Job Title:  Custom Engineering Specialist

At AMETEK Process Instruments, we focus our experience on designing new, innovative analyzers that help our customers achieve higher levels of productivity and quality. We do this by seeking out ways to overcome the limitations of current methods of process monitoring, control, and quality assurance. It is through this focus that we have created some of the most reliable and accurate technologies in the world.

POSITION SUMMARY
The Custom Engineering Specialist is responsible for providing engineered solutions to our customers that enhance and compliment Process Instruments’ standard offerings.  The engineering specialist will be relied upon to design novel solutions for customer applications that serve various industries, including green energy, downstream production, combustion, and sulfur recovery.  This role requires an engineer who is technically savvy, collaborative, and versatile to be a member of a team that delivers product solutions on time and on budget.  The Engineering group at Process Instruments is team oriented, genuine, and responsible, creating a culture for team members who are hands-on and results-driven to impact the business in a positive way.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
•    Execute and manage assigned projects concurrently from order placement to shipment
•    Ensure proper documentation for each assigned project is complete, accurate, and delivered to stakeholders, including drawings, manuals, and acceptance test plans
•    Support technical sales in preparing quotes by providing cost estimates and technical evaluations needed to secure customer orders
•    Negotiate price, delivery, and specifications with customers prior to and during project execution
•    Collaborate cross functionally to assure assigned projects meet or exceed required technical, financial, and customer expectations 
•    This role combines standard office-based work with periodic time in a manufacturing or production setting in accordance with safety protocols
•    Ability to lift up to 40 pounds
•    Performs other duties as requested, directed, or assigned
•    Demonstrated ability and willingness to use AI tools to improve productivity, decision-marking, work quality, and to reduce costs.  
•    The successful candidate must be able to identify appropriate AI use cases and critically evaluate AI-generated outputs.

KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE
•    Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or electrical engineering, mechanical or electrical engineering technology, instrumentation & control engineering, electronics engineering, or related field.
•    Up to 3 years of relevant experience
•    Exposure to technical projects that require the practical application of physics and engineering principles to solve application-specific problems, creating and translating mechanical drawings and electrical schematics, bills of material, and production routing sequences
•    Experience working within cross functional teams to deliver projects on time and on budget, successfully making decisions to solve problems that move projects forward, and interacting with colleagues at all levels of an organization
•    Knowledge of design for manufacturing and quality principles, including previous experience working in a manufacturing environment, ISO procedures (or similar), and change management processes

TOOLS
•    Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PowerBI, CoPilot, and SharePoint
•    Navision ERP
•    SolidWorks and AutoCAD
•    SolidWorks PDM
•    SolidWorks Simulation
•    All required tools for assembly and other hands-on work

ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE
•    Reports to Manager, Custom Engineering

CONTACT WITH OTHERS
•    Operational team members
•    Procurement & Operational Excellence
•    EH&S Team
•    Management
•    Finance
•    Sales
•    Product Management
•    Vendors
•    Customers

ASSIGNMENT AND REVIEW OF WORK
•    Workload and goals as agreed with the Engineering Management

DECISION MAKING AUTHORITY

•    In accordance with the approved DLA (Delegated Level of Authority)

MOST CHALLENGING PART OF THE JOB

•    Managing and executing concurrent projects that may include competing priorities 
•    Managing risk and developing contingencies to minimize schedule and cost impacts

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