Engineering Manager

The Engineering Manager leads all product engineering staff and plans, monitors, and controls all product engineering activities, including those activities related to the development of new and the optimization and support of existing products. The goal of this position is to develop and deliver new, quality products to the market with speed and to optimize the cost-effectiveness, quality, and market relevance of existing products.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Identifies and ensures the adoption, documentation and consistent employment of industry-leading engineering practices for new product development, product optimization and product life-cycle support.
• Compiles and maintains documentation of engineering standards and best practices.
• Develops and monitors metrics to identify the performance of the group and its processes, and employs corrective actions as required.
• Assesses risk and implements appropriate risk mitigation and verification strategies for all product development activities. Ensures that resources are available with appropriate skills and training to meet the needs of the product development plan and fulfill the operational responsibilities of the department.
• Creates project teams and monitors and controls project activities to ensure compliance with time, cost and quality objectives.
• Supervises technicians, technologists and other engineers and reviews and approves designs, calculations and cost estimates.
• Acts as the corporate Chief Operating Officer and Responsible Member for the Association of Professional Engineers & Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA) permit to practice engineering for all engineering activities in the province of Alberta.
• Develops and maintains the corporate intellectual property portfolio and strategy.
• Leads the Senior Engineering Team and is therefore responsible for the following practices:

• Documentation of product intent and verification of conformance to customer requirements
• Translation of customer needs and value opportunities into tangible concept features and products
• Verification of product fitness-for- purpose, cost-effectiveness, compliance and risk mitigation
• Creation and maintenance of customer product documentation
• Provision of product engineering support to TYCROP sales activities
• Provision of appropriate instruction to manufacturing for efficient steady-state production
• Provision of engineering support to any relevant stakeholder throughout the product lifecycle

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant engineering discipline

Specific Skills

• Fluent technical communication
• Use of standard office software
• Mechanical engineering design
• Assessment of appropriate design for manufacture
• Assessment of appropriate structural integrity, which may require the application of classical structural engineering calculation or finite element analysis.
• Design, conduct and documentation of scientific experiments and prototyping activities.
• Project management.
• Resource management.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage, including FSA/HAS
• Company – Paid Life Insurance and Long – Term Disability
• 401K
• Employee Referral Program
• Paid Holidays and PTO
• Training
• Opportunities for Growth
• And more!

10+ years as the North American leader in oilfield equipment innovation and manufacturing, with 3 facilities across the U.S. and Canada, is not only a testament to our customers, but a commitment to the team of people who work here every day. The people who work at Propell come here, learn here, and stay here for many years. It is this collective expertise and a never-ending pursuit of improvement through teamwork that gives our company a proven ability in everything we do.

If you or someone you know is looking for a new opportunity, apply online at careers@propell.com

Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position. This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants who require or will require sponsorship tied to a specific employer, such as H, L, TN, F, J, E, or O.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.

Propell American LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, alienage or national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability or handicap, sex, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information, arrest record, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.

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ADA STATEMENT

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

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