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For more than 165 years, Mueller Water Products, Inc. has been building the future of water infrastructure. From lifesaving fire protection to data intelligence, we are committed to developing products and solutions that help cities and utilities deliver clean, safe drinking water to hundreds of millions of people across North America.
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Senior Product Engineer Mueller Water Products is the nation's leading manufacturer of flow control devices for the water and gas distribution industries and has an immediate opening for a Senior Product Engineer in our newest Kimball, TN facility. For over 160 years MWP’s manufacturing commitment has ensured one of the world’s most precious resources, clean drinking water, reaches millions of people daily. Come be a part of something that sustains and enriches the lives of every human being.
Job Description:
The Senior Product Engineer uses experience and in-depth engineering knowledge to solve difficult product design challenges while acting as the resident expert in the engineering department. In this role you will support your fellow product engineers in creating butterfly, ball, knife gate, water control gates and water control valves, while also working on engineering assignments yourself.
Primary Responsibilities:
Provide SolidWorks, or Creo & AutoCAD working drawings according to requirements, ensuring timely schedule completion.
Generate Bill of Materials, and Process Sheets for assigned product lines.
Consult with and guide fellow product engineers with shop floor support for assigned products lines, implementing improvements to better meet customer and company needs.
Lead engineering projects and implement ideas to improve engineering metrics.
Use applicable industry specifications to develop product. Coordinate all activities with approval agencies for new or modified products, as well as the associated follow-up activities.
Work with internal customers, such as manufacturing personnel, customer service, and the sales force to provide product support on problems related to products, processes, application, and installation of products. May be called upon to work directly with external customers and end users.
Communicate and engage those customers regarding design changes, manufacturing difficulties caused by product design, and cost reduction ideas requiring product alterations and/or manufacturing improvements.
Remain informed of the company’s product offerings within assigned area of involvement and support leadership for key manufacturing initiatives, including Kaizen events, standard work events, value stream map events, safety improvements, capital projects and labor efficiency improvements.
Develop engineering and quality control tests and metrics for production reliability.
Develop and maintain manuals, procedures, and practices required for ISO certification maintenance and maintain good working relationships with approved agencies such as UL, ULC, FM, NSF, and ISO.
Support Product Management/Engineering through development and clarification of customer needs relating to the product life cycle such as Materials, BOM’s, Submittal Drawings,…