Applications Engineer / Project Manager

The Applications Engineer / Project Manager will process and gather information to make informed quotations. He/she will also launch new projects and manage the scope and processes and ensure all equipments and workflows are met.

Applications Duties & Responsibilities

• A solid ability to understand a given manufacturing process to estimate the cost to produce a given part from a new design and generate a RFQ (request for quote).
• Working with functional areas to gather information needed to analyze a process such as, cycle times, scrap, press rates, capital costs, welding times, etc.
• Working with various vendors to gather material costs, capital equipment cost, tooling cost to capture all material and equipment associated with a quotation.
• Look at how to best optimize processes to allow the costing to reflect best practices regarding manufacturing and engineering solutions to ensure the cost and quote reflect optimal manufacturing practices.
• Ability to explain a quotation to an executive level in a professional manner with the confidence that all aspects of the quotation are fully thought through and can be explained.
• Help develop standard manufacturing process times to help assemble quotation in an expeditious and timely manner.
• Participate in weekly meetings to manage quotations priorities and timeliness, be self-directed to manage your own time and delegate tasks to ensure the customers quote are delivered on time.
• Work with estimators to put all the necessary information in a quotation template.

Project Management Duties & Responsibilities

• Work with cross functional team using an APQP process (Advance Product Quality Planning) to launch a new project, this includes internal tooling, transfer of work, external tooling, and / or new process.
• Ability to put together a scope of work on a complex process to adequately specify equipment as needed.
• Ability to manage ECOs, work instructions, process flows, prints. Factory layouts, work instructions, etc. 
• Ability to review GD&T on prints and data regarding dimensional tolerances to ensure process is capable
• Ability to manage suppliers and contractors as needed to ensure a successful launch of a project, this includes periodic supplier visits and FATs (factory acceptance tests) on equipment to it functions as specified.
• Ability to delegate and follow-up on tasks relating to a successful launch of a program
• Understanding and continuously improving equipment and process capabilities
• Introducing new technology where needed
• Working to minimize the “concept to reality” timeline
• Providing accurate and professional customer communication as it relates project timeliness
• Be the primary customer, plant and sales liaison during the life of the project
• Ability to accurate outline capital cost of equipment, infrastructure, tooling and labor to relates to the outcome of the project
• Introduction of new technologies and methods
• Providing hands-on manufacturing support and trouble shooting
• Developing accurate engineering standards and goals
• Process development of new process and training where needed

Educational Requirements

• Preferred: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Manufacturing, Industrial or Mechanical Technology preferred) and 5+ years of manufacturing with 10+ years hands-on experience.
• Considered: Two-year Technical Degree in Electro-Mechanical Technology, Electro-Mechanical and Engineering Foundations, Mechanical Design Technology, Metal Technologies, Manufacturing Technology, Computer Science, or similar degrees considered with 10+ years hands-on experience.

Qualifications

• Experience in the Motor/Transformer industry or one of these areas is highly desirable; stamping, die casting, welding, coating, bonding, automation, project mgt., tool building 
• Experience with Auto CAD and Solid Works preferred
• General knowledge of PLCs, machine controls, operation and machine automation
• Able to read blueprints (GD&T), specifications and documents with technical content
• Well-versed in Microsoft Office product usage
• Experience at managing relationships with manufacturing customers
• Any knowledge of ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) and / or CRM (Customer Relationship Management) operating systems.