Senior Project Engineer

Join us in Shaping our Future

If you're looking for a company that offers both job stability and the opportunity for personal and professional growth, Power Test is the place for you.

Why Power Test?

Financial Stability: Over 90 years in business, our sustained growth is a testament to our prudent financial management and our ability to adapt to changing market dynamics.

Career Advancement: Many of our team members have enjoyed long and fulfilling careers with us, with opportunities for advancement.

Industry Leader: Join a company that is recognized as an industry leader and pioneer.

Community Involvement: Share time, talent, and treasure in the community through group projects, eight hours paid charity time off, donation drives, and employee donation match.

Summary:

Perform engineering duties in planning and designing tools and products for testing engines, drive train components, vehicles, hydraulic systems and other mechanical equipment.

Essential Functions:

• Autonomously lead projects or product engineering initiatives to drive towards a design that aligns with customer and internal requirements including budgetary considerations.
• Perform engineering duties in planning and designing tools, fixtures, machines and other mechanical equipment.
• Planning with suppliers and production to meet timeline goals
• Research, design, evaluate and develop machines and tools.
• Work with power producing as well as power generating equipment
• Research and analyze customer design proposals, specifications, manuals, and other data to evaluate the feasibility, cost, and maintenance requirements of designs or applications
• Assist drafters in developing the structural design of products, using drafting tools or computer-assisted design/drafting equipment and software
• Examine machine failures and locate exact problems. Suggest remedial measures and give repair instructions.
• 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.
• Assist customers in troubleshooting and testing issues.
• Assist production in building and testing machines.
• Develop components and systems in a CAD environment (SolidWorks and AutoCAD).
• Communicate technical details, ideas, and concepts to engineers and non-engineers in multiple locations.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
• 5+ years of experience in a manufacturing setting
• SolidWorks PDM and AutoCAD experience
• ERP Experience (SysPro and / or Visual Manufacturing Experience is preferred)
• Project Management experience

Preferred Requirements:

• AC Motor andEddy current technology experience
• PMP or other Project Management Certifications

Knowledge and Skill:

• Engineering and Technology — Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
• Mathematics — Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
• Design — Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
• Mechanical — Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
• Physics — Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub-atomic structures and processes.
• English Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Computers and Electronics — Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
• Production and Processing — Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
• Customer and Personal Service — Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Time-management skills – Ability to work under tight deadlines and use time efficiently to complete projects on schedule.

Competencies:

• External awareness - Develops a broad awareness of information pertaining to the customer and anticipates future opportunities or obstacles.
• Impact and influence - Persuades, convinces, or influences others, both internal and external to the company.
• Organizational awareness- Able to learn and navigate the culture and relationships at Power Test and to work well with other organizations (customers, suppliers, etc.).
• Strategic thinking- Uses an informed and forward-looking perspective in looking at the market and the business.
• Vital few focus - Ability to prioritize to achieve important goals and objectives.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. 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 use hands to finger, handle, or feel. Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, sit, and talk or hear. The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in an office environment and occasionally in the plant environment. The employee is occasionally near moving mechanical parts and in outside weather conditions and may be exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, risk of electrical shock, and vibration. The noise level in the plant environment is usually loud.

Total Reward Offerings:

• Generous paid time off policy
• Ten (10) paid holidays
• One (1) day paid charity time off
• Employee donation match
• Organized service projects to support local nonprofit organizations (i.e. charity drives, team building activities)
• Employer Paid Long-Term Disability& Life AD/D
• Employer Subsidized Health, Dental, Vision, Hospital Indemnity, Supplemental Life, Employee Assistance Program
• Employer Matched 401(K)
• And much more

Company Overview:

At Power Test, LLC we take pride in our unwavering commitment to excellence and our track record of sustained financial growth. As an industry leader in the design, manufacture, and sale of dynamometers, heavy equipment testing systems and related data acquisition and control systems, we've not only weathered economic storms but have consistently thrived, providing our employees with job stability and a platform for career growth.

EEO Statement: We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity,national origin, disability, or status as aprotected veteran.