VAVE Project Engineer III (Onsite in Loveland, CO)

Imagine yourself… 

• Doing meaningful work that makes an everyday impact on the world around you.
• Owning your ambition and fueling your career growth
• Joining a company with a proven track record of success and an exciting future.

At Hach (www.hach.com), a Veralto company, we ensure water quality for people around the world, and every team member plays a vital role in that mission. Our founding vision is to make water analysis better—faster, simpler, greener and more informative. We accomplish this through teamwork, customer partnerships, passionate experts, and reliable, easy-to-use solutions.

As part of our team and the broader Veralto network, you’ll be part of a unique work environment where purpose meets possibility: where you’ll make an immediate, measurable impact on a global scale by enabling the world’s everyday water needs, and where you’ll have opportunities to foster your professional development and fuel your career growth.

Motivated by the highest possible stakes of climate change and global health, we’re working together within a rapidly digitizing industry to find innovative technologies that guarantee the safety of our water and our environment.  More about us: https://www.hach.com/about-us

We offer:

• Professional onboarding and training options
• Career coaching and development opportunities
• Health, dental, vision benefits and 401(k) with match starting day 1
• Competitive Paid Time Off

The VAVE Project Engineer III reports to the Senior Manager, Value Analysis/Value Engineering. You will be a member of the Loveland Operations VAVE (Value Analysis/Value Engineering) team and will be responsible for executing VAVE projects through all funnel stages (identification, valuation, scoping/assessment, execution, release to production and closure).

This is an on-site position based in Loveland, Colorado, US.

In this role, you will:

• Identify potential VAVE projects and develop preliminary Business Cases for evaluation and prioritization
• Drive VAVE projects from identification to closure
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously across all funnel stages to advance in a timely manner
• Indirectly manage/influence cross functional project resources to complete deliverables
• Develop and Document VAVE team process/standard work and continuous improvement
• Advocate and educate VAVE as a process to the broader organization
• Act as a technical and process resource to VAVE Project Engineers II, inside and outside the VAVE team.

The essential requirements of the job include:  

• BS Degree, with 5-7 years of experience minimum in a component/system design engineering role
• Project-based execution with tight deadlines and priority constraints with proven results.
• Technical acumen in design for quality/manufacturability, component design and assembly, GD&T, materials selection, and systems design.
• Experience in design & qualification in several manufacturing methods such as injection molding, machining, sheet metal, PCBA & PCB manufacturing.
• Financial analysis skills, BOM analysis & definition, component pricing, assembly costing, overhead cost modeling
• Works to help identify supplier manufacturing process improvements and or quality of supplier components and processes that can be translated to a direct PPV positive impact.
• Execute Insource, Resource, and Dual-source Projects of Supplier Components and products with a positive PPV impact.
• Experience in general component and assembly design from concept to qualification to manufacturing transfer.

Hach is proud to part of the Water Quality segment of Veralto (NYSE: VLTO), a $5B global leader dedicated to ensuring access to clean water, safe food and medicine, and trusted essential goods. When you join Verlato's vibrant global network of 16,000 associates, you join a unique culture and work environment where purpose meets possibility: where the work you do has an everyday impact on the resources and essentials we all rely on, and where you’ll have valuable opportunities to deepen your skillset, pursue your ambitions, and grow your career. Together, we’re Safeguarding the World’s Most Vital Resources™—and building rewarding careers along the way.