What are the responsibilities and job description for the Project Engineer position at Paragon Water?
Responsibilities:
- Support Supply Chain VA / VE projects to optimize product costs
- Apply engineering fundamentals to perform hand calculations to support design decisions
- Manage all project related details throughout all phases of the product development process
- Work interdepartmentally to track the required cross-functional activities
- Develop & maintain project schedules that reflect critical milestones, and drive projects to the commitment dates
- Track and maintain project and product costs and ensure BOM and project budget targets are achieved
- Work with purchasing, suppliers, and quality engineers to communicate requirements and ensure parts and products meet specifications and are approved
- Carry out risk mitigation action plans when critical requirements (technical/functional, manufacturability, supply, cost, schedule, etc) are in jeopardy
- Oversee pilot runs to ensure products are properly manufactured and in sufficient quantity to meet test needs
- Oversee validation and approval processes to ensure key specification and performance requirements are met and regulatory listings are achieved
- Report project status summaries as needed
- Ensure products are properly released via ECR/ECO (engineering change request/orders) process
Requirements:
Preferred Qualifications:
- Accreditation in Project management, DFSS and DFM
- Experience in water treatment or fluid handling product launches
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Science degree in engineering
- Experience having led at least one major development project from concept to launch
- 4 years of engineering experience developing new products involving mechanical, electro-mechanical, electrical design and project management.
- Experience with discipline specific design tools such as Solidworks
- Proficiency with MS Project scheduling capabilities
- Experience with hands-on prototype, build and test in a laboratory environment
- Able to speak equally well to technical and non-technical audiences and present a professional image to customers and suppliers.
- Willingness to travel (occasionally internationally), up to 10% of the time to commission or troubleshoot installed products at customer locations, support pilot runs, vendor part approvals, etc.
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