Projects Planning Engineer

Job DetailsDescriptionAs Projects Planning Engineer, you champion the first stage of ISCO’s Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) Projects and are involved throughout all project phases. This entails working directly with Production Planning, Manufacturing Facilities, and Sales to manage and support the fabrication scope of key projects from inception through completion. In the incipient/growth phase, you are the subject matter expert in the identification of key components, obstacles, and solutions relating to customer site plans and blueprints. In the steady state phase of projects, your involvement is consistent and repeatable as it relates to engineering activities. ISCO’s level of quality, service, communication, and innovation, has built a reputation that results in new and repeat business with clients in a wide range of industries: EPC, Industrial, Municipal, Mining, Landfill, etc., all of which need engineering to be successful. This is an operations role that manages from Witherspoon with zero direct reports and involves occasional travel throughout the year to various ISCO sites for training, exposure, and team building. You engage in anywhere between four to twelve jobs at a time. Jobs can last from three months to two years.You have direct communication and impact on the EPC Sales Team, outsourcing partners, customers, and you indirectly impact the fabrication shop. You are pivotal in the beginning project phases and necessary throughout the projects lifecycle to achieve our goal of improving service levels and setting up ISCO as our customers solutionPrimary Duties And ResponsibilitiesAnalyze, dissect, and “spool out” customer isometricsInterpret customer specific layout plans and design notes/restrictionsDetermine fabrication components and make suggestions based on product propertiesCommunicate changes, updates, and next steps accurately and promptlyContinuous Improvement & Goal SettingDevelop and track goals for continuous improvement in fabrication processesSet and achieve utilization efficiency, quality, and safety targets in line with company objectivesERP entry relating to work order release, inventory allocation, and bill of material manifestationReview and approve ISCO CAD drawings based on project requirementsCommunication with ISCO Project MGT Team to plan and discuss project engineering throughput and deadlinesWeekly production meetings with sales teams and operations managementWeekly executive brief to VP of Operations on all live projectsWeekly attendance of NCR (nonconformance review) meetingInventory count, reconciliation, and disposition throughout project lifecyclesMaintain a list of open RFIs (request for information) on EPC jobsCollaborate toward ‘yes’ by identifying barriers and solutionsProvide products and services that are accurate and on-timePart number creation, correction, and management over customer jobsConduct a debrief after each project and create/maintain a lesson learned logEstablish structure and methodology into processes which need revampingMinimum Qualifications And Skills For ConsiderationEducation: Qualified candidates will possess four-year bachelor’s degree; or two to three years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experienceKnowledge and business use of Microsoft Office products: Outlook, Power Point, Word, and ExcelAbility to read, analyze, and interpret general fabrication documents, CAD Drawings, technical procedures, and quality documentationAbility to write reports and business correspondence to effectively present information to internal and external stakeholdersProblem Solving: Ability to solve practical problems with identifying root cause and implementing countermeasures to correctClear communication of engineering jargon towards teammates, associates, and other professionals.Effective ability to manage data, creating a strong, easily understandable storyCollege level understanding on algebraic methods.Being coachable and able to teachProject managementTenacity towards continuous improvementDetail orientationMake decisions based on dataDesired SkillUnderstanding of material properties and limitations and ability to apply that toward piping systemsAbility to diagnose 3D model and make changes and suggestionsFlexibility amongst changeInquisitive challenging of the normPast experience working on teams; we are all pulling on the same ropeLead by influence; leads through others