Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Daifuku North America is a leading provider of intelligent material handling systems. The Project Engineer III will be responsible for engineering custom material handling systems, collaborating with a team of engineers to ensure safety, functionality, and reliability while managing project schedules and costs.
Responsibilities
- Designing/enhancing conveyor systems as well as various automated and semi-automated material handling systems; may work on phases of a larger project or an entire smaller project
- Review of product design for compliance with engineering principles, company standards, and customer requirements and specifications
- Coordinates activities concerned with technical developments, scheduling, and resolving engineering design and test problems
- Prepares/Reviews approval, permit, and installation drawings using AutoCAD
- Obtains material and product quotes from vendors and issues purchase orders
- Helps monitor the project schedule, engineering time, and material costs
- Works with other disciplines on the project team to make sure the engineered solution and all equipment fit within system confines and constraints
- Travels up to 20% to measure buildings, inventory equipment, commission systems, and interface with customers
- Participates in continuous improvement projects
- Resolves engineering issues by working with customers, vendors and other team members
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in an Engineering discipline, preferably Mechanical or Industrial, or equivalent experience
- Minimum of 6 years of material handling related experience
- AutoCAD and/or SolidWorks proficiency
- Microsoft Office skills – Word, Excel, Power Point, and Project
- Ability to handle multiple project assignments and adapt to changing priorities in a fast-paced, results-oriented environment
- Strong knowledge of the material handling business
- Ability to interface effectively with internal and external customers, vendors, consulting engineers, architects, and installers
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Strategic thinking and problem-solving skills
- Team-oriented and collaborative
- Self-motivated and detail-oriented
- Ability to learn new technology
- Must be able to speak, read, and understand the English language
Benefits
- Health/Vision/Dental/401k with match
- FSA/HSA
- Employee Assistance Program
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