Your opportunity:

Produce designs and redesigns of new and existing products to complement and enhance product offerings and continually improve quality. Minimize production costs and sustain a competitive advantage in the air movement and control industry. Work closely with marketing/sales and manufacturing on new product concepts, features and/or Special Desgin Requests. Independent judgment must be exercised frequently. Assignments are received in the form of results expected, but employee has considerable freedom to decide work priorities and procedures to be followed.

The axial/inline business unit of Greenheck Group produces a variety of exhaust and centrifugal fans, and it is unique because the products are only produced in Wisconsin. This unit builds more than 60,000 fans per year using state of the art automation, robotic weld propellers, and laser cut sheet metal. This business unit is made up of strong leadership who stand by the motto, "Build people first, fans second." They provide top quality industrial fans to customers across the globe while constantly designing new products and accessories to meet the growing customer demands.

What you'll be doing:

• Develop new product designs and redesigns in coordination with sales, marketing and manufacturing functions
• Develop bill of materials and translation documents related to new or changed designs
• Oversee the transition from design into production, including any necessary testing and training required for implementing new or changed designs
• Evaluate material selection, cost analysis, and vendors as required to implement new designs. Review, along with purchasing personnel, the selection and specification of new purchased component parts for product designs
• Oversee the prototyping and testing of new designs, including the interpretation of test results. May be required to set up and run test equipment
• Conduct and/or review the testing of new designs, interpreting test data and recommending and/or implementing necessary corrective action based on test data. Will interface with agencies associated with certifying products (AMCA, UL, etc.)
• Provide technical consultation internally to sales and marketing personnel and externally to customers
• Maintain close contact with the shop floor. Listen to the problems and ideas. Prioritize and pursue the most important concerns. Responsible for resolving any and all issues as they arise
• Maintain accurate and current documentation on design changes and requests
• Visit job sites to review installation and/or design problems and make a determination to resolve the situation
• Participate in value engineering projects on an ongoing basis to continually improve designs and processes
• May participate in any/all external agency approval (i.e., U.L. AMCA for products)
• Review/evaluate returned goods and determine root cause of failures and disposition of materials
• Manage multiple projects in accordance with predetermined completion dates
• May have direct reports
• May have indirect supervision over a design team(s)

What you should have:

• Work requires a professional level of knowledge in a specialized field, which is equivalent to that which would be acquired by completing a regular four-year college program in an engineering discipline.
• Between 1-3 years of work experience is required.