The Requirements
To be a good fit for the Product Engineer opportunity, you will have at least ONE of the following:- A technical degree (BS) from a four-year college or university, OR
- A two-year associate's degree in Mechanical Design and 3 to 5 years of experience, OR
- Significant equivalent experience, including a technical background, computer system savvy, and product experience.
- Experience with 2D/3D CAD software and the ability to create drawings, layouts and designs. Quick question for you - click here
- Knowledge of product design flow, including the ability to understand technical specifications, engineering drawings, part number sequencing, product structures and routings.
- The ability to work effectively in a multi-tasking environment as a team player.
- Excellent communication skills, including the ability to interact effectively with customers, vendors and internal contacts,
- Exceptional organizational skills and a detail orientation.
- Hydraulic equipment, ideally in the food & beverage industry.
- Autodesk Inventor and/or Solidworks CAD tool.
- SAP or other business system software.
- Microsoft Office products. including Outlook, Excel, Word, and Access.
- Programing in Oracle.
- Geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T).
The Role
Reporting to the Manager, Engineering and Technical Order Handling (TOH), you will join a group that has five other Product Engineers, a Technical Writer and a System Design Layout Specialist. Each Product Engineer is responsible for assigned product line(s), and you will focus on valves, as well as related system integration.In essence, you will ensure we deliver the right hardware to customers, particularly when non-standard orders are involved. You will be responsible for developing complete product line knowledge in order to fulfill the technical order process cycle for customer requests. including customer order review, specification analysis, design and drawing generation, bill of material and documentation creation and data entry. Quick question for you - click here It also will include engineering change order processing and technical support as required.
More specifically, you will:
- Review applications for non-standard and standard designs for customer orders.
- Review specifications with Applications Engineering.
- Review with Design Engineering and Manufacturing for new designs.
- Contact vendors for component drawings and specifications.
- Communicate with customers for additional information.
- Prepare and enter engineering specification documentation.
- Perform calculations for design.
- Create layouts, approvals, certifications and manufacturing drawings.
- Create part numbers, bills of material and routings, and enter them into our business system (SAP).
- Act as a technical resource through manufacturing and assembly and customer support.
Pictured: The APV® AP1 diaphragm valve range offers optimum protection of the product in aseptic applications. While this valve has applications in multiple industries, it features FDA and 3-A Dairy approval as well as European Hygienic Engineering and Design Group (EHEDG) certification, making it ideal for food & beverage and pharmaceutical production.
What's in It for You
Impact roleWhile we have hundreds of products in our catalog, many customers have unique situations calling for customizations, from minor tweaks to significant alterations. Whatever the case, you will take point on ensuring that the product we deliver is the right solution, down to the most exacting specifications.
Professional development
There will be plenty to learn in the valves line alone, including different applications and multiple brands such as Waukesha Cherry-Burrell and APV. We also try to rotate Product Engineers through multiple lines so that they can help one another out as needed. That means you will learn about other products, such as positive displacement pumps, centrifugal pumps, heat exchangers, mixers and more. All this can position you to advance in our organization.
Autonomy and support
We're looking for a resourceful professional who can work with a good deal of independence. At the same time, you will partner extensively with others in achieving goals and resolving issues. In addition, your supervisor and colleagues in product engineering share ideas and insights.
Making a good thing even better
In 2015 SPX Flow launch a global realignment program, involving structural changes and process enhancements to help the company operate more efficiently. We're also focusing on strengthening the diversity of industries we serve, such as promoting new product development within the food & beverage businesses. Q2 2017 results were very positive, with an increase in orders and operating cash flow, and reduction in net debt.
Excellent compensation
In addition to a competitive salary and bonus tied to manufacturing metrics, you will enjoy a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical and dental choices with costs shared by the employee and SPX FLOW; an employee-paid vision plan; a retirement savings plan with company match; paid time off; and more. Benefits begin day one.
Total Rewards
At SPX FLOW, what's in it for employees goes well beyond market-competitive compensation and benefits. Our Total Rewards program includes a comprehensive offering that combines a challenging work environment with opportunities for personal development, career growth and recognition. The program gives employees a financial stake in their own success and the ongoing success of the organization and includes:
- Opportunities to be recognized and rewarded for hard work and a job well done.
- A platform to spotlight personal talent and achieve exceptional results.
- A chance to display the values and leadership practices we, as a company, embrace.
Keys to Success
We recognize that there will be a learning curve as you build deep knowledge of a very large product portfolio. We'll support you in this, but you also should be proactive about getting up to speed as quickly as possible. This will include laying the groundwork for ongoing learning as our products evolve in response to the market.In many ways, you will be a "hub" connecting a variety of internal and external stakeholders. In general, ours are not high volume products, but you can expect to have a steady flow of requests and communications. In addition to leveraging your organizational skills to manage a large number of details and deadlines, you'll need to be flexible and adaptable as priorities change. Also essential will be a unique set of communication skills -- you'll interact with a wide variety of people at different levels, and you'll communicate via phone, email, drawings and technical descriptions.
We promote a continuous improvement culture, and you will quickly recognize the value of efficiencies in this role. We have solid systems and processes in place, but we're open to your ideas to streamline the product engineering process. If you have configuration or programming skills in Oracle/SAP (or you have the initiative to learn it), you may be able to make your mark.
About Us
SPX FLOW is a global supplier of highly specialized, engineered solutions with operations in over 35 countries and sales in over 150 countries around the world. Our innovative solutions play a critical role in helping meet the rising global demand in the end markets we serve. Our total revenue in 2016 was $1.9 billion, with approximately 30 percent from sales into emerging markets.We serve the food and beverage, power and energy and industrial markets. Our product portfolio of pumps, valves, mixers, filters, air dryers, hydraulic tools, homogenizers, separators and heat exchangers, along with the related aftermarket parts and services, supports global industries, including food and beverage, oil and gas, power generation (including nuclear and conventional), chemical processing, compressed air and mining. Our core strengths include product breadth, global capabilities and the ability to create custom-engineered solutions for diverse flow processes. Over the past several years, we have strategically expanded our scale, relevance to customers, and global capabilities in these markets. We believe there are attractive organic and acquisition opportunities to continue to expand our business.
We focus on a number of operating initiatives, including innovation and new product development, continuous improvement driven by lean methodologies, supply chain management, expansion in emerging markets, information technology infrastructure improvement, and organizational and talent development. These initiatives are designed to, among other things, capture synergies within our businesses to ultimately drive revenue, profit margin and cash flow growth. We believe our businesses are well-positioned for long-term growth based on our operating initiatives, the potential within the current markets served and the potential for expansion into additional markets.