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Form of workAbout the Company:
IPS Corporation is a global, market-leading provider of solvent cements, adhesives, and specialized plumbing products. Founded in 1954 in Los Angeles, CA, IPS began by producing clear cements for laminating acrylic sheet for aircraft canopies. Today, IPS, with its three operating companies, has eight manufacturing plants and nine distribution centers supporting sales to a diverse set of end markets in 85 countries.
About Diversified Products:
At IPS Corporation's Diversified Products operating company, our mission is to empower our plumbing and roofing customers to deliver results with the highest level of performance, quality, and efficiency. We do this by committing to getting better every day, and we welcome you as you are. We are consciously creating an environment where all people have an equal opportunity to succeed, where everyone feels included, and diversity is celebrated.
About the Role:
Supporting our Diversified Products division of IPS Corporation, this Collierville, Tennessee based Design Engineer will work closely with the hiring manager, our Engineering Director, as well as other colleagues in Manufacturing Operations, Supply Chain, Sales and more, to complete new product/process design (and redesign) projects, meet established cost, time, and deliverable goals. You'll be focused 50% on new products and 50% on redesigns/continuous improvements for our plumbing and roofing geared products.
Having a background in Mechanical Engineering in a manufacturing environment is key, and plumbing/roofing experience would be preferred but is not required. To be successful, you'll need to learn to be a technical expert in our products, a strong collaborator with solid communication skills, an organized project manager and feel comfortable heading out into the field to get direct customer feedback on prototypes. Wearing multiple hats in this 700-person organization is common, and also provides excellent growth opportunities.
Take a look at Diversified Products' 2023 product catalog here to see some of the products you would support.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Develops novel, practical, and high value product/process design and redesign concepts that support efforts to best serve customer needs and create a competitive advantage for the Company.
- Uses Engineering knowledge and judgment to determine the feasibility of Product Designs, considering costs, time limitations, manufacturing process capabilities and other relevant technical and economic factors. May also engineer/design manufacturing process equipment for assembly operations.
- Develops sufficient expertise and knowledge of products that are recognized by internal and external persons as a subject matter expert.
- Capable of end-to-end, cross functional management of product development projects.
- Utilizes solid CAD modeling software for Product Design and analysis, including dimensioning and tolerancing; utilizes PDM software to catalog product technical data.
- Interfaces with Sources of Supply and internal resources to ensure Product Designs can be manufactured with respect to quality, quantity, functionality, and cost requirements.
- Completes standardized product documentation packages (drawings, bills of materials and specifications), to communicate design intent clearly and completely to Manufacturing and/or Supply Chain.
- Analyzes test data and reports to determine if designs meet functional and performance specifications.
- Possesses an understanding of the causal relationships of Product Design to performance and product cost and can modify Product Designs accordingly.
- Ensures designs conform to applicable industry and business standards, Codes, and regulations.
- Performs ongoing evaluations of Product Engineering processes and practices for Continuous Improvement opportunities.
- Makes effective, clear, and concise presentations to technical and nontechnical audiences.
- Authors/co-authors technical reports, papers, articles, patents, and presentations.
- Learns and applies IPS Business System tools and adapts a kanban mindset in approaching business decisions
- Willing to travel up to 15% to customer sites for VOC feedback and collaboration
Education and Experience Requirements:
We're looking for a teammate who thinks and acts like an owner, leads with humility, and values learning as much as winning. There is no perfect candidate, so please consider applying even if you don't have all the qualifications listed below. We're looking for strong candidates from all walks of life.
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering
- 5+ years of manufacturing experience conceptualizing and developing inventive new products, successfully commercialized.
- Experience within the Plumbing industry is strongly preferred.
Critical Competencies:
- Knowledge and understanding of the design of high volume injected molded plastic components, assemblies and their associated tooling and processes is strongly preferred.
- SolidWorks CSWP or CSWE certification is strongly preferred.
- Exceptional analytical and critical thinking skills; uses data, logic, and facts to make reasoned decisions and recommendations.
- Significant mechanical aptitude required – knowing which mechanical principle(s) apply in any given situation.
- Strong analytical abilities with a passion for data-inspired decision making.
- You have experience managing and growing product lines in the context of strong longstanding competitors and smaller upstarts entering the space.
- You lead by example, with humility, and with conviction in your point of view.
- You are organized and detail-oriented with experience managing multiple projects simultaneously.
What We Offer
We're a rapidly growing midsized company with a customer-centric mentality operating fast and lean. We think big, embrace problem solving, and believe our proven business system gives us a competitive edge in the markets we play. Through experience in this role, mentoring and via formal instruction, we will grow your career and develop you based off your strengths and interests. A career with IPS Corporation will push you and challenge you, providing growth opportunities and the prospects to advance your career. If you are a driven performer, you will work with committed, like-minded people, giving you the support to reach your full potential.
- Competitive Compensation Package
- Insurance Benefits - Medical (Aetna), Dental (Delta Dental), Vision (Aetna Vision)
- Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Voluntary Benefits - Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Accident
- Basic Life insurance with dependent coverage optional
- 401(k) with Company Match
- Vacation and Sick Leave
- Short term & Long Term disability
- Tuition assistance program
- Employee assistance program
- Professional Development Opportunities
The duties described above are indicative of the skills, knowledge, abilities and normal task assignments of this position. Additional duties requiring similar or lesser skills may be added anytime without the necessity for altering the description or reevaluating the position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
