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Systems Designer/Engineer
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An Electrical Substation Engineer is responsible for substation design including schematic development, physical layouts, equipment, and construction cost estimates.
$106,554 / year median in Michigan
Job Description
Systems Designer/Engineer Price Engineering, a SunSource company, specializes in engineered custom products and solutions through engineering resource management, research, planning and development in the areas of hydraulics, pneumatics, automation and electrical systems. www.priceeng.com Responsibilities Engineering Leadership Work with the hydraulic system designers on developing and approving circuit and system design for projects. Work with the hydraulic systems team on integration of hydraulic and electric systems. Develop and mentor engineering team members. Support Wig #1 call activity to connect engineering team members to key customers/opportunities. Support Wig #2 effort to help build the engineering team. Help lead key performance improvement activities in the engineering team. Work with the hydraulic system designers on their weekly priorities. Manage entire team allocation and reporting of time for project design and support. Work with entire team on hydraulic system cost estimating and final statement of work processes. Work with sales team to adequately identify system requirements and statement of work for new Industrial system projects. Work closely with Manufacturing to develop standard labor costs for assembly activities. Work closely with purchasing to identify standard suppliers, components, and costs. Lead efforts for continuous improvements to the designs of standard power system products. Engineering Best Practice Work with other engineering groups within the organization to help drive the following: Drive engineering standards - prints, datasheets, and statement of work. Engineering tools - Hydraw, MDtools, PDM…etc Documentation / File Storage Locations Document naming conventions Communication Be clear when communicating and have clear directives. Encourage the team members to share information. Emphasize the importance of each team member's contribution and demonstrate how all of their jobs operate together to move the entire team closer to its goal. General Education & Experience Education , 2-year engineering degree minimum. Business and or leadership training preferred. Experience, 3-5 year's as Application Engineer and Engineering Manager (fluid power, motion control automation, and/or power transmission).