Staff Engineer

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Summary:
The Staff Engineer will perform conceptual design, detailed engineering, equipment fabrication, testing, and start-up, review the project contract, proposal, specifications, preliminary drawings, and clarifications to determine the intended scope, technical feasibility, and compliance of technical objectives for the project.

Currently seeking a Staff Engineer professional in our Houston, TX location

Responsibilities of the Staff Engineer include, but are not limited to:

• Upon full time employment with PW the Staff Engineer will be required to immediately begin self-study in the field of centrifugal pump design as a prerequisite to begin designing impellers, case volutes, diffusers, and re-rating pumps to meet specific design conditions and performance characteristics. Initial job requirements will be as follows:
• Perform trim analysis as required for the PW Remanufacturing and PW610 manufacturing facilities
• Perform thrust load analysis as required for the PW Remanufacturing and PW610 manufacturing facilities as required
• Map pump case volutes and volutes sectional areas as required and produce detail drawings of each
• Collect critical hydraulic dimensions for existing impellers as required
• Create volute modification drawings using new design data provided by the Assistant Engineering Manager/Hydraulics Engineer
• Create case throat area drawings as required and create modified throat area drawings using new design data provided by the Assistant Engineering Manager/Hydraulics Engineer
• Manage pump case volute modifications and impeller modifications performed by shop personnel as required by the Assistant Engineering Manager
• Generate 3D models of pump hydraulic components using Solidworks
• Create fluid models using Solidworks which will be used for CFD analysis

Qualifications of the Staff Engineer include, but are not limited to:

• Must Have a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from an accredited university program
• Proficiency with SolidWorks, SolidWorks 2D and/or DraftSight
• Excel or other spread sheet program capabilities
• Good verbal and communicative skills

Additional Information:

Physical Demand: N/A

Working Conditions: Engineering office

Training/Certifications: SolidWorks and Excel skills is a plus.

Shift Time/Overtime: 7:00 AM - 4:30 PM M-F, there are occasions when they will have to work some overtime depending on the urgency of the project they are working on and/or to provide technical support to our manufacturing facilities, sales, and customers.

Travel: Periodic travel to our manufacturing facilities, customer facilities, field service

Education: Must have a minimum of a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from an accredited university program

Location: USA:TX:Houston

DXP offers a comprehensive benefits package for full-time regular employees, normally working a minimum of 30 hours per week, including: medical, dental, vision, flexible spending account, paid holidays, life and disability insurance, and additional supplemental benefits. All employees are eligible to participate in the 401(k) plan.

Salary is commensurate with experience. Except where prohibited by state law, all offers of employment are contingent upon successfully passing a drug test. DXP is an equal opportunity employer and participates in E-Verify. EOE/M/F/D/V.