What are the responsibilities and job description for the Engineering Change Specialist position at Gables Search Group?
Come join our team in Farmington, CT as a Change Control Engineer! We are seeking a meticulous professional with background in engineering change management, manufacturing, industrial engineering, supply chain, or a similar technical field. The role involves collaborating with various departments to ensure accurate and efficient evaluation, approval, implementation, and documentation of engineering changes.
The ideal candidate will possess a solid grasp of engineering drawings, bills of material, manufacturing processes, inventory considerations, and change control procedures.
Responsibilities
- Enhance the engineering change management process by managing ECN workflows, procedures, governance standards, and improvement projects.
- Handle engineering change requests, ensuring completeness and compliance with established procedures.
- Coordinate reviews with cross-functional teams to assess the impacts of proposed changes.
- Manage approval workflows and release activities for timely implementation.
- Develop and execute implementation plans for new and revised parts.
- Support sourcing, procurement, quoting, and implementation activities.
- Evaluate impacts on production operations and determine inventory disposition.
- Maintain product configuration accuracy through data management.
- Serve as a key resource for engineering change implementation and issue escalation.
- Monitor change metrics and participate in post-implementation reviews for continuous improvement.
- Develop and deliver training materials related to engineering change processes.
Qualifications
- 3–5 years of experience in engineering change management or related field preferred.
- Knowledge of engineering drawings, bills of material, and change control procedures.
- Mechanical aptitude and metric system knowledge required.
- Experience with ERP/MRP and PLM systems necessary.
- SAP and SmartSheet experience a plus.
- Associate’s or bachelor’s degree in relevant field preferred.
- Strong organizational, analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to manage multiple engineering changes concurrently.