Description

JOB PURPOSE AND REPORTING STRUCTURE: Under the supervision and reporting to the Engineering Manager, the Engineering Project Coordinator provides mechanical engineering and design services relating to a wide variety of company products.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following.

• Provide structural design services to design a wide variety of company products.
• Provide documentation of structural designs for review by consulting engineers.
• Establish and maintain familiarity with building construction designs and methods.
• Establish and maintain familiarity with state building codes, Underwriter's Laboratory, ETL and various states' building regulations regarding modular buildings.
• Communicate with customers, sales representatives, contractors, consulting engineers, and vendors concerning product design issues at each state of the product development process. Communicate with the manufacturing function, answer questions and provide technical advice while products are being built.
• Provide submittal materials for customer review and approval.
• Create product design drawings and Bills of Materials to guide the manufacturing department in producing company products. Employ the ERP computer system to establish Bills of Materials, requiring extensive knowledge of this manufacturing software.
• Represent the company at seminars, trade shows, and marketing related functions.
• Employ the AutoCAD CAD computer system to create drawings and designs. Employ the company drawing storage and retrieval system to manipulate and store drawings.
• Attend training classes and/or seminars to improve engineering and design related skills.
• Perform other miscellaneous duties as assigned by the Engineering Manager.

Requirements

PROTECTIVE CLOTHING AND EQUIPMENT REQUIRED: The employee must wear safety glasses and hardhat when working in proximity to production equipment or on a job site.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE: Requires a 4-year degree or 3-5 years of relevant experience in engineering and product design techniques.

LANGUAGE SKILLS: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from employees, vendors, contractors, and customers relating to product design issues.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, and proportions. Ability to apply engineering concepts and perform engineering calculations relating to product design.

REASONING ABILITY: Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written and oral form.

OTHER SKILLS and ABILITIES: Requires the ability to operate a variety of office equipment such as a personal computer, calculator, telephone, facsimile machine, and photocopier.

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 frequently required to sit, stand, walk, talk and hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

• Walk: Rarely (1 - 5% up to 24 min/day)
• Sit: Constant (67% & more 5-1/2 hrs/day - 8 hrs/day)
• Stand: Occasionally (6-33% up to 24 min-2-1/2 hrs/day)
• Crawl: Rarely (1 - 5% up to 24 min/day)
• Twist: Rarely (1 - 5% up to 24 min/day)
• Forward Bend: Occasionally (6-33% up to 24 min-2-1/2 hrs/day)
• Reach forward: Occasionally (6-33% up to 24 min-2-1/2 hrs/day)
• Reach above shoulders: Rarely (1 - 5% up to 24 min/day)
• Reach to side: Rarely (1 - 5% up to 24 min/day)
• Reach Squat/Crouch: Rarely (1 - 5% up to 24 min/day)
• Reach Kneel: Rarely (1 - 5% up to 24 min/day)
• Reach Climb Stairs: Frequently (34-66% up to 2-1/2 hrs - 5-1/2 hrs/day)
• Reach Climb Ladder: Rarely (1 - 5% up to 24 min/day)
• Reach Drive: Rarely (1 - 5% up to 24 min/day)
• Head/Neck Static: Frequently (34-66% up to 2-1/2 hrs - 5-1/2 hrs/day)
• Head/Neck Rotate: Occasionally (6-33% up to 24 min-2-1/2 hrs/day)
• Head/Neck Flex/Ext/Bending: Occasionally (6-33% up to 24 min-2-1/2 hrs/day)
• Hand/Wrist/Forearm Fine Manipulation/Left: Frequently (34-66% up to 2-1/2 hrs - 5-1/2 hrs/day)
• Hand/Wrist/Forearm Fine Manipulation/Right: Frequently (34-66% up to 2-1/2 hrs - 5-1/2 hrs/day)
• Hand/Wrist/Forearm Twisting Forearm: Occasionally (6-33% up to 24 min-2-1/2 hrs/day)
• Hand/Wrist/Forearm High Repetition: Frequently (34-66% up to 2-1/2 hrs - 5-1/2 hrs/day)
• Grip Force Light: Frequently (34-66% up to 2-1/2 hrs - 5-1/2 hrs/day)
• Grip Force Medium: Rarely (1 - 5% up to 24 min/day)
• Grip Force Firm: Rarely (1 - 5% up to 24 min/day)

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.

The employee occasionally works in high precarious places, in proximity to fumes or airborne particles and in outdoor weather conditions and must travel on company business.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate while working in the office and loud while working in proximity to production equipment.

COMMENTS: The employee must remain current in design and engineering procedures since vendor products are continuously upgraded.