Product Development Engineer

 

 

Interested in working with one of the markets leading manufacturers? Greenheck Group is a leading growth-focused, environmentally conscious, commercial HVAC manufacturer. Join our team, which proudly designs and manufactures the most comprehensive line of ventilation products in the industry. Greenheck Group is a dynamic multi-branded international organization. Our equipment is used worldwide in commercial, institutional, and industrial facilities, ranging from comfort ventilation to manufacturing processes. Our efficient products improve comfort, safety, and health of lives across the planet. Since 1947, we are deeply committed to helping you “Build Your Future,” through professional growth, challenging leadership roles, and exciting opportunities around the world.

 

Your opportunity:

Produce designs and redesigns of new and existing products to complement and enhance product offerings and continually improve quality.  Minimize production costs and sustain a competitive advantage in the air movement and control industry.  Work closely with marketing/sales and manufacturing on new product concepts, features and/or Special Desgin Requests. Independent judgment must be exercised frequently. Assignments are received in the form of results expected, but employee has considerable freedom to decide work priorities and procedures to be followed.

 

Greenheck Group's PRV business unit manufactures a variety of roof ventilators, and they help protect commercial roof systems from heat or moisture damage. This business unit is faced with many tasks like fabricating component parts of ventilators to building units that go on top of restaurant, hotel, and school buildings! The products are known for their longevity, and this close-knit team is a friendly and knowledgeable group of professionals.

 

What you'll be doing:

 

• Develop new product designs and redesigns in coordination with sales, marketing and manufacturing functions
• Develop bill of materials and translation documents related to new or changed designs
• Oversee the transition from design into production, including any necessary testing and training required for implementing new or changed designs
• Evaluate material selection, cost analysis, and vendors as required to implement new designs.  Review, along with purchasing personnel, the selection and specification of new purchased component parts for product designs
• Oversee the prototyping and testing of new designs, including the interpretation of test results.  May be required to set up and run test equipment
• Conduct and/or review the testing of new designs, interpreting test data and recommending and/or implementing necessary corrective action based on test data.  Will interface with agencies associated with certifying products (AMCA, UL, etc.)
• Provide technical consultation internally to sales and marketing personnel and externally to customers
• Maintain close contact with the shop floor.  Listen to the problems and ideas.  Prioritize and pursue the most important concerns. Responsible for resolving any and all issues as they arise
• Maintain accurate and current documentation on design changes and requests
• Visit job sites to review installation and/or design problems and make a determination to resolve the situation
• Participate in value engineering projects on an ongoing basis to continually improve designs and processes
• May participate in any/all external agency approval (i.e., U.L. AMCA for  products)
• Review/evaluate returned goods and determine root cause of failures and disposition of materials
• Manage multiple projects in accordance with predetermined completion dates
• May have direct reports
• May have indirect supervision over a design team(s)

 

 

What you should have:

• Work requires a professional level of knowledge in a specialized field, which is equivalent to that which would be acquired by completing a regular four-year college program in an engineering discipline.
• Between 1-3 years of work experience is required.

 

 

Why join the Greenheck family?

Our benefit packages and salaries are among the best in our industry. Benefits may vary slightly by location, but usually include:

Health insurance

Prescription drug benefits

Dental insurance

Paid vacations and holidays

401(k) Retirement savings plan

On-site clinic and fitness center (Schofield location)

Employee Assistance Program

Flexible spending accounts for medical or dependent care expenses

Tuition a