Equipment Engineer Designer

Founded in 1927, Nippon Sanso MATHESON is one of the largest compressed gas providers in the world. Nippon Sanso MATHESON provides everything from onsite air separation plants to small portable gas cylinders and all the services required to support these products and customer applications. We offer semiconductor, medical, welding, bulk, and cylinder gases for customers across the country. Nippon Sanso MATHESON has over 300 locations and more than 4500 employees in the U.S.

About the Role:

The position is broadly responsible for the development and implementation of engineered industrial gas application solutions for customers in the Food Processing industry, including equipment design and engineering, estimating, planning, project management, supervision of fabrication, installation, commissioning, and post installation support.

Essential Functions:

• Develop conceptual design, cost estimate, and project schedule
• Perform necessary design (CAD modeling) and engineering of equipment and systems
• Perform process modeling and calculations
• Develop and maintain process and flow diagrams, P&, assembly and detailed drawings, Bill of Materials, instrumentation lists, and equipment IOM Manuals
• Prepare comprehensive technical proposals, bid packages and project schedules
• Prepare key equipment specifications, work with Plant and Project Managers to fabricate, or competitively purchase key equipment
• Develop purchase orders for equipment and fabrication services
• Manage equipment fabrication and project budget
• Perform factory and site checkout, QC, HAZOP, EMOC as required
• Manage and physically participate in equipment and systems installation and startup
• Provide post-installation troubleshooting and technical support
• Maintain a high level of personal safety performance and regulatory compliance.
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Complies with all policies and standards
• Education:
  
  The ideal candidate will have a BS degree in industrial, mechanical or chemical engineering (required)
• Experience:
  
  10+ years experienced hands-on equipment engineer /designer with excellent engineering, AutoCAD, technical writing, and communication skills. Required experience in the food processing or industrial gases industry. (required)

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Understand customer’s specific application and process requirements.
• The individual must be an experienced hands-on engineering professional with excellent design, technical writing, and communication skills and must have experience working in or servicing the Food Processing Industry with a preference for experience in moving machinery equipment design, drafting, process automation, instrumentation, and PLC programming.
• Industrial gases industry experience and in-depth understanding of cryogenics and food processing applications that employ the use of cryogenic gases
• Experience providing product and process application support in food freezing and chilling, Modified Atmosphere Packaging, and other applications utilizing industrial and specialty gases would be helpful.
• Excellent analytical, conceptualizing, and reasoning skills with the ability to analyze, interpret, and create technical information
• Excellent oral and written communications skills
• Familiarity with food industry hygiene, safety, regulatory codes and standards, NEC, CGA, ASM,
• Computer skills including Autocad, MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Project, and Outlook

Annual Salary
: $120,000 to $140,000 DOE.

Physical Demands:

• Stationary Position
  -Occasionally
• Move/Traverse
  - Frequently
• Stationary Position/Seated
  - Frequently
• Transport/Lifting-Occasionally
• Transport/Carrying-Occasionally
• Exerting Force/Pushing-Occasionally
• Exerting Force/Pulling-Occasionally
• Ascend/Descend-Occasionally
• Balancing-Occasionally
• Position Self/Stooping-Occasionally
• Pos…