Job Title: Project Engineer I Reports To: Engineering Manager FLSA Status & EEO Code: Exempt/Professionals Division/Department: GHM/Engineering Level of Work: Level II Position Summary: Entry level position that will learn to run design programs independently, read customer specifications, read terms and conditions, provide support for service and equipment in the field, and will learn to fill out O & D. Will concentrate on one product line with an introduction to other product lines. Level II: Service – Coordinating “production” with problem solving and prevention 1. Resource management (material and people) • Communicates with shop staff, QA/QC inspectors, and engineering staff on a daily basis. • Interacts with customers to deliver first time quality. • Engages leadership team in setting and achieving goals. This includes working with key leadership both functionally and strategically to drive overall improvements inside and outside of engineering. • Plays an active role in product design/development including review of technical details, design for manufacture (cost effective and manufacturing process compliant) and design for test (efficient manufacturing test ensuring product quality). 2. Resource scheduling, output management and reporting • Ensure open communication throughout the organization by keeping management informed of Project status and ensuring coordination of Lean activities. • Create metrics, deployment goals, and objectives to drive accountability throughout the project team. • Organizes, plans, reviews, and provides status of projects managed. • Engage in product requirements definition and reviews. • Participate as reviewer in the design review process. 3. Continuous Improvement • Identify, review and develop product improvements. • Confers with management to establish continuous improvement goals/objectives and overall direction. • Identify areas with other functional leaders, employees, and customers to develop significant lean opportunities for improvement throughout the organization. • Chairs meetings and process improvement teams. 4. Equipment & process maintenance • Development and maintenance of methods for measuring progress to ensure that project goals, objectives, and metrics are being met and maintained. 5. Professional Development • Models operational excellence, visibly demonstrating leadership and technical expertise. Qualifications: To qualify for this position, an individual must possess the knowledge, training, experience and abilities required. Education and Training • Bachelor’s Degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent Experience: • New graduate to 3 years experience Other: • Must be willing to work overtime as required. • International travel may be required. • Domestic travel may be required. • Local travel may be required. • Minimal travel may be required Skills: To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies: • Must have proficiency in MS office applications including spreadsheet, enterprise resource planning, database, and specialized application software. • Ability and willingness to abide by set policies and/or safety programs established by GHM, our clients, and/or regulatory agencies which govern our performance and behavior in the normal course of our work while on GHM or the client’s property or job site. • Strong written and verbal communication skills required. • Strong organization and time management skills. • Ability to successfully plan and implement objectives within established timelines and work schedules. • Ability to analyze problems and develop effective solutions at both strategic and functional levels. • Demonstrate behavior consistent with company values. • Ability to work independently, with minimal direction as a highly motivated self-starter and within a team oriented culture. • Exhibits polite and professional communication via phone, e-mail and mail. • Maintain strict confidentiality regarding company matters. • Follows instructions, responds to management direction; takes responsibility for own actions; keeps commitments; completes tasks on time or notifies appropriate person with an alternate plan. • Proficient in engineering application software such as Autodesk Inventor; the ability to learn analytical software such as ANSYS, CFX, etc. • Maintain a collaborative relationship with internal and external stakeholders. • Demonstrates recognition of organization’s requirements for the highest quality product with the most efficient utilization of labor and materials: consistently achieves schedule goals; displays initiative, focus, and sense of urgency; demonstrates flexibility in discharging multiple/changing priorities. • Obtains support and cooperation from others and reciprocates; demonstrates positive behaviors, displaying tact, respect, and understanding when dealing with others; proactively engages and confronts issues to achieve continual improvement. • Identifies and addresses potential safety issues including product testing related hazards at customer facilities, which are related to equipment and office area safety. • Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as geometric tolerances and drawing interpretation. • Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community. • Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. • Demonstrates pride in workmanship and commitment to continual quality improvement; maintains clean, organized work area; maintains accurate and timely labor reporting; makes improvement based on lessons learned; maintains strict adherence to quality system requirements. • Adheres to safety and regulatory program requirements, policies, and procedures; promptly reports safety/health concerns; utilizes personal protective equipment as required; maintains organized, clean work environment. • Strong reasoning ability required to allow assessment of a broad range of customer requirements. • Ability to successfully plan, self-direct, and implement objectives within established timelines and work schedules. • Proficient in math including algebra and geometry for first level engineering calculations and pricing models required. Additional skills for engineering modeling desired. • Sound engineering judgement required to support customer-consulting tasks. • Customer Relationship Skills to establish technical scope, requirements, and technical corrective actions. • Ability to operate cross functionally within the organization and drive product improvements throughout the process. • Experience reading technical drawings desired with a drive to be detail oriented and willingness to learn specification requirements. • Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents. • Ability to apply advanced mathematical concepts such as exponents, logarithms, quadratic equations, and permutations. Ability to apply mathematical operations such as tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis. • Listens and gets clarification; ability to respond effectively to the most sensitive inquiries or complaints; writes clearly, correctly, and informatively; ability to read, analyze, and interpret the most complex documents; maintains confidentiality. • Proficient in presentation and communication to non-finance functional groups. • Able to manage multiple priorities and deadlines. • Strong analytical, organizational and communication skills are a must. • Ability to solve practical problems in a timely manner whilst dealing with a level of ambiguity. • Must be detail oriented with ability to maintain a strategic outlook. • Proactively identify problems and collaborate with management on implementing possible solutions. • Energetic and eager to tackle new projects and learn new skills. • Ability to keep information confidential. • Maintain current technical knowledge pertaining to position; demonstrates comprehensive, flexible range of skills and abilities; seeks to enhance skills and abilities through cross training and educational development. • High degree of accountability to meet commitments. • Ability to write detailed reports and correspondence. • Have basic knowledge of GD&T principal and working knowledge of a variety of machining processes. • Team skills, working with machinists and project engineers to develop, maintain, and improve processes are very important. • Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. • Ability to thrive in a team environment. Physical and Mental Demands The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. • Physical demands: While performing the duties of this position, the incumbent is primarily required to sit, stand, walk, stoop, and bend. • Mental demands: While performing the duties of this position, the incumbent is required to read, write, analyze data and reports, exercise judgment, develop plans, procedures and goals, present information to others and work under pressure. • Work Environment This job primarily operates in a clerical office setting. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers and filing cabinets. While performing the duties of this position, the incumbent is also exposed to high level of manufacturing and equipment noise. Duties are performed indoors in a manufacturing environment with temperature changes. Exposure to hazardous materials, fumes or airborne particles and moving mechanical parts with vibration. Work Authorization/Security Clearance Must be able to work in the U.S without sponsorship. Ability to obtain US government security clearance is required. This job description is not all inclusive but rather serves as a general guideline of the current needs of the position and can be modified at the discretion of management to meet current business needs. Experience and education requirements are the primary basis for awarding this position, however substitutions that are essentially equivalent may be made as they relate to the essential functions, duties, and responsibilities of this position
See More Details >>Description: Job Title: Assembler Reports To: Manufacturing Supervisor Level of Work: I Position Summary: Working with blue prints, assembly drawings, specifications, sketches, and verbal and written instructions, assembles, disassembles, repairs and adjusts a variety of units, attachments, components and/or accessories. Reports directly to Production Supervisor or his/her designate. Key Results Areas by level of work Level I: Quality – Complete and accurate work performed efficiently 1. Production quality and efficiency using appropriate tools and equipment, qualified to perform special processes as needed a. Working on assembly operations, sub assembly operations, attachments and/or accessories. b. Size of positioning of work may require incumbents of this position to operate a variety of material handling equipment including jibs, overhead cranes, and their accessories. c. Uses an assortment of measuring tools d. Consistently meets customer’s quality requirements and expectations. 2. Follow instructions – oral and/or written a. Can properly read all blueprint and work instructions b. Will provide instruction and guidance to employees assigned to assist and as required, will participate in training of welders and other employees of the department of lesser classification. c. Performs other duties as assigned by the Production Supervisor, weld shop, or his/her designate. 3. Safety & housekeeping a. Work may require use of scaffold, ladders, forklift, and/or scissor lift. b. Work may require the use of a crane to move part. c. Maintains a clean work area with no clutter. d. Practices safety at all times while at work. e. Follows safety policies and procedures and speaks up when others are non-compliant. f. Wears all safety equipment for area of work. 4. Continual Improvement suggestions a. Keeps an open mind to others continuous improvement suggestions b. Bring continuous improvement suggestions to the appropriate team member. 5. Professional Development a. Demonstrates initiative, positive attitude, and enthusiasm for the job b. Will follow up with supervisor on professional development goals and opportunities Takes an interest and lets it be known that they have a desire to grow with the company Requirements: Qualifications: To qualify for this position, an individual must possess the knowledge, training, experience and abilities required. Education and Training • Technical Trades School in Welding • High school GED Required Experience: • 1+ years of Assembly experience. Other: • Must be willing to work overtime as required. • Minimal travel may be required Skills: To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies: 1. Ability and willingness to abide by set policies and/or safety programs established by GHM, our clients, and/or regulatory agencies which govern our performance and behavior in the normal course of our work while on GHM or the client’s property or job site. 2. Strong organization and time management skills. 3. High attention to detail. 4. Demonstrate behavior consistent with company values. 5. Ability to work independently, with minimal direction as a highly motivated self-starter and within a team oriented culture. 6. Exhibits polite and professional communication via phone, e-mail and mail. 7. Follows instructions, responds to management direction; takes responsibility for own actions; keeps commitments; commits to long hours of work when necessary to reach goals; completes tasks on time or notifies appropriate person with an alternate plan. 8. Maintain a collaborative relationship with internal and external stakeholders. 9. Obtains support and cooperation from others and reciprocates; demonstrates positive behaviors, displaying tact, respect, and understanding when dealing with others; proactively engages and confronts issues to achieve continual improvement. 10. Meets challenges with resourcefulness, generates suggestions for improving work; develops innovative approaches and ideas; presents ideas and information in a manner that gets others attention. 11. Demonstrates pride in workmanship and commitment to continual quality improvement; maintains clean, organized work area; maintains accurate and timely labor reporting; makes improvement based on lessons learned; maintains strict adherence to quality system requirements. 12. Ability to add, subtract, multiply, divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. 13. Ability to thrive in a team environment. Physical and Mental Demands The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. • Physical demands: While performing the duties of this position, the incumbent is primarily required to sit, stand, walk, stoop, and bend. Required to speak and communicate clearly with others. Corrected vision to 20/20 or adequate and ability to identify and distinguish colors. • Mental demands: While performing the duties of this position, the incumbent is required to read, write, analyze data and reports, exercise judgment, develop plans, procedures and goals, present information to others and work under pressure. • Work Environment: While performing the duties of this position, the incumbent is also exposed to high level of manufacturing and equipment noise. Duties are performed indoors in a manufacturing environment with temperature changes. Exposure to hazardous materials, fumes or airborne particles and moving mechanical parts with vibration. Work Authorization Must be able to work in the U.S without sponsorship.
See More Details >>We have multiple opportunities for individuals to join a well-established, award-winning, dairy company! This company puts the quality of their products first! They are looking to fill multiple Maintenance Mechanic positions, in various shifts, to round out their maintenance team. The individuals in these roles will be responsible for maintaining the plant’s equipment and troubleshooting and issues that arise. Location: near Rochester, NY Job Responsibilities: • Listens for unusual sound from machines or equipment to detect malfunction and discuss machine operation variations with operators, supervisors or other maintenance workers to diagnose problem and repair machine. • Shuts down machine or equipment and "Locks Out" all energy sources before starting repairs. Install new or repaired parts. Tests to ensure proper operation. • Cleans and lubricates shafts, bearings, gears, and other parts of machinery according to company procedures or schedules. • Installs and repairs electrical wiring and electrical and/or electronic components on machinery and equipment. • Lays out, assembles, installs, repairs, and maintains pipe systems and related hydraulic and pneumatic equipment, repairs and replaces gauges, valves, pressure regulators, and related equipment. • Repairs and maintains physical condition of facility. e.g.: May have to fabricate and/or repair counters, benches, walls, partitions, and other structures as deemed necessary. • Installs, programs, and repairs automated machinery and equipment such as programmable controllers, pumps, separators, homogenizers, packaging machines, compressors, refrigeration systems and other equipment as needed and trained to repair. • Sets up and operates machine tools such as lathe, grinder, drill, to repair or fabricate machine parts, jigs, fixtures, and tools. • Operates cutting torch or welding equipment to cut or join metal parts. Required Skills/Qualifications: • High School Diploma, GED, or 1-3 years related experience and/or training. • Read and interpret work orders, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals. • Ability to fill out routine reports and correspondence. • Speak effectively and convey information to other employees. • The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 55 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. With other mechanics may have to occasionally lift parts in excess of 100 pounds.
See More Details >>Embarking on a career in the mechanical trade in Batavia, NY, often begins with a structured apprenticeship, combining practical experience with theoretical knowledge, allowing individuals to earn while they learn. Apprenticeships typically span three to four years, demanding rigorous training under seasoned professionals. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are approximately 590 mechanical trade professionals in the region, with wages averaging around $739 per week. Trade schools, unions, and platforms like HireLevel facilitate apprenticeship opportunities, leading to a rewarding career with strong earning potential, often exceeding $800 per week for experienced mechanical trade professionals.
