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Dover Food Retail

Product Engineer

Dover Food Retail, Keosauqua, Iowa, United States, 52565

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Overview Product Engineer

- Entry Level at

Dover Food Retail .

Location:

Keosauqua, IA

/

Centerville, IA .

What We’re Looking For We are looking for a Product Engineer who can perform engineering duties within the Specialty Product Engineering team. Overall responsibilities will be to support daily engineering and design needs pertaining to customer orders, Sales, Manufacturing, Field Service. Additionally, also supporting cross functional organization needs of the Quality Assurance, Test Lab, Product Management, New Product Development engineering, Design To Value engineering teams pertaining engineering needs of assigned product responsibilities.

What You’ll Be Responsible For In This Role

Researching, analyzing, and planning the mechanical design in accordance with product requirements as established from various sources including product management, manufacturing, test lab, and customer specification documents.

Implementing improvements to existing product for cost reductions and performance improvements. Hands-on mechanical design, analysis (including FEA), prototyping, debugging, system integration and testing are key components of the development activities.

Documenting, implementing, and testing mechanical design requirements for production. This includes supporting transfer of relevant design output documents and recommended process instructions.

Construction of accurate BOMs based on legacy and new designs.

Determining inspection criteria for current and new designs.

Investigating the applicability of various manufacturing processes to our fabrication needs.

Supporting the Product Engineering Manager in establishing or updating project and departmental deliverables.

Assuring that quality processes are followed on projects and within the Product Engineering group.

Contributing to the development or improvement of processes

Partnering with suppliers to evaluate component alternatives that can be integrated into existing product for quality/cost. Document components and provide ordering information for purchasing.

Investigating customer complaints, determine root cause, and propose solutions.

Informing and training team members as required.

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university in Mechanical Engineering or related field

Unrestricted US work authorization.

Preferred Qualifications

2+ years of refrigeration or HVAC experience

2D & 3D CAD experience

Sheet metal solid modeling experience

FEA or CFD experience

Project management experience

To Be a Great Fit For The Role

Good written, verbal, and problem-solving skills

High level of mechanical aptitude needed for hands-on experience in a fast-paced, customized manufacturing environment

Ability to build peer relationships as well as work independently

Action oriented, ethical in value, and have a strong customer focus

Possess leadership, coaching, and facilitation skills

Ability to partner with employees at all levels of an organization

Ability to manage competing priorities in fast-paced and rapidly changing environment

Values and Why You Should Join Our Team The backbone behind our collection of outstanding businesses is a team of dedicated employees who protect and enhance our valued reputation for quality and delivering what we promise. It’s our values that define Dover to all of our key audiences: shareholders, customers, prospective employees, and ourselves. These values must be expressed in our work and embody our actions.

Collaborative Entrepreneurial Spirit

Winning Through Customers

Respects and Values People

Expectations for Results

High Ethical Standards, Openness, and Trust

What’s in it for you?

Medical, Dental, and Vision

401k Retirement Plan

Flexible Spending

Paid Holidays

The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees and are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. Furthermore, they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of the Company.

Dover Food Retail is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, genetic information, or any other factors prohibited by law.

Seniority level Entry level

Employment type Full-time

Job function Design

Industries Design Services

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