Senior Project Engineer

Dover Precision Components is hiring a Senior Project Engineer for our Cook Compression brand, located at our South Houston/Pearland, TX manufacturing facility.  We offer competitive pay and benefits and the ability to work remotely 2 days a week in this hybrid-remote role.

 

Are you a reciprocating compressor subject matter expert who wants to be a part of a growing (organically and through acquisitions), and innovative company, developing new technologies to support green energy transition?  If so, we’d love to hear from you!

 

WHAT YOU’LL DO

As a Senior Project Engineer, you will provide a turnkey approach for reapplication, technical upgrades, operational and maintenance reliability improvements of reciprocating compressors by providing full Engineered Solutions using a Project Charter methodology. You will assist Sales and Engineering in identifying and developing new opportunities and be a technical consultant at a compressor systems level to the Customer, and internal teams. You will help identify leads, opportunities, and customer ROI justifications. You may act as the primary liaison with customers for resolution of technical matters and the development of solutions for customer projects. Role includes:

• Develop close working relationships with key customers’ technical contacts, ensuring that business opportunities and strategic initiatives are recognized and responded to appropriately at an early stage.
• Travel to interact with customers to identify opportunities, engineer solutions, and manage projects pre and post contract.
• Provide compressor performance analysis using proprietary software to analyze the health and potential for compressor improvement and upgrades.
• Complete written project charters, quotes, and datasheets to document all work between the customer and Cook Compression.
• Analyze product designs utilizing Dover Precision Components (DPC) tools and practices, interpret results and determine optimum solution to the customers’ problem. Prepare technical information for new projects to customers’ specifications.
• Work closely with sales, operations, field service and vendors to ensure successful completion of engineering projects. Participate in client/contractor meetings.
• Assist in the preparation of engineering project proposals.
• Prepare customer operating and maintenance documentation to support individual projects.
• Assist new product development and chief engineers in developing advanced analysis tools.
• Participate in establishing new work processes within engineering to support new products and service offerings for compressors and associated systems.
• Interpret designs, perform all engineering calculations, examine specifications, expedite and process engineering changes.
• Lead training seminars at customer and/or internal sites as needed and be able to fine-tune the training to the specific needs of the audience.

 

 

WHAT YOU’LL BRING

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• 8+ years’ in mechanical/ industrial engineering with rotating equipment experience.
• 3+ years of engineering/ manufacturing project management experience.
• Ability to travel up to 20% (Houston area and client sites nationwide).
• Practical knowledge working with compressors.
• Strong understanding of Engineering Principles and design practices.
• Demonstrated ability to create ideas and develop solutions.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.