Corporate Engineer - Mechanical Job Listing at Shaw Industries in Dalton, GA (Job ID R-139824)

Description

Shaw Industries is seeking a Corporate Engineer - Mechanical. Under the limited direction of the Engineering Manager, this position is primarily responsible and accountable for project development, design, and execution, with a secondary focus on technical support for manufacturing facilities. Work is often multi-disciplined and requires close coordination with manufacturing management, other corporate departments, and outside agencies. While project assignments may at times overlap into other disciplines such as civil, the primary focus of this position is mechanical systems, manufacturing processes, and piping. This position is responsible for collecting design criteria, preparing detailed schedules, preparing technical specifications, developing engineering designs, assembling project estimates, creating engineered drawings, and utilizing project management tools to ensure projects meet safety, quality, schedule, performance, and budget requirements.

Location: This position will be primarily based in Dalton, GA, with project management assignments and responsibilities potentially requiring work at any Shaw facility location.

Shaw Industries Corporate Engineering (CE) provides engineering support for the corporation's manufacturing, distribution, sales and administrative facilities. Although its primary base is in Dalton, GA, CE is deployed on projects across the enterprise. The department provides feasibility studies, high-level budgets, project development, detailed cost estimates, engineering, design, project management, consulting, and CAD services. CE has specialists to serve the needs of each segment of the business. Staff include mechanical, electrical, & civil engineers, project managers, interior designers, and CAD designers, as well as administrative staff.

Shaw Industries Group, Inc. is a leader in flooring and other surface solutions designed for residential housing, commercial spaces and outdoor environments. Leveraging strengths in design, innovation and operational excellence, the company takes a people-centered, customer-focused, and growth-minded approach to meet diverse market needs. It creates differentiated customer experiences through its expansive portfolio of brands: Anderson Tuftex, COREtec, Shaw Floors, Patcraft, Philadelphia Commercial, Shaw Contract, Shaw Sports Turf, Shawgrass, Southwest Greens, Watershed Geo and more.   

 

Headquartered in Dalton, Georgia, Shaw is a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. with more than $6 billion in annual sales and 18,000 associates worldwide

Primary Responsibilities:

Project Development and Administration

• Develop and execute capital and expensed projects, sometimes large and complex, with detailed scopes of work, detailed schedules, and appropriations-grade budgets.

• Solicit detailed stakeholder design criteria and translates same into actionable technical designs, plans, and scope elements to ensure achievement of project objectives.

• Partner with project stakeholders to develop project options and proposals to facilitate decision-making by business leaders.

• Develop and submit detailed documentation required to solicit project approval through online project administration software tools.

• Maintain project files and publish periodic project reports.

Project Management and Execution

• Consistently apply technical standards, engineering best practices, project management processes, and project management tools, and champion the use of the same with facility-level engineering teams.

• Track spending and maintain control of project cost performance. Act as the primary point of accountability for adherence to the project budgets.

• Manage onsite contractor activities, ensuring consistent enforcement of regulatory, corporate and plant policies such as safety, ethics, environmental, etc.

• Minimize project-related disruptions to normal plant activities and coordinate necessary disruptions with plant management in advance.

• Perform project-related quality control functions, inspecting vendor-supplied equipment and construction work to ensure compliance with specifications, drawings, timeline requirements, and other requirements as defined in contract packages.

• Provide an active onsite resource for project commissioning, startup, and optimization.

Technical Expertise

• Possess strong knowledge of the design of mechanical systems in an industrial environment including power transmission, piping systems, valves, and general machinery.

• Develop and retain process knowledge and related manufacturing expertise necessary to successfully execute projects and job assignments.

• Collaborate with facility teams, technical teams, and other engineers to develop innovative solutions to complex problems and business opportunities.

• Provide coaching and support for engineers and other facility-level technical resources.

Competencies

• Plan and Organize

• Drive Results

• Initiate Action

• Build Trusting Relationships

Shaw benefits include: 

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance 

• Life insurance and disability coverage 

• Tuition reimbursement 

• Employee assistance program 

• Health savings account 

• Paid Time Off 

• Parental Leave 

• 401K and Retirement Plans 

• Product discounts for employees 

• Adoption assistance 

• Shaw Family Health Center (Dalton, GA, and Cartersville, GA, locations) 

• And much more. 

Based upon the experience level of the candidate, the position may be filled as a Corporate Project Engineer, Corporate Sr. Project Engineer, or Corporate Engineer

Work Shift

8 Hr non-rotating shift, Hrs fall to in punch day, Observed Calendar, shift starts AM Shaw Industries is an equal opportunity employer as to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

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