Project Engineer- Fans Division

Job Summary

At CECO Environmental, we’re a global leader in providing sustainable solutions for industrial air, water, and energy transition. Since 1966, we’ve been addressing the world’s most pressing environmental challenges. Our mission is to protect people, the environment, and industrial equipment, making a tangible impact across industries like renewable energy, semiconductor manufacturing, power generation, and water treatment. As a purpose-driven company, we foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and integrity, ensuring that every project we undertake creates lasting positive change. At CECO, you’ll be part of a growing, dynamic team committed to a cleaner, safer, and more sustainable future. 

 

As part of the CECO Environmental family of brands, Verantis delivers innovation that goes far beyond environmental regulation compliance. Over the years, Verantis has introduced a wide range of products to the industrial marketplace including tank linings, protective coatings, reinforced plastic process vessels, filamentous tower packing, corrosive air handling fans, and air pollution control equipment and systems. 

 

The Project Fan Engineer is highly skilled in project management, mechanical engineering, and design.  The position interfaces with architects, engineers, consultants, customers, and manufacturing on the design and redesign of new and existing air moving equipment utilized in the chemical, petrochemical, power, waste-water treatment plants, or other heavy process industries.  The Project Fan Engineer has extensive fan knowledge and is the resident expert, ensuring the integrity of all engineering design.

 

Your Responsibilities Will Be: 

 

• Prepare layouts and manufacturing detailed drawings using SolidWorks, (weldment cut list drawings, bill of material drawings and exploded views) and on occasion AutoCAD.• Prepare customer general arrangement drawings and ensure timely submittals.• Review returned approval drawings.  Implement necessary changes and resubmit or release jobs to the fan plant for fabrication.• Provide sales drawings in support of the sales department during fan quotation stage.• Calculate and size welds, bolts, bearings, hubs, blade thickness, shaft sizes, etc.• Select drives, couplings, vibration isolators, and seals for special applications.• Select/confirm proper resin, metal or thermoplastic material of construction to meet process conditions or specifications.• Ensure the integrity of engineering design… be the expert!• Interface with customers and sales representatives answering questions related to fan selection, design, and performance.• Address vendor and customer questions from equipment approval stage through manufacturing, installation, and maintenance.• Troubleshoot field problem(s) and recommend corrections.• Retrofit old and new blowers including competition.• Develop equipment training, installation, operating & maintenance manuals.• Develop and update designs in the engineering standards book.• Performs other incidental and related duties as required and assigned.• Manage customer projects, following life cycle to release, adhering to project budgets and schedules.• Travel to customer’s job site to perform fan startup and training (15% of the time)• Field troubleshooting of fan installation.• Get involved with ASHRAE, AMCA/ANSI, ISO, etc.• Run Modal & FEA analysis.• Computational fluid analysis.• R&D work.• Fan testing and report writing.• Other duties as assigned.

 

Required Qualifications: 

 

• BS Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field• 5+ years’ experience working in the air movement industry• Knowledge of SolidWorks software is required.• This person must be detail-oriented with strong organizational skills, strong interpersonal skills, general project management skills and the ability to work well in a team environment. • Must have good communication skills and work well with others.• Knowledge of moving and rotating machinery.• Knowledge of fiberglass reinforced plastics (FRP) as it pertains to fans and blowers.• Knowledge of fluid flow.• Familiarity with different chemicals and metal alloys is a plus.• Ability to theoretically calculate stresses in steel members as well as sizing bolts, welds, bearings, and different power transmission systems.• Ability to work with customer specifications.• Ability to interpret and apply different specifications to the design and selection of fans and blowers.• Manage project life cycle, from purchase order to shipment.• Work with foreign subsidiaries on intercompany orders.• Strong verbal and written communication skills.• Strong multi-tasking and organizational skills.• Ability to work independently. 

Travel Requirements:

• Incumbents are expected to travel as needed to support assigned business lines(s) and mus