Engineering Project Coordinator

Meiden America Switchgear Inc; South Carolina; On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

401k with match

Paid time off

Holiday pay

Voluntary benefits

Job summary

Meiden America Switchgear, Inc. is seeking an Engineering Project Coordinator to drive efficiency from order intake through engineering, procurement, and manufacturing. You will translate sales orders into actionable tasks, track deliverables, and keep all stakeholders informed.

The role requires 2–5 years in order management or project coordination, strong knowledge of BOMs/drawings, and proficiency with ERP/MRP systems and MS Office. Expect close collaboration with Sales and Engineering teams.

Qualifications

• Associate or Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Industrial Technology, or a related field.
• 2–5 years of experience in order management, project coordination, or manufacturing operations.
• Strong understanding of engineering documentation, BOMs, drawings, and change processes.
• Experience with ERP/MRP systems (SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, Epicor, etc.).
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Teams, Outlook, and order-tracking tools.
• Strong communication, organization, and multitasking skills.
• Ability to manage high order volume with accuracy and urgency.

Responsibilities

• Review and organize sales order documents for engineering reference.
• Resolve missing or unclear order information with Sales team.
• Assign order numbers, engineering tasks, and associated timelines.
• Maintain real‑time visibility of order status to support accurate reporting.
• Identify and elevate delays to ensure timely resolution.
• Maintain all order‑related documents, submittals, and approvals.
• Coordinate engineering activities tied to customer orders.
• Track drawing releases, BOM updates, ECNs/CCFs, and technical clarifications.
• Verify engineering outputs meet customer requirements and internal standards.
• Assist in preparing order status summaries for customers.
• Coordinate engineering responses to customer questions, clarifications, and change requests.
• Log and track customer‑initiated changes (scope, configuration, specifications).
• Coordinate impact assessments with engineering, procurement, and scheduling.
• Ensure all changes are documented, approved, and reflected in order records.
• Maintain dashboards, trackers, and engineering queues.
• Support ERP/MRP updates related to engineering deliverables.
• Organize order folders, spreadsheets, SharePoint sites, and documentation repositories.
• Assist with order closeout and archiving engineering deliverables.

Skills

Order management

Project coordination

Manufacturing operations

Documentation understanding

Communication

Organization

Multitasking

High-volume orders

Education

Engineering degree (Associate or Bachelor)

Tools

SAP

Oracle

NetSuite

Epicor

Job description

Pay Type: Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, 401k with match, Paid time off and Holiday pay + various voluntary benefits.

The Engineering Project Coordinator plays a critical role in ensuring customer orders move efficiently through engineering, procurement, and manufacturing. This position translates sales orders into actionable engineering tasks, tracks deliverables, maintains full order visibility, and provides timely, accurate updates to internal teams and customers.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Customer Order Processing & Validation

• Review and organize sales order documents for engineering reference.
• Resolve missing or unclear order information with Sales team.
• Assign order numbers, engineering tasks, and associated timelines.

Order Tracking & Lifecycle Management

• Maintain real‑time visibility of order status to support accurate reporting.
• Identify and elevate delays to ensure timely resolution.
• Maintain all order‑related documents, submittals, and approvals.

Engineering Deliverable Coordination

• Coordinate engineering activities tied to customer orders.
• Track drawing releases, BOM updates, ECNs/CCFs, and technical clarifications.
• Verify engineering outputs meet customer requirements and internal standards.

Customer & Internal Communication Support

• Assist in preparing order status summaries for customers.
• Coordinate engineering responses to customer questions, clarifications, and change requests.

Change, Issue, & Exception Management

• Log and track customer‑initiated changes (scope, configuration, specifications).
• Coordinate impact assessments with engineering, procurement, and scheduling.
• Ensure all changes are documented, approved, and reflected in order records.

Operational & Administrative Support

• Maintain dashboards, trackers, and engineering queues.
• Support ERP/MRP updates related to engineering deliverables.
• Organize order folders, spreadsheets, SharePoint sites, and documentation repositories.
• Assist with order closeout and archiving engineering deliverables.

Position Requirements (knowledge, skills and abilities required to perform satisfactorily in the position)

• Associate or Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Industrial Technology, or a related field.
• 2–5 years of experience in order management, project coordination, or manufacturing operations.
• Strong understanding of engineering documentation, BOMs, drawings, and change processes.
• Experience with ERP/MRP systems (SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, Epicor, etc.).
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Teams, Outlook, and order‑tracking tools.
• Strong communication, organization, and multitasking skills.
• Ability to manage high order volume with accuracy and urgency.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with AutoCAD or engineering design workflows.
• Experience with engineering change management (ECN/ECO/CCF).
• Experience working with Document Control or EDMS systems.

Physical Demands

• Standing under 1/3 of time.
• Walking 1/3 of time.
• Sitting 1/3 of time.
• Talking 1/3 of time.
• Keyboarding under 1/3 of time.
• Close, distance, and color vision under 2/3 of time.
• Working outdoors under 1/3 of time.
• Reading and interpreting instructions over 2/3 of time.
• English and grammar usage skills over 2/3 of time.
• Repetitive motion under 1/3 of time.

Meiden America Switchgear, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, pregnancy or conditions related to pregnancy, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.