At Greene, Tweed, you'll find the cutting-edge technology, world-class polymer expertise and endless advancement opportunities you'd expect from a multi-national industry leader. You'll find them all in an environment that embraces diversity in people and opinions, moves decision making to the point of impact, and celebrates your success.

If you enjoy continuous learning and are excited about working with and creating technological solutions, explore career opportunities with Greene, Tweed.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

•     Assess customer and engineering requirements to develop a technical Statements-of-Work (SOW) for the design, development, and fabrication of new test equipment, test apparatus and fixtures, and the upgrade and maintenance of existing equipment.

•     Efficiently design, develop, and fabricate test equipment as required for confirming GT products performance characteristics and modes of failure with accurate, repeatable, and reproducible data.

•     Collaborate with engineering teams to refine test plans and assure that agreed testing programs are measuring relevant performance criteria and are achievable.

•     Partner with internal staff and external contractors on the build of various test equipment including fabrication, welding, machine controls, and data capture.

•     Ensure that test equipment is designed with appropriate factor-of-safety margins, safety controls, and shielding, and coordinate with site safety manager to develop a comprehensive Job Hazard Analysis (JHA)

•     Run new testing equipment and programs to troubleshoot any issues and confirm correct operation. May include fully running testing program from start to finish.

•     Confirm that equipment is operated in a safe manor by trained employees.

•     Develop and maintain a budget and project plan and manage performance to plan including communicating progress and recovery actions as needed.

•     Test projects are to be managed from conception through completion.

•     Responsible for the utilization of all resources available to the Product Test Laboratory including equipment and suppliers. 

•     Effectively utilize in-house tool shop and maintenance and machining capabilities and perform in-house vs outsource cost-benefit analysis.

•     Ability to work with hand tools and various instruments. 

•     Strong math, computer programming, and electronics skills.

•     Analyze and reduce test data for customer presentation accurately in an organized and understandable format.

•     Write test reports for customer presentation with sufficient detail that test can be repeated with a high degree of accuracy.

•     Must be able to self-start on projects, and work both independently and as part of a team.

Required Minimum Qualifications

Education/Certifications: BS, Mechanical Engineering or related degree required; BSME, post graduate specialized industrial training desired

Skills and Experience:•   

3+ years mechanical design experience preferably in development of test or industrial manufacturing equipment, including CAD design program proficiency3+ years of combined work experience/educational background related to SCADA systems, including the ability to create and carry out continuous improvement for PLC logic-based sequenceAble to create electrical/mechanical schematics, technical drawings, and manualsCapable of assembly / disassembly tasks as required for development, test system build, and maintenanceFamiliarity with Allen-Bradley PLCs, Delta Motion Controllers, Keyence Data Acquisition, or similar required, and LabView control systems preferredSolid Works Certification strongly desiredHigh-level working knowledge of MS Office applications including MS Excel, Power BI, and MS ProjectComfortable with the use of hand and power tools required to fabricate and run product test equipment, including wood, plastic and metal working toolsExperience with electronic instrumentation experience including surface profilometers, optical comparators and dimensional measurement toolsFamiliarity with statistics and test methodologies including gage R&R and development of a control test, as needed Ability to work well in cross-functional team environments and lead complex design and build projects

Preferred:

•     Prior laboratory environment experience

•     Hydraulic systems design

•     New product development

•     Development of custom equipment utilizing complex electronic and computer controls.

•     Team lead experience

•     Data acquisition software program development

•     Six Sigma training

•     Experience with MSA and DOE tools

Job Environment:

Physical Requirements:

Standing                                   Occasionally (16-45%) Sitting                             Frequently (46-100%)

Lifting                                      Up to 10lbs without assistance

Carrying                                   Up to 10lbs without assistance

Walking                                   Occasionally (16-45%)

Hearing                                    Ability to detect noises with or without corrective device(s) Vision                       Clarity of vision, with or without corrective lenses

Mental Requirements:

Problem Solving                       Frequently (46-100%)

Making Decisions                     Ability to make decisions that have a moderate impact

Supervise                                 Occasionally (16-45%) Interpret Data                  Frequently (46-100%) Organize                       Frequently (46-100%) Read/Write                    Frequently (46-100%) Communication             Frequently (46-100%)

Work Environment

High Temperatures                   Rarely (0-15%) Low Temperatures           Rarely (0-15%)

Noises                                      Moderate (business office with computers, printers and light office noises) Fumes Exposure            Rarely (0-15%)

Note:  This Job Description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position.  Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by the Supervisor.  All requirements are subject to change and updates.

We also provide eligible employees with a competitive benefits package that includes health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings account, 401k savings plan, life and disability insurance, tuition assistance and more, to meet the diverse needs of all employees and their family members.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Greene, Tweed is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or any other federally protected class.

Drug Free Workplace:

Greene, Tweed is a Drug Free Workplace.  Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a pre-employment drug screening and background investigation subject to federal, state, and local laws.

NOTE: Greene, Tweed is not seeking assistance or accepting unsolicited resumes from search firms for employment opportunities, unless they have a written agreement for the position they are contacting us about. Regardless of past practice, all resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at GT without a valid written search agreement in place for that position will be deemed the sole property of Greene, Tweed, and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Greene, Tweed as a result of the referral or through other means.