Detail Engineering Supervisor

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Check drawings of other Detail Drafters.
• Train Detail Drafters regarding API 661, OSHA, Quality Work Instructions, detail software, detail processes and templates, and Kelvion manufacturing standards. Provide on-going on-the-job training to facilitate continuous performance improvement.
• Monitor and facilitate Detail Drafter performance to maximize productivity, efficiency, and issue detail drawings on time. Ensure detail schedule completion dates are met.
• Implement process improvements to improve detail efficiency, quality, and lower product cost.
• Keep Engineering Director informed of systemic changes, job schedules and issues, and other department issues.
• Detail air-cooled heat exchangers for shop fabrication as required to meet customer demands.
• Communicate with mechanical design engineers and shop personnel.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ability to supervise 5 to 15 non-exempt employees. Carry out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with Kelvion’s policies, procedures and applicable laws. Responsibilities will include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
• Directing employees’ work; providing for the safety of the employees; planning the work; determining the techniques to be used; apportioning the work among the workers.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Education and/or Experience: Must have a minimum of either:
  • An Associate’s degree in CAD Drafting and Design with a minimum of three (3) years of experience with heat exchanger design and/or structural steel design.
  • A High School Diploma or GED Certification with Fundamentals and Principles of CAD design classes and a minimum of five (5) years of experience with heat exchanger design and/or structural steel design.
  Preferably, a candidate would have an Associate’s degree, 5+ years’ experience in heat exchanger and/or structural steel detailing, and 3D modeling and 2D CAD.
• General knowledge of welded steel fabrication practices.
• Drafting skills, Inventor and AutoCAD training required.
• Computer skills must include Windows, AutoCAD, Autodesk Mechanical (2D), and Excel.
• Working knowledge of American Petroleum Institute 661 and OSHA.
• Language Skills: Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals in English. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence in English. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
• MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: 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.
• 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, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• 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 occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is moderate. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• 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. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is moderate.

COMPANY INFORMATION

Kelvion Inc., designs and manufactures Brazed and Gasketed Plate Heat Exchangers, Condensers and Dry Coolers, and Air Cooled Heat Exchangers for refineries, chemical and petrochemical plants, power utilities, and other related industries. The manufacturing plant is located at the Port of Catoosa near Tulsa, Oklahoma.