Description

Position:         Project Design Engineer - Coupling Technology 

Location:        Product Development, Corporate Engineering- Easton, PA

Reports to:     Director of Coupling Technology 

**Relocation package is offered for this role** 

Victaulic is a global leader in mechanical pipe joining innovations and is the world's leading producer of mechanical pipe joining solutions. The company has 13 manufacturing facilities and 28 branches worldwide with 4,400 employees who speak 43 languages across the globe. With over 2000 global patents, Victaulic solutions are at work in more than 140 countries across diverse business lines including oil and gas, chemical, mining, power generation, water and wastewater treatment, military and marine, as well as commercial building and fire protection. Since the 1950’s Victaulic has been providing ground-breaking fire protection products and system solutions for challenges faced by engineers, contractors, property managers and fire marshals. Victaulic is a leading fire protection manufacturer of innovative fire products and fire fighting systems including fire sprinklers, fire extinguishing and fire suppression systems, pipe couplings and fittings, and flow control valves. These products are used in commercial, infrastructure and industrial applications to protect people and property.

Scope:

Responsible for the development and maintenance of commercially successful Victaulic products and equipment. These products include:  New and revised products for Victaulic and its subsidiaries. 

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Responsible for concept development which often includes:

• Concept generation.
• Specific design ideas to satisfy concept(s).
• Presentation and communication of ideas.
• Modeling of concept (via drawings and hardware).
• Interfacing with Product Managers/Marketing/Sales to refine concept to meet customer requirements.
• Addressing manufacturing, sourcing, and quality requirements.
• Estimating cost of initial design. Developing alternatives to achieve product cost targets.
• Project and/or procurement authorization preparation and comprehensive presentation to management. 

Leading of a multi-departmental team (formal or informal) in the execution of detailed design through the release of product to market including:

• Design to meet requirements and manufacturability issues.
• Detail drawing review and approval.
• Vendor selection participation (in-house or out).
• Prototyping.
• Testing against requirements.
• Solving design problems.
• Scrutiny and review of detailed cost estimates.
• Leading a design review to assure customer and performance requirements are met.
• Resolving tolerance issues.
• Development of EI/EP/ES's as appropriate.
• Participation in tooling selection.
• Approval of tooling-based on samples.
• Participation in evaluation of pilot production runs and problem solving.
• Technical literature preparation and approval.
• Education/training of Victaulic Marketing/Sales and Application Engineering about new product. 

Responsible for aiding Application Engineering in the usage recommendation of existing Product Technology products.
 
Specific policies and procedures have been established by the Engineering Department to provide for the security and accessibility of electronic data and confidential information. It is the responsibility of the employee, in the daily course of doing business, to follow said policies as they relate to document management. The extent to which departmental research and development information is stored electronically has vastly increased, and will continue to do so. The new Federal rules pertaining to electronic discovery stipulate that substantive email communications constituted "records" under the Federal Records Act. It is therefore the responsibility of each departmental employee to understand their role in communicating via e-mails and that all e-mails must be written/responded to in a professional manner..
 
Monthly travel to agencies, vendors, manufacturing sites in support of assigned projects.
 
Contribute to future new product ideas, which will benefit Victaulic and positively differentiate Victaulic from our competition (Vision).

Qualifications:

• BS / MS in appropriate engineering field. 
• 5-10 years of commercially successful Product Technology or related experience. 
• Knowledge and Experience with *Pressure Vessels preferred* 
• Multiple, successful, cross-functional project management experiences inclusive of taking projects from concept to production. 
• Creative, able to generate concepts with good potential that meet project requirements. 
• Demonstrated business acumen and communication skills.

Victaulic offers a full benefits package which includes: comprehensive healthcare coverage, paid time off plans, paid holidays, 401K with company match, company paid short-term disability, company paid life insurance, company paid EAP program, tuition reimbursement and adoption assistance. 

EEO Statement: Victaulic is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EOE/M/F/Vets/Disabled) employer and welcomes all qualified applicants. Applicants will receive fair and impartial consideration without regard to race, gender, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic data, or other legally protected status
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