Project Engineer

Sportech is a rapidly growing company in Elk River, MN. We are looking for talented people who wish to join a values-based company that desires to help our people and customers win. We design, manufacture, and assemble cab components and systems for the powersports, golf and turf, industrial and agricultural end markets. Our design and engineering capabilities allow us to provide complex components and assemblies to our original equipment manufacturer customers. We are always on the gas and seeking dynamic, enthusiastic, and motivated individuals to join our extraordinary team.

Sportech offers eligible full-time employees a robust and competitive benefits package, which includes:

• Medical, dental, and vision plan options, including flexible spending accounts (HSA, FSA, and DCA)
• Short-term and long-term disability benefits
• Basic life insurance and voluntary life insurance
• Hospital indemnity plans, pet insurance, and legal/identity theft services
• 401k plan with up to a 4% employer match
• Paid company holidays, paid vacation, and paid volunteer time
• Sportech Learning Academy (SLA) with courses offered onsite quarterly, focusing on personal and professional growth and development for employees, and tuition reimbursement options for courses completed outside of Sportech

Further benefits information is provided as part of the offer process for any offer extended by Sportech. Pay varies by position and is based on multiple factors including labor market data and, depending on position, may include education, work experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, and/or certifications. Additionally, Sportech takes into account the internal equity of current employees when considering compensation. Sportech’s reasonable and good-faith estimate for the range of new hire compensation at the time of posting for this position is between $95,000 - $115,000 annually. Pay may also include variable compensation from time to time such as overtime for non-exempt positions, shift differential for specific shifts, and/or bonus targets (subject to plan eligibility and other requirements).

Job Summary

This customer and product development focused position serves as the technical liaison between OEMs, sales, project management and engineering departments during new product development programs. The role of the Project Engineer is to plan, execute and finalize projects according to strict deadlines within budget. This includes managing resources and coordinating efforts of team members to define and deliver project objectives according to the PDP (Product Development Process).

Essential Job Functions

• Develops strong working relationships with customer technical counterparts to serve as their primary liaison to deliver product technical information, manage product specifications, communicate product change information, conduct installation issue resolutions, and facilitate customer requests.
• Leads design related component styling, purchasing, and manufacturing issues with emphasis on quality, reliability, timely delivery, and cost.
• Effectively lead cross functional teams and direct objectives clearly
• Collaborates with project managers and customers to establish a reasonable project development schedule from concept to production implementation that is in line with overall business requirements.
• Manage a small team of design resources to complete projects (size and complexity based)
• Supports the sourcing teams with newly developed purchased components, and collaborates to resolve manufacturing issues with emphasis on quality, reliability, timely delivery, and cost.
• Works within all digital tools (CAD, File Management and ERP System) to create, implement, advise and train other engineers on successful design solutions.
• Recommends ideal component manufacturing direction to achieve overall design, performance, and cost goals.
• Offers expertise on existing and new designs to identify and implement cost reduction opportunities.
• Accountable to the PDP (Product Development Process) and ownership of engineering tasks within.
• Approves preliminary and production sketches, prints and/or schematic diagrams and/or presentations to aid in the understanding and solution of engineering problems.
• Actively solicits design feedback from customers, other designers, sales, suppliers, quality engineers, continuous improvement engineers and manufacturing engineers.
• Analyzes field and production problems and recommends possible solutions.
• Performs other miscellaneous project related assignments.

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering (equivalent work experience may be considered).
• 8 years related system design experience required (OEM, plastics and/or sheet metal preferred).
• Experience designing and bringing product into mass production.
• Conforms to shifting priorities, demands and timelines through analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Effective and timely decision-making skills to keep projects and the organization moving forward.
• Consistently achieves results, even under tough circumstances.
• Expertise in designing in 3D CAD Software (preferably SolidWorks and/or Creo).
• GD&T, FMEA and the ability to perform and train in dimensional tolerance stack ups.
• Expertise with design benefits / constraints in multiple manufacturing methods. (ie: CNC, brake press, machining, injection molding, welding, etc.)
• Leads and applies engineering principles to ensure product performance.
• Expertise in managing multiple projects at one time, facilitate customer requests, organize priorities, and drive resolution in an industry leading timeframe.
• Expertise managing customer and vendor relationships.
• Demonstrated ability to implement change in a way that positively impacts overall department and company performance.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to convey a clear understanding of unique needs of different audiences.
• Expertise at working in a team environment with a high level of people/interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to cross functionally drive results.