Manager Project Engineering

Overview

The position involves the direct management of project engineering personnel to evaluate and implement equipment rerates, upgrades and modifications to Elliott and non-Elliott equipment. The project engineer team functions as the primary interface for the client for technical issues regarding their purchase of Elliott equipment and auxiliary systems.

Responsibilities

• Technically manage and direct project engineering tasks and personnel within the Engineered Solutions engineering team.
• Provide guidance on major day to day decisions and be responsible for supervision of the decisions of his/her reports.
• Identify and implement the training and development requirements of all direct reports.
• Maintain and analyze key performance indicators to identify and implement process performance improvements.
• Represent ES and present our position and interests when working with the New Apparatus and Global Manufacturing teams to maintain and develop team project engineering and expertise.
• Coordinate with the ES Project Managers, Quality Assurance, Application Engineering, Drafting, Shipping and Receiving and other internal resources to maintain customer satisfaction and technical adherence to requirements of the projects, including D-specs, D&D lists, project status meetings, on time delivery, customer specifications, and risk assessment.
• Oversee all ES projects as the technical Project Manager, including all project assignments and heavy customer communication and interfaces.
• Flexibility is a must due to the wide range of vintage equipment we work on as well as non-Elliott opportunities that we accept.
• Support the successful execution of all rerates and modifications through contributions to specific project meetings and also through more general project management activities.
• Participate in customer meetings and visits for testing witnesses.
• Travel (up to 20%) as required in support of meetings and on site project handovers.

Qualifications

• BSME, Engineering/Science Degree/Similar.
• 5+ years engineering experience in a custom engineered environment.
• Rotating equipment/turbomachinery experience preferred.
• Ability to communicate with customers/users, Application Engineers, and consultants at all levels.
• Demonstrated leadership skills, prior supervisory experience preferred.
• Excellent written and oral communications skills.
• Commercial acumen and customer facing experience.
• Ability to work cross functionally within and outside of Elliott to achieve joint objectives and resolve issues, especially ability to work effectively with sales and customers.
• Ability to identify and evaluate technical and commercial risk, and develop strategies to mitigate such risks.
• Proficient at coordination of technical activities of a sophisticated engineering group.