Project Engineer

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Preco is now hiring for a Project Engineer for their Contract Manufacturing Services division in Somerset, Wisconsin.

The role of the Project Engineer is to be the project and program leader for design, development, manufacturability, and ramp up of custom and standard processes for contract manufacturing opportunities to meet customer product needs.

The Contract Manufacturing Services Division Project Engineer is responsible for full manufacturing process development ramp of die press, rotary, and laser-based manufacturing related processes that meet customer's expectations and are within budget. The Project Engineer has a leadership role in coordinating teams that design, develop, test, and install manufacturing processes that meet customer product specifications.

Preco is a leading designer and manufacturer of precision automated processing systems for high-speed and high-accuracy cutting, perforating, welding, and other specialized industrial processing applications. With our proprietary die cutting and laser-based manufacturing capabilities, Preco has also become one of the largest contract manufacturing service (CMS) providers in North America.

Key Responsibilities:

• Evaluate a customer's purchase order agreements and requirements.

• Develops estimated costs for proposed projects and improvements.

• Participates in team selling activities and customer interface for manufacturing.

• Develops and executes detailed project plan for approved products to meet forecast and ramp.

• Coordinates both internal and external project review meetings and updates.

• Extended job description can be sent with additional information on job responsibilities.

Job Qualifications:

• Four-year engineering degree and a minimum of four years project engineering experience. Minimum of 10 years project engineering experience in lieu of degree. Experience related to machine tools is essential.

• Demonstrated experience with effective customer communications relating to business, technical, and logistic matters.

• Experience with leading multi-disciplinary teams whose members are provided from a matrix type organization.

• Experience with all phases of process development and manufacturing.

• Demonstrated ability to deliver product that meets the customer's expecations and is within budget.

• Demonstrated technical or process experience in at least two of the following areas:

  - Materials handling components such as dial tables, feeder bowls, pick-and-place mechanisms, and robots.

  - Automated material processing systems such as welding or cutting systems that process individual metallic parts.

  - Automated web and/or sheet converting systems for materials such as paper, plastic, fabric, and composite films.

  - Process knowledge relating to processing metallic, composite, or non-metallic materials.

  - Industrial controls and/or software experience that use personal computers (PC) or programmable logic controllers (PLC).

  - Tooling and fixture design for locating individual parts.

  Preco has partnered with Hueman for its recruitment needs. If you are interested in learning more about a career with Preco as as a Project Engineer, apply today!