Now Hiring - Northwest Pipe Company - Engineering Manager - (Civil or Mechanical) in Houston, TX

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SUMMARY OF JOB PURPOSE: Directs and coordinates activities of engineering department to design and manufacture product and systems by performing the following duties personally or through subordinate supervisors. The Engineering Manager supervises and manages all project managers and project designers at the NWPC Park facilities. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES: * To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. * Present project-specific solutions to civil, plumbing, and mechanical engineering customers * Assist sales team during the project bid phase by providing design review and confirming appropriate product design * Provide project and technical support for submittals drawings, production, and product delivery * Maintain engineering standards and procedures * Directs department activities to design new products, modify existing designs and improve production techniques. * Analyzes technological trends and market demand for plant projects. * Reviews product design for compliance with engineering principles, company standards, and customer contract requirements, and related specifications. * Coordinates activities concerned with technical developments, scheduling, and resolving engineering design and test problems. * Directs integration of technical activities and products. * Evaluates and approves design changes, specifications, and drawing releases. * Controls expenditures within limitations of project budget. * Prepares interim and completion project reports. * Confers with management, production and marketing staff to determine engineering feasibility, cost effectiveness, and customer demand for new and existing products. * Forecasts operating costs of department and directs preparation of budget requests. * Other duties as assigned. * Regular, reliable, and predictable attendance is necessary in order to perform the essential functions of this position. JOB SCOPE: The individual works within established guidelines with some decision-making authority including: * Responsible to design, manufacture and deliver projects in within established budgets. * Provides design solutions related to customer needs per industry standards such as UPC, IPC, IAPMO, ASME , etc. * Provides in plant design solutions to meet industry standards such as OHSA, NEC, etc. SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: * Directly supervise 2-6 employees in the Engineering department. * Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance, rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems. INTERPERSONAL CONTACTS: * Daily direct and electronic interaction with Engineering Employees regarding all aspects of engineering projects. * Daily phone and electronic interaction with Customers regarding project scope and schedule. * Daily direct and electronic contact with Operations management, Plant management and lead men regarding all aspects of project manufacturing and scheduling. * Weekly phone and electronic interaction with company sales personnel regarding project scope and schedule. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES: * Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents. * Proficient computer skills including Microsoft Office and CAD applications. * Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community. * Ability to write speeches and articles for publication that conform to prescribed style and format. * Ability to effectively present information to top management, public groups, and/or boards of directors. * Ability to apply advanced mathematical concepts such as exponents, logarithms, quadratic equations, and permutations. * Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory, and factor analysis. * Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. * Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables. EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE: * College degree in Engineering (Civil or Mechanical) and 7-10 years of project management or leadership experience in the engineering, manufacturing, construction, or heavy highway industries. * Equivalent combination of education and experience. CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS: * Professional Engineer License strongly preferred. * Membership in ASCE is preferred. PHYSICAL DEMANDS/WORK ENVIRONMENT: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Physical Activity Over 2/3 of the time: * Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word; those activities where detailed or important spoken instructions must be conveyed to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly. * Communicating: Expressing or exchanging ideas and information accurately, in written or diagram form. * Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction, and having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and making fine discriminations in sound. _* Repetitive motions: Making substantial movements (motions) of the wrist, hands, and/or fingers such as moving a mouse and typing. _ Up to 2/3 of the time: * Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing or crouching on narrow, slippery or erratically moving surfaces. (This factor is important if the amount and kind of balancing the amount and kind of balancing exceeds that needed for ordinary locomotion and maintenance of body equilibrium,) * Stooping: Positions self to access files or lift items off the floor. * Kneeling/Crouching: Position self to file documents and open lower drawers as well as to lift boxes and other items. _* Standing /Sit: Remaining upright in a stationary position, particularly for sustained periods. _ _* Walking: Moving about to accomplish tasks, particularity for long distances or moving from one work site to another. _ Less than 1/3 of the time: * Climbing: Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. * Crawling : Moving about to positon self _* Reaching: Grabbing things from a distance above or from the side. _ * Pushing: Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward downward or outward. * Pulling: Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion. _* Lifting: Raining objects from a lower to a higher position or move objects horizontally from position to position. _ Physical Requirements * Sedentary work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, or otherwise moving objects, including the human body. Visual Acuity * The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts and/or operation of machines (including inspection); using measurement devices; and/or assembly or fabrication of parts at distances close to the eyes. Vision Requirements: Up to 2/3 of time, the worker is required to have: * The worker is required to have peripheral vision (ability to observe an area that can be seen up and down or to the left and right while eyes are fixed on a given point) * The worker is required to have depth perception (three-dimensional vison, ability to judge distance and spatial relationships.) * The worker is required to have the ability to adjust visual focus (ability to adjust the eye to bring an object into sharp focus) Less than to 1/3 of the time the worker is subject to: * The worker is required to have close vision (clear vision at 20 inches or less) _* The worker is required to have distance vision (clear vison at 20 feet or more ) _ * The worker is required to have color vision (ability to identify and distinguish colors) Weather Conditions Up to 2/3 of the time: * The worker is subject to inside environmental conditions: Protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes. * The worker is subject to outside environmental conditions: No effective protection from weather. * The worker is subject to both environmental conditions: activities occur inside and outside. _* The worker is subject to extreme cold: Temperatures typically below 32 degrees for periods of more than one hour (Consideration should be given to the effect of other environmental conditions such as wind and humidity.) _ * The worker is subject to extreme heat: Temperatures above 100 degrees for periods of more than one hour. (Consideration should be given to the effect of other environmental conditions such as wind and humidity.) * The worker is subject to noise: There is sufficient noise to cause the worker to shout order to be heard above the ambient noise level. * The worker is subject to hazards: Includes a variety of physical conditions such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, moving vehicles electrical current working on scaffolding and high places exposure to high heat or exposure to chemical. * None: The worker is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions (as in typical office or administrative work) Less than 1/3 of the time: * The worker is subject to vibration: Exposure to oscillating movements of the extremities or whole body. * The worker is subject to oils: There is air and /or skin expose to oils and other cutting fluids. Noise Levels Up to 2/3 of the time: * Loud noise (examples: metal can be manufacturing department large earth- moving equipment) * Very loud noise (example: jack hammer work, front row at rock concert) Less than 1/3 of the time: * Moderate noise (examples: business office with computers and printers, light traffic) Supervision Received: General Direction: The incumbent exercises wide latitude in determining objective and approaches to critical assignments. Generally, the incumbent is in charge of an area of work, and typically formulates policy for this area but does not necessarily have final authority for approving policy. Personal Protective Equipment is required when in the Plant, Yard or Construction Areas: * Hard Hat * Safety Glasses * Steel-toed Boots * Hearing Protection * Reflective Vest Job Type: Full-time Pay: $115,000.00 - $141,300.00 per year Benefits: * 401(k) * 401(k) 4% Match * AD&D insurance * Dental insurance * Employee assistance program * Flexible spending account * Health insurance * Health savings account * Life insurance * Paid time off * Referral program * Vision insurance Application Question(s): * How many years of people management experience do you have? * Are you okay working in an office setting, Monday - Friday? * Are you a (Civil or Mechanical) Engineer Ability to Commute: * Houston, TX 77040 (Required) Work Location: In person