What are the responsibilities and job description for the Resident Engineer II-Engines position at Generac?
The Resident Engineer II-Engines is responsible for providing engineering input to engine manufacturing, design, and development projects assigned to him/her. This includes interfacing with cross functional teams consisting of engineering, operations (industrial engineering, production, and material procurement), sourcing, quality and service.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
- Working with engineering design group and engine production to design and validate new and current product designs.
- Ensures end-of-line engine quality and applies deviations and supplier quality requests.
- Specifies precise product functional requirements; modifies, tests, and integrates moderately complex components to produce final designs for production related changes
- Evaluates the design's overall effectiveness, cost (including cost/benefit analysis), reliability (risk analysis), and safety.
- Designs, develops, executes and evaluates production specifications and process validation plans for engine components; creates and reviews material part specifications and bills of materials.
- Collaborates with internal manufacturing partners, contract manufacturers, designers and product specialists to optimize moderately complex designs for manufacturability.
- Supporting production of engines in the plant as related to engineering requirements (schedule, product cost, meeting design inputs)
- Travel to other Generac facilities.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or related discipline
- 2 years of relevant work experience
- Ability to perform detail-oriented work with a high degree of accuracy on multiple projects.
- Production/assembly experience of engines including deviations, production methods, supplier quality, and testing.
- Experience in new product design and development including materials (i.e. plastics, aluminum castings, sheet metal) and basic knowledge of material specs and use.
- Demonstrated written communication and presentation skills.
- Ability to translate technical information to all audiences.
- Applies engineering knowledge and experience to improve products, services and processes.
- Technical Skills to include 3D modeling.
- MS Excel, MS Word.
- Experience with machine design.
- Previous experience with SAP or equivalent ERP.