Product Engineering Manager

Leverage your engineering and managerial experience and join a global industry leader that can offer you competitive compensation, excellent benefits, career advancement opportunities, and even ownership in the company with their ESOP!

Take advantage of an opportunity where your engineeringexpertisecarries greater weight. Youwill be leading a team ofskilledengineers helping to create valuable products that are mission critical to material handlers worldwide.

PPI
, a worldwide industry leader in conveying components, is seeking a Product Engineering Manager to join their team in the Pella, IA area.

If you haveabachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or a related engineering discipline,at least3 years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience, and proficiency in AutoCAD, SOLIDWORKS, and SW PDM software
, PPI wants to hear from you! Must be able to travel 10 – 25%.

• Competitive compensation package
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  Base salary based upon your experience, plus bonus opportunities.
  • Wealth-building ESOP program!PPI is proud to be an employee-owned company. You will earn shares of the business as you become more tenured and build wealth as an employee-owner of PPI!
• Exceptional Benefits package – Including world-class health benefits the 1st of the month after employment begins, dental benefits at noadditionalcost, 2 weeks of paid vacation available upon hire, 9 paid holidays and 2 floating holidays, paid volunteer time, 401k and more!
• Career advancement and Growth
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  Now is an exciting time to join PPI and make a substantial impact on the organization. As PPI continues to grow, there will be many opportunities for upward mobility.
• Flexible daytime Monday – Friday schedule.
• Stability and Innovation – PPI’s culture focuses on innovation and dedication to staying at the forefront of the industry, which has allowed them to experience continued success fornecearly 50years.

• Manage existing product designs to keep them current with industry standards, with accepted best practice, and with market demands.
• Execute product extension and cost reduction projects to fulfill budgeted sales and profit improvement goals.
• Provide technical support, field application support,training and technical data to all other areas of the company as needed to meet or exceed our customer expectations.
• Develop and manage product specific engineeringteamas needed to carry out duties and responsibilities.
• Analyze andcomprehendengineering concepts related to steel fabrication design.
  
  Competence shall include, but not be limited to, the following: static stress analysis, mechanics of materials, and mechanicalcomponentdesign.
• Formulate creative and efficient design solutionsmaintainingstructural integrity of the product whileoptimizingcustomer desires, feature requirements,costand manufacturing through-put goals.
• Assistwithdevelopmentof bills of materials, manufacturingroutingsand standards for products.
• Manage andassistwith the design and creation of drawings of products.
• Ensure good collaboration between Product and Field Engineering group on warranty resolution leadership and execution,leading the resolution of more technical issues.
• Create, manage, and lead multi-departmental project teams.
• Maintain and improve products, processes, and communication tools.
• Plan and execute projects within deadlines.
• Good verbal and written communication skills with the ability to present in front of audiences.
• Domestic and international travel required.
• Continuallyparticipateinadditionaltraining related to the job.
• Perform extra assignments in other areas and related task assignments in the work area.
• Regular, consistent attendance, Available to deal with daily issues during normal business hours, odd or extra hours will berequiredas needed.

Precision was founded in 1977 by a group of six individuals who believed that a manufacturing company should support and provide job opportunities for small communities in Iowa and supply quality products to the industrial conveyor pulley market.

Today, Precision has over 1,000 employees, 25 facilities in 13different locations that include manufacturing plants, warehouses, service centers, offices, technology and training center in the US and manufacturing facilities and service centers internationally.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to the individual’s race, color, sex, national origin, religion, age, disability, genetic information, status as a military veteran or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.