Engineer, Project

Position Summary:

Directs, coordinates, and exercises functional authority for planning, organization, control, integration, and completion of engineering project within area of assigned responsibility by performing the following duties.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

•    Plans and implements engineering projects, including defining the project philosophy, activities, milestones, and staff requirements, per customer requirements. 
•    Develops and maintains a schedule and budget for assigned engineering projects.
•    Provides reports on the status of project milestones and adjusts schedules accordingly.
•    Controls expenditures within limitations of project budget.
•    Identifies project staffing requirements and coordinates staffing with supporting organization managers. 
•    Coordinates preparation and delivery of project deliverables, design documents, and bid packages.
•    Assigns and oversees project personnel to specific phases or aspects of project such as technical studies, product design, preparation of specifications and technical plans, and product testing.
•    Designs simple tools and fixtures including mechanical, fluid power, and electrical controls.
•    Reviews product design for compliance with engineering principles, company standards, customer contract requirements, and related specifications.
•    Coordinates activities concerned with technical developments, scheduling, and resolving engineering design and test problems.
•    Directs integration of technical activities and products.
•    Evaluates and approves design changes, specifications, and drawing releases. 
•    Prepares interim and completion project reports.
•    Interfaces with customers to provide project status reports and ensure customer needs are met. 
•    Provides status and progress reports to customer, project team, and management.

Education/ Skills/ Experience:

Bachelor's degree (B.

S.) in engineering or technology; and 1-2 years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Training Requirements:

•    Ability to read, analyze, and interpret technical procedures, governmental regulations, professional journals, or general business periodicals.
•    Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
•    Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
•    Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry.
•    Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
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