

Nice To Haves

Experience in lieu of education

Responsibilities

Assist engineering and coordinate with internal teams on a variety of products and processes, including: engineering specifications, drawings, models, manuals, processes, or bill of materials.
Research, investigate, and select technical data pertinent to the assigned project.
Work with internal teams and external sources to obtain and communicate data relative to engineering requirements.
May be involved in the bid process.
Write test plans, conduct tests, and document results.
Prepare and present technical reports and recommendations on projects.
Participate in department improvement activities.
May be asked to interact with customer to install, monitor, troubleshoot, or repair products.
Maintain a clean and safe work area.
May be called upon to perform comparable duties of a similar or related nature and/or assist in other areas as needed.
Learning, understanding, continuously improving, and promoting the division’s quality management system in accordance with ISO standards.
Lead or participate in department improvement activities.
Perform troubleshooting to look for areas of opportunity, as well as compliance and implementation issues.
Develop, research, and recommend test procedures.
With Engineering assistance, facilitate minor design projects from the concept stage through production, and make modifications as necessary.
Responsible for defining technical approaches and tasks related to activities and minor projects.
Has critical project technical leadership responsibility; may plan or delegate work assignments to lower-level technicians.
Has knowledge of the business side and contributes to strategic decisions.
May perform limited Engineering work.