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Job Description Job Description Mentor a group of engineers whose responsibilities include: - Evaluate concepts to determine a best approach to meet or exceed requirements of a design. - Create detailed drawings of assemblies and components to allow for the manufacture or purchase of items that eliminate interpretation or question. - Confirm product capabilities by defining load requirements and testing method. - Develop products by studying designer’s intent and the client’s requirements and collaborate to determine the optimal solution. - Ask questions (and document answers) that clarify unknowns and eliminates any assumptions. - Makes design/structural recommendations as to how to achieve a look or feel of a concept yet maintain structural integrity. - Develop easy to assemble products using minimal hardware. - Create easy to understand assembly instructions. - Maintains and modifies existing design/drawings as needed and documents revisions. - Be readily available to provide information by answering questions and requests. - Maintains company reputation by complying with government regulations. - Follow established procedures. - Forecast approximate time needed to complete tasks. - Meet expected/committed timelines. - Give updates (daily or as requested) to any project(s) status. - Establish and maintain good relations with other team members (sales, design, estimating, and production). Support and motivate other team members. Position Requirements: - Management experience preferred. - 5-year minimum experience in a custom design/manufacturing environment (fast paced) Experience in store fixture and display industry preferred. - Minimum 2-year technical degree (4-year in Mechanical Engineering preferred). - Solidworks - Globalshop – must learn ERP system - Familiar using different materials (metals, wood, plastic) and specifying different types of hardware to help make recommendations. - Design/value engineering skills (not all degreed engineers are good engineers). - Enthusiastic, dependable, positive. - Able to multi-task, prioritize and assign tasks to the engineering team. - Be able to travel within and outside the US if needed. - Observe trends in merchandising and translate them into possible future solutions. - Attend and be a part of daily PDR meeting(s) to ensure correct path being followed and potential of problems identified. - Attend and be a part of NPN meeting to ensure successful and profitable release of new items through production (domestic and import) - Work closely with other departments (manufacturing, purchasing, design, etc.) to ensure buy in on approach. - Able to properly staff (hiring and firing) the engineering department to meet company and customer needs. - Identify opportunities and provide solutions to streamline our processes. - Develop a unified specification approach - Foster a collaborative environment with all functions (design, sales, production)6b250ea6-cee3-481d-915c-f7283f1b2f1b

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