Product Engineer

About Us

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation is a thriving, values-driven company focused on doing the right things. We’re a fast-growing, publicly traded company (NYSE: ZWS) with an enduring reputation for integrity, giving back, and providing an engaging, inclusive environment where careers flourish and grow. Named by Newsweek as One of America’s Most Responsible Companies and an Energage USA Top Workplace, we never forget that our people are at the center of what makes us successful. Our commitment to professional development has fueled our growth for over 100 years as a leading international supplier of plumbing and water delivery solutions.

Headquartered in Milwaukee, WI, Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation employs over 2,800 employees worldwide, working from 24 locations across the U.S., China, Canada, Dubai, and Mexico, with sales offices around the globe.

Responsibilities

• Support the planning, designing, developing, costing, and production readiness for product enhancements.
• Serve as a key member of the design team, taking products from concept into production.
• Handle all design-related activities on specific projects, including print dimensions/specification, product testing/validation, and definition of new testing equipment needs.
• Support product design output requirements such as design/detail drawings, bill of materials, instruction manuals, technical data for specification sheets, certification design requirements, product testing process, and test data analysis.
• Develop optimized product concepts and enhancements by maintaining functionality, performance, product cost, and produce-ability.
• Recommend changes and enhancements to procedures, protocols, and processes.
• Provide project support on a wide variety of complex projects using Zurn Elkay’s Product Development process and tools.
• Serve as a technical resource for new product development and manage engineering documentation, including product cost, instruction manuals, technical data for specification sheets, certification design requirements, product testing process, and test data analysis.
• Provide successful launch support of new products into the manufacturing facility in Freeport, IL.
• Deliver engineering product support on a wide variety of water delivery products, driving consistent improvement in product quality and cost year over year.
• Develop product enhancements to existing products to meet customer/marketing requirements, utilizing Elkay’s Product Development process and tools.
• Manage several concurrent product engineering projects from concept through production release.
• Deliver engineering documentation such as 3D designs in SolidWorks, Bill of Materials, instruction manuals, and technical data for specification sheets, certification design requirements, product testing process, and test data analysis.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Industrial Engineering, or other related discipline required.
• 5-7 years of experience in product engineering within a manufacturing environment desired.
• Strong interpersonal and collaboration (verbal, written, and presentation) skills.
• Successful track record in project leadership.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Project.
• Leadership skills and abilities.
• Basic refrigeration, data acquisition, or equipment controls knowledge is a plus.
• Proficiency in SolidWorks, AutoCAD, or other 3D modeling software required.
• Experience with or understanding of Product Data Management Systems.

Pay

The salary range for this position is $74,371 - $102,260. Most candidates will start in the lower half of the range. Actual salaries may vary based on factors including but not limited to skillset, experience, education, training, and other relevant business and organizational factors.

Benefits

• Competitive salary.
• Medical, dental, vision, STD, LTD, AD&D, and life insurance.
• Matching 401(k) contribution.
• Health Savings Account.
• Up to 3 weeks starting vacation (may increase with tenure).
• 12 paid holidays.
• Annual bonus eligibility.
• Educational reimbursement.
• Matching gift program.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan – purchase company stock at a discount.