Manager, ASME Engineering

As a family-owned and operated company, we feel a special obligation to the employees who comprise our Taco family. We are committed to offering employees access to the tools necessary to live long and productive lives. We strive to instill in all of our employees: A positive mental attitude that helps us to be a leader in the industry A commitment to building strong relationships, both inside and outside the organization A desire to learn, grow, and contribute to moving our strategy forward A need to create and to innovate Employment Type: Regular Full-Time Shift: 1st Shift Work Status: On-site Position Summary: Manages engineering team within the Heat Transfer Division to design, redesign and develop specialized American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME) Pressure vessel equipment for the HVAC market.

Recommends new products and improvements to existing products. Works with project team on release process, development of project schedules and phase-in process.

Responsibilities

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include but are not limited to: Designs and develops specialized ASME Section VIII Div 1 pressure vessels and heat exchangers for the HVA C, Plumbing and Industrial markets with suggestions from Management, Sales and Marketing Department specifications, competitive product comparison, understanding of hydronic industry, and engineering knowledge and experience. Performs theoretical and numerical analysis of structural and thermal characteristics of products . Creates sizing and application procedures for sales literature .

Provides analysis to support effort in solution of customer problems and/or applications. Manages daily flow of incoming engineering production orders and ensures efficient processing of Engineering Change Orders, submittal drawings and thermal design requests. Manages daily activities of ASME design Engineers and Product Designers.

Recommends new products and improvements to existing products as required to resolve production or service problems or to reduce costs. Works with IT to develop configurators and similar software that interacts with the company’s ERP system. Contributes to the development of new product marketing specifications .

Works directly with customers when needed, to resolve product issues in the field. Checks drawings prepared by product designers or reviews drawings previously checked by a Product Engineer for accuracy and completeness including materials, processes, tolerances, design, function and cost. Plans tests and investigations to determine practicability and proof of design Consults with Marketing, Operations and Quality Assurance Departments about problems and works out solution to these problems .

Becomes familiar with information from other departments affecting assigned products including inventory, tooling, lead times, machine capability, machine capacity, quality, field complaints, returns, sales volumes, forecasts, costs . Strives for standardization of designs on related products . Establishes specifications for quality, stress, weight and materials.

Participates in technical sales presentations . Assists with preparation of technical material for sales literature. Assures conformance of product to applicable approval agency standards.

Initiates patent action for assigned product in consultation with Executive Management. Assists Operations in the investigation of production problems when requested to do so. Assists Marketing and Sales Department in the investigation of field service problems or in application engineering problems when requested to do so.

Initiates required action to obtain field test data on products . Maintains field contacts to keep informed of product health.