Project Engineer - Pipe Fabrication & Quality

BENDTEC, LLC; Duluth (MN); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental plan

PTO

Retirement plan

Job summary

BendTec in Minnesota is seeking a Project Engineer responsible for defining, evaluating and ensuring product integrity from order receipt to delivery. You will review contracts, assign directives, and manage schedules.

You will develop test requirements, production documentation, spool drawings, and liaise with customers to resolve engineering issues. Travel overnight to kickoff meetings and site investigations may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required.
• 0-5 years’ experience in the pipe fabrication field.
• Microsoft Office, AutoCAD, and JD Edwards experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Review customer contracts and accumulate any associated documents required to conduct a detailed contract review.
• Assign and supervise project directives and drawings.
• Assist in managing and organizing dates, lead times and delivery schedules.
• Determine and verify testing and non-destructive evaluation requirements for each project.
• Develop and distribute spool drawings and travelers.
• Help maintain drawing lists and current revisions being used for production.
• Research, evaluate and select material procurement sources as assigned.
• Assist in vendor selection and pricing negotiations for materials.
• Maintain, process, gather and record changes in the customer’s design to be incorporated within change orders.
• Review customer provided technical specifications and contract documents for possible project directives that may fall outside the governing code boundaries or BendTec’s Quality Assurance Manual requirements.
• Communicate all technical and commercial requirements effectively to all levels of company personnel.
• Participate in conference calls and face to face meetings with the customer and owners as required.
• Develop and maintain a productive working relationship with the customer and end user.
• Develop and verify plans for approval when required by contract.
• Assist the customer and BendTec Quality Control Department in developing a quality plan for each project.
• Develop detailed project directives and/or job specific procedures based on technical specifications, knowledge of the code and previous working experiences with similar projects for submittal to the client and for their use as working instructions for the production staff.
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Thorough understanding of client project scope and specifications.
• Provide a team of drafters, checks and others with all information necessary to process pipe spool fabrication drawings for multiple fabrication facilities.
• Communicate with client and resolve any issues pertaining to questions/conflicts regarding scope, specifications and client drawings.
• Thorough understanding of shop methods using the fabrication of pipe spools.
• Familiarity with and utilization of department standards, procedures and guidelines.
• Interact with the clients to resolve any engineering issues.
• Communicate with departments within the company on any engineering related issue pertaining to the project.
• Position requires some overnight travel: attending kickoff meetings with clients, performing site investigation into possible work or completed work fabrication, technical issues or rework.

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

AutoCAD

JD Edwards

Job description

BendTec in Minnesota is seeking a Project Engineer responsible for defining, evaluating and ensuring product integrity from order receipt to delivery. You will review contracts, assign directives, and manage schedules.

You will develop test requirements, production documentation, spool drawings, and liaise with customers to resolve engineering issues. Travel overnight to kickoff meetings and site investigations may be required.