Product Engineer – Louvers

Nailor Industries, Inc. is known for our industry leading customer focused approach to providing innovative commercial and industrial HVAC products. Nailor manufactures a unique and comprehensive line of products including Air Control & Distribution products, VAV Terminal Units, Green Building products, Fan Coil Units, Electric Duct Heaters, Sound Attenuators, Air Handling Units, and Filter Housings.

Our primary manufacturing facilities include multiple sites in Houston, TX and employ 700+ Operations employees.

We are currently in search of a Product Engineer to join our team and support the Louvers line.

The Product Engineer will support the design, development, improvement, and lifecycle management of Nailor's HVAC product lines, with an emphasis on Louvers.The product offering includes commercial, architectural, industrial and FEMA louvers. This includes penthouse and high impact louvers. This role partners closely with production, quality, sales, and customers to ensure products meet engineering standards, performance requirements, and manufacturing efficiency goals.

DUTIES

• Product Development and Maintenance of louver products
• Technical support for internal personnel such as Sales, Production lines and Marketing
• Technical support for independent representatives, contractors and engineers throughout the country
• Develop and administer action plans for product development, R & D. Interaction with order entry, customer service, sales, and manufacturing providing product introduction documentation and support to process all special sales orders ensuring accurate documentation prior to release to manufacturing
• Work with manufacturing to support the production process while driving manufacturing initiatives to improve quality

EXPERIENCE

• Knowledge of AMCA Standards associated with louvers
• Understand NOA for Florida and Miami Dade certification of louvers and the associated testing that is required to pass the qualification testing
• Familiarity with an Engineering working lab to ensure testing standards are adhered to in the qualification of new designs
• Experience and/or knowledge of structural support calculations

RESPONSIBILITIES

• R & D of new products and enhancement to existing louver products

• Communicate with and support manufacturing and quality control teams in troubleshooting and analyzing quality issues during production and warranty issues in the field (this will include a 'hands on' approach)

• Coordinate projects with special product requirements and work with Sales & Marketing to interpret customer specifications and ensure product meets expectations
• Develop costing for new product development, R & D as well as special products or projects
• Lead efforts to determine root cause of problems and work with sales, customer service, manufacturing team and field service to rectify and bring closure to the warranty event
• Prepare reports that show Engineering data analysis for Marketing and Sales literature
• Support Selection of Nailor's Louver products
• Participate in representative and engineering training sessions

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Four-year B.S Engineering degree (Mechanical, or Structural) or equivalent experience
• Professional Certification of State PE license is a plus

EXPERIENCE/SKILLS

• 2+ years of commercial HVAC systems experience preferred in Mechanical or Architectural louvers. This experience could include involvement across areas such as installation/start-up, maintenance, repair, troubleshooting, technical sales, or customer service is a plus
• Understanding and computational analysis of Static and Dynamic Structural loads
• Demonstrated knowledge of commercial HVAC control systems
• Ability to read and interpret mechanical and electrical plans, schedules, technical drawings and contract specifications
• Excellent written communication, verbal communication and presentation skills
• Ability to interact well with customers and co-workers, strong interpersonal skills
• Proven problem solving and analytic skills
• Strong organizational skills
• Demonstrated computer-based skills including CAD software
• Must be highly motivated and self-driven

This job is located in Nailor's Houston, Texas facility. The company manufactures a full line of commercial air handlers, Air Distribution products, VAV units, fan coils, dampers and life safety products.

Nailor offers a competitive benefits package. Salary will be competitive with the industry and depends on experience.

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