Product Engineer I

ValvTechnologies; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

ValvTechnologies in Houston seeks a Product Engineer I to support Sales, Engineering and Manufacturing by researching feasibility and viability of customer specifications, reviewing drawings, BOMs, and quote data, and performing engineering calculations.

The role involves design support for metallic valves and automation components, processing daily orders, and driving improvements in product design and manufacturing efficiency.

Qualifications

• BS in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent required.
• 5–8 years product engineering in manufacturing environment, valves/automation preferred.
• PE highly preferred; experience with castings, forgings, machining.

Responsibilities

• Providing engineering design support for metallic valves and automation equipment including ball, gate and check valves.
• Providing design engineering support for daily incoming sales orders and technical support for quotations and inquiries.
• Ensuring engineering design and standards documentation is complete, accurate, and sufficient for manufacturing and QA.
• Providing technical and customer service support for new inquiries, design of special products, and evaluations of returned goods.
• Leading product improvement activities including manufacturability, material cost, and performance enhancements.
• Driving process improvements within engineering to meet departmental metric goals (duty on BOMs, drawings, ECN closures).

Skills

Mechanical aptitude

Problem-solving

Communication

Project leadership

Customer-centric

Education

BS Mechanical Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD 2D

SolidWorks 3D

MS Office

Job description

Position: Product Engineer I

Location: Houston On-site

Position Overview:

The primary responsibility of this position is to support Sales, Engineering and Manufacturing by performing necessary research regarding feasibility, viability of customer/quote specifications by reviewing drawings, diagrams, BOM’s, quote information customer/application specifications and performing all necessary engineering and material application calculations

Job Responsibilities:

• Providing engineering design support for metallic valves and automation equipment – these include ball, gate and check valves and automation components going into some of the world’s most critical and severe process applications
• Providing design engineering support for daily incoming sales orders, providing technical support for sales quotations and customer inquiries, and working with manufacturing and quality assurance to resolve production issues in a timely manner
• Ensuring engineering design and standards documentation is complete, accurate, and sufficient in support of manufacturing and quality assurance activities
• Providing technical and customer service support for new customer inquiries including the design of special products, technical evaluations of project sales quotations, application and troubleshooting assistance, and evaluations of returned goods
• Leading product improvement activities including manufacturability, material cost, and performance enhancements
• Driving and participating in process improvements within the engineering department in an effort to meet departmental metric goals, including but not limited to product design, bills of material, and drawing throughput, engineering change releases and corrective action request closure rates, and design and bills of material error rates

Skills & Abilities

• Strong mechanical aptitude and excellent problem-solving abilities
• Ability to use engineering design and analysis tools, as well as Microsoft Office software and other productivity tools; understanding of AutoCAD 2D and SolidWorks 3D
• Excellent communications and interpersonal skills
• A proven ability to effectively manage engineering teams and projects
• Self-starter; sets high standards for self and others; strong critical-thinking skills; highly customer-centric; consistently meets commitments

Core Qualifications:

• BS Mechanical Engineering or equivalent degree
• 5-8 years of product engineering experience in a manufacturing environment, working with engineered valves and automation
• PE highly preferred
• Experience with castings, forgings and machining operations
• Knowledge of various materials, especially grades of steel and alloys
• Understanding of various International Standards relating to valves preferred, such as ASME B16.34, API 6A, API 6D