Engineering Manager
Xylem
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Charleston • South Carolina • United States
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About the role
- Coordinates efforts of design team to ensure completeness and accuracy of design effort.
- Provides work direction to engineering support staff.
- Assigns and schedules tasks to the engineering team to meet project pricing, submittal and delivery milestones.
- Manages project design engineering and engineering support from inception to completion, including preliminary design support, final pricing development, fabrication, testing, and field start-up support.
- Troubleshoots uncommon product field performance issues via phone or travel as needed.
- Provides quotes and proposals as needed to support sales efforts.
- Creates approval documentation for mechanical designs.
- Reviews system design for compliance with engineering principles, company standards, contract requirements, and related codes and specifications.
- Makes system component selections while generating a project Piping and Instrumentation Diagram (P&ID).
- Reviews customer drawings and other applicable specifications to determine requirements, feasibility, and cost of engineered to order products.
- Reviews and approves production drawings, adding recommendations to enhance design, reduce costs or increase production efficiency.
- Works well in both collaborative and independent environments, effectively communicating with internal and external customers.
- Participates in cross functional teams to address new design issues and resolve problems to ensure the continuous, on-going improvement of processes and methods.
- Provides technical direction on product install and owners’ manuals.
- Provides technical support for purchasing functions in identifying critical design features on purchased parts, and supplier qualifications.
- Serves as technical liaison for staff, partners, and clients.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering — mechanical, environmental, electrical, or industrial
- Eight to twelve years of related experience
- Design, construction, operation, or educational experience with municipal wastewater treatment systems (preferred)
- Familiarity with PLC/HMI control systems and instrumentation configuration (preferred)
- Licensed PE (preferred)
- Ability to travel up to 20% of the time at commissioning efforts
- Previous experience with SolidWorks or other 3D CAD modeling software (preferred)
- Ability to understand and solve a wide variety of technical problems with little guidance
- Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly and concisely in writing and other presentation formats
- Strong ability to lead projects while identifying value engineering and additional cost savings opportunities
- Previous experience with compressed air systems or other pressure piping systems (preferred)
- Strong team player, willing to learn from experienced staff and capable of introducing positive changes
- Ability to work with customers professionally while assuring that projects are executed cost effectively and deliver sustainable performance
- Excellent organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills
Benefits
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Hard Skills & Tools
mechanical engineeringdesign engineeringproject managementPiping and Instrumentation Diagram (P&ID)SolidWorks3D CAD modelingPLC/HMI control systemsinstrumentation configurationvalue engineeringcost savings
Soft Skills
communicationleadershipproblem-solvingorganizational skillsanalytical skillsteam collaborationindependent workcustomer servicetechnical directioncross-functional teamwork
Certifications
Licensed PE