Mechanical Project Engineer Jobs

Title: Project Engineer - Mechanical

Location: La Grange, IL OR Muncie, IN

Duration and hire type: Direct Hire

Overview: Sterling Engineering / Staffing is currently looking for a Project Engineer for one of our clients in the La Grange, IL OR Muncie, IN area. Sterling has a rich history of delivering top talent to our clients. We are a nationwide Staffing Firm with over 100 clients and works primarily with Fortune 1000 corporations.

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The Repower engineering team currently has an opening for an experienced engineer who is focused individual and has analytical approach to problem solving. The engineer will be responsible for carrying out required duties not only to support production projects but also to support inquiry team with proposals for the repower engineering department, including design, research, prototyping, engineering documentation, estimating and participate in process improvement activities. The successful candidate will report directly to the manager of the engineering team and collaborate with other departments (such as purchasing, operations, inquiry, sales, program management and manufacturing) on ongoing proposals, production and R&D projects.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Guide the design of the product to minimize cost and schedule. Contain scope creep on projects
• Respond to new sales inquiries in a timely manner and create customer technical proposals
• Applicant must be capable and comfortable making timely judgement calls on technical issues, based on often-incomplete customer requirements
• Attend meetings with customers, vendors, and certifying agencies, making presentations and negotiating technical issues
• Interpret customer requirements and translate into locomotive engineering specifications
• Create engineering requirements documents and specifications for execution of projects, translating the project commercial requirements into specific engineering design deliverables
• Making sure that all health, safety, legal and railroad regulatory (FRA, CFR, AAR) requirements are being met throughout the process
• Determining customer’s requirements and translating them into an actionable plan
• Up to 25% travel may be required
• Incumbent will have overall design and technical responsibility for the project as a whole. Multiple projects will be worked simultaneously
• Undertake task such locomotive performance studies, project cost estimates, and engineering cost estimates
• Conduct field testing for demonstration of contract requirements and for certification purposes
• Organizing many tasks into a timeline. Holding required meetings with to ensure specification compliance and project execution in accordance with time and budget restrictions

Education/Training:

• BS in mechanical or electrical engineering, or related discipline

Qualifications and Experience:

Required:

• High level of written and oral communication skills
• High level of analytical abilities where problems are very complex
• Experience with diesel engine installation and application requirements
• Knowledge of locomotive structure, powerplant, cooling system, electrical system, and pneumatic system
• Ability to travel as required
• Knowledge of locomotive performance characteristics and ability to address customer operational requirements