Project Engineer Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• 4-year degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent work experience
• Mechanically inclined with a basic understanding of physics and geometry principles.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills on a technical level.
• Effective professional interaction at a technical level with customers.
• Creative detail-oriented perfectionist.
• Good problem-solving skills
• Positive team-oriented attitude.
• Ability to adapt to rapid change in a fast-paced environment.
• Good organization, prioritizing, documentation, and follow-up skills.
• Good computer and CAD skills.
• Self managed, willing, and able to make decisions in the company’s best interest.
• Possess a sense of urgency to daily task and achieving goals.

Nice To Haves

• Demonstration of our mission statement goals of continuous improvement, total quality, customer focus, individual worth, market leadership, rapid response, efficiency and growth.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the functionality of the tooling design from insuring it meets all criteria in the sales order, is manufacturable, and is capable of meeting customer requirements.
• Thoroughly review the sales order and customer supplied documentation to ensure a clear understanding of the project exists.
• Maintain open issues log for the project and be the driving force to ensure open issues are resolved.
• Have a clear understanding of the scope of the project and initiate management involvement when changes of scope occur whether due to customer changes or project constraints.
• Develop rapport with the customer contact ensuring an open line of communication is maintained and that the customer is aware of the design direction.
• Keep management informed of the project status when dealing with design concerns, customer requests, lack of information, or schedule problems.
• Schedule design kick-off meetings and design review/release meetings through Project Engineer.
• Achieve allocated design times and meet scheduled completion dates.
• Maintain the integrity of the Freeman company reputation through all business dealings with customers and suppliers.
• Be innovative in overcoming design challenges.
• Other duties or tasks as assigned or required.