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Project Engineer
Job Description: The Project Engineer (Mechanical) is responsible for innovating and designing the systems and products sold by Precision Valve Automation - PVA. This position ensures that the product is designed correctly, and within customer requirements, budget, and timeframe.
Job Responsibilities:
- Review sales orders and interprets engineering needs to deliver an on-time, complete, and accurate design and documentation package.
- Monitors project to ensure that goals and customer expectations are met, and product is developed on schedule.
- Facilitates project kick-off meeting.
- Coordinates with other departments to develop project schedule.
- Answers questions, manages expectations and acceptance criterion, and fosters customer relationships throughout the design process.
- Monitors project to ensure that goals and customer expectations are met, and product is developed on schedule.
- Designs and develops machine documents and submits models to CAD group to create diagrams and generate full bill for parts.
- Partners with purchasing and internal shops to order parts for on time delivery.
- Organizes and facilitates Engineering Cross Review to assess and ensure design meets the needs of the customer and company.
- Interprets safety codes so that equipment meets specifications on every design.
- Conducts meetings to gain customer approval of all specifications prior to manufacturing.
- Creates test run-off document, post run-off punch list, and conducts customer run-off acceptance meeting.
Skills:- Customer centric, committed to supporting the internal and external customer.
- Strong verbal communication and listening skills.
- Self-starter who works independently and in a fast-paced team environment.
- Maintains a calm, tactful demeanor when dealing with difficult situations.
- Manages multiple projects and timelines with a sense of urgency and follow through.
- Well organized, analytical, and detail oriented.
- Strong computer and excel skills.
- Knowledge of industrial robots, machinery, electrical and fluid mechanics, electronics, and
- modeling/drawing software, required. SolidWorks experience preferred.
- Minimum three (3)+ years of custom engineering and design required.
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, required.
Job Location: PVA Global Headquarters | Cohoes, NY -
ERP Business Systems Analyst
Job Description: The ERP Business Systems Analyst oversees information systems. This position is critical to PVA; the ERP Business Systems Analyst analyzes business needs and recommends and develops information system solutions to solve business problems.
Job Responsibilities:
- Gathers, documents and analyzes business needs and problems.
- Designs, develops and modifies business systems and automation solutions.
- Drives project selection and tracks and documents successes, KPI's, wins/losses based on business priorities.
- Trains new and existing end-users in information systems, ERP and business processes.
- Partners with team to develop content and delivery to introduce business technology solutions and features, monthly.
- Oversees and implements ERP system enhancements to achieve maximum integration, coordination and information flow between departments.
- Develops embedded Epicor (ERP) solutions that encourage and enforce best practice compliance.
- Defines, delivers, and supports strategic plans by implementing information technologies to maintain organizational effectiveness and efficiency.
- Troubleshoots escalated Epicor issues, daily.
- Integrates third-party software to our ERP ecosystem, as needed.
- Oversees, implements, and develops timelines for new solution implementations.
- Researches, analyzes and introduces new technology systems to provide business value.
- Provides technology, digital strategy, and guidance to the IT team in areas such as cloud computing capabilities, Internet of Things (IoT), Robotic Process Automation (RPA), and other emerging technologies.
- Maintains confidentiality of customer and employee information 100% of the time.
- Creates and delivers updates and presentations to the management team, quarterly.
Skills:- Customer centric, committed to supporting the internal and external customer.
- Strong verbal communication and listening skills.
- Self-starter who works independently and in a team environment.
- Thrives in a fast-paced environment.
- Exhibits sound judgement; anticipates the implications and consequences of situations and takes appropriate action to be prepared for possible contingencies.
- Maintains a calm, tactful demeanor when dealing with difficult situations.
- Manages multiple projects and timelines with a sense of urgency and follow through.
- Well organized, analytical, and detail oriented.
- Follows direction with focused attention.
- Exhibits initiative, willing to learn.
- Strong computer and excel skills – technical understanding and technical management capabilities.
- Knowledge of IT management, required.
- Minimum five (5)+ years of information systems management and business analysis experience, required.
- Prior manufacturing experience, preferred.
- Bachelor's degree in business management or computer science, required.
- Project management certification, preferred.
- Experience with Epicor 10.2 preferred, however any ERP experience is desirable.
Job Location: PVA Global Headquarters | Cohoes, NY -
Systems Programmer
Job Description: The Systems Programmer writes code that operates and enables the manufacturing robotics sold by Precision Valve Automation - PVA. This position is critical to PVA; the Systems Programmer ensures that machines are built correctly and meet the expectations of the customer which ultimately impacts the revenue and long-term profitability of the company.
Job Responsibilities:
- Programs manufacturing robotics using proprietary company coding language following procedures and instructions to meet customer expectations.
- Completes programming within specified timeframes based on the complexity and uniqueness of the machine to ensure goals and expectations are met.
- Ensures product is created according to specification based on instructions and job tracker with up to 99% quality.
- Reads and interprets mechanical schematics to ensure accuracy.
- Utilizes software to communicate issues or delays during build, on real time basis.
- Sets up machine to perform process.
- Completes build within specified timeframes to ensure goals and expectations are met and product is developed on schedule.
- Ensures equipment is in optimum working order and brings issues to team leaders’ attention within one hour when aware of machine interruption.
- Maintains confidentiality of customer information.
- Keeps a neat and organized workstation for safety and efficiency.
- Interacts with customers in value stream or works in other value streams, as needed.
Skills:- Customer centric, committed to supporting the internal and external customer.
- Strong verbal communication and listening skills; ensures that information is passed on to others who should be kept informed.
- Self-starter who works independently, and in a fast-paced team environment.
- Exhibits sound judgement.
- Maintains a calm, tactful demeanor when dealing with difficult situations.
- Manages multiple projects and timelines with a sense of urgency and follow through.
- Well organized, analytical, and detail oriented.
- Comfortable working in a structured environment.
- Follows direction with focused attention.
- Exhibits initiative.
- Strong computer skills
- Proficiency in multiple programming languages, preferred. A successful candidate will be driven and motivated to learn PVA’s specific programming language.
- Associates Degree in Computer Science, required.
Job Location: PVA Global Headquarters | Cohoes, NY