Senior Product Engineer

The primary responsibility of this position is to support Sales, Engineering and Manufacturing by performing necessary research regarding feasibility, viability of customer/quote specifications by reviewing drawings, diagrams, BOM’s, quote information customer/application specifications and performing all necessary engineering and material application calculations Job Responsibilities: Providing engineering design support for metallic valves and automation equipment – these include ball, gate and check valves and automation components going into some of the world’s most critical and severe process applications Providing design engineering support for daily incoming sales orders, providing technical support for sales quotations and customer inquiries, and working with manufacturing and quality assurance to resolve production issues in a timely manner Ensuring engineering design and standards documentation is complete, accurate, and sufficient in support of manufacturing and quality assurance activities Providing technical and customer service support for new customer inquiries including the design of special products, technical evaluations of project sales quotations, application and troubleshooting assistance, and evaluations of returned goods Leading product improvement activities including manufacturability, material cost, and performance enhancements Driving and participating in process improvements within the engineering department in an effort to meet departmental metric goals, including but not limited to product design, bills of material, and drawing throughput, engineering change releases and corrective action request closure rates, and design and bills of material error rates Skills & Abilities Strong mechanical aptitude and excellent problem-solving abilities Ability to use engineering design and analysis tools, as well as Microsoft Office software and other productivity tools; understanding of AutoCAD 2D and SolidWorks 3D Excellent communications and interpersonal skills A proven ability to effectively manage engineering teams and projects Self-starter; sets high standards for self and others; strong critical-thinking skills; highly customer-centric; consistently meets commitments Core Qualifications: BS Mechanical Engineering or equivalent degree 5-8 years of product engineering experience in a manufacturing environment, working with engineered valves and automation PE highly preferred Experience with castings, forgings and machining operations Knowledge of various materials, especially grades of steel and alloys Understanding of various International Standards relating to valves preferred, such as ASME B16.34, API 6A, API 6D Equal Opportunity Employer This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor. #J-18808-Ljbffr ValvTechnologies, LLC