Conair, as part of Piovan Group, is the leading producer of auxiliary equipment for plastics processing in the world. We make and market over 450 different products, including resin-drying systems, blenders, feeders and material-conveying systems, temperature-control equipment, and granulators. Extrusion solutions include gravimetric control systems, film and sheet scrap-reclaim systems and downstream equipment for pipe and profile extrusion. Conair is also a leader in plastics process integration, engineering and installing complete manufacturing systems that help plastics processors manage their valuable raw materials, handle their critical manufactured parts, and improve their process yield. After equipment installation, Conair provides industry leading aftersales support via their Parts, Service, and Industry 4.0 offerings to ensure our customers Make Every Pellet Count!
Role
The Electrical Engineer designs, develops and tests all aspects of electrical components, equipment, and machinery and maintains involvement in fabrication, operation, application, installation, and/or repair of electrical products. This position also coordinates activities to evaluate and resolve product or process related problems. The Electrical Engineer reports to the Vice President of Engineering and is located in Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Actively participate in an environment which encourages teamwork, innovation, trust, and customer inspired motivation;
- Design and develop machines, tools, equipment, and systems with mechanical parts using industry standard practices;
- Develops and documents concepts and ideas for implementation of new and/or improved products;
- Verifies concepts and ideas in the most efficient manner possible using analytical tools and/or concept level prototype testing; documents the process and results of the verification;
- Investigate problems with machinery and suggest and implement solutions;
- Applies engineering processes to the design and manufacture of products to achieve the lowest overall cost and enhance product value to the customer;
- Works independently or within a team to apply basic engineering principles to design and develop mechanical assemblies and associated documentation from general verbal instructions, sketches, or existing models;
- Involved with the fabrication, operation, application, installation, and/or repair of mechanical products;
- Works directly with other engineering individuals and manufacturing individuals to resolve mechanical and fabrication issues with new and existing products;
- Assists the sustaining, new product development, and value engineering teams in their activities as needed;
- Develops, directs, participates, and documents, lab testing;
- Participates in product teardowns and obtain useable data;
- Provides data necessary to support the sales, marketing, installation, operation and maintenance;
- Other duties as assigned.