Project Engineer, Lubricants Job Listing at Intertek in San Antonio, TX (Job ID 12437)

Description

Project Engineer, Lubricants - San Antonio, Texas

Intertek, a leading provider of quality and safety solutions to many of the world's top-recognized brands and companies, is actively seeking a Project Engineer to join our Transportation Technologies team in San Antonio, TX. This is a fantastic opportunity to grow a versatile career in Automotive Testing.

Intertek's Transportation Technologies team offers Total Quality Assurance expertise, delivered consistently with precision, pace and passion, enables our customers to power ahead safely. Our automotive, battery and energy storage, and related transportation industry testing and certification expertise is recognized by leading manufacturers worldwide for evaluating how their products and services meet and exceed quality, safety, sustainability and performance standards. Intertek is continually innovating and evolving to reduce risk for consumers, brands and organizations in every sector and industry around the world. We go beyond Testing, Inspection and Certification of products: we are a Total Quality Assurance Provider to industries worldwide. Our Purpose: Bringing quality, safety, and sustainability to life.

What are we looking for?

The Project Engineer is responsible for independently performing testing and evaluation on a variety of products to the provisions of lubricant standards; writing reports; and communicating with clients.  This position is also responsible for providing local expertise for ASTM testing of automotive gear oil, providing oversight on test stands, review and approve test reports, and mentoring and training less senior technical personnel. This position will travel at least [5% of the time].

Shift/Schedule: M-F 8:00-4:30

Salary & Benefits Information

Individual compensation packages are based on a variety of factors unique to each candidate, including skill set, experience, qualifications, and other job-related reasons.  

In addition to competitive compensation packages, when working with Intertek you can expect benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, 401(k) with company match, generous vacation / sick time (PTO), tuition reimbursement and more.

What you'll do:

• Independently, provide technical oversight of the testing to ensure strict compliance to the standards. The Project Engineer is responsible for more complex projects. To do this, Project Engineer must: 
  • Read and understand standards;  
  • Participate actively and be viewed as an expert in industry technical forums;
  • Validate the test results and indicate such by signing off on test reports; 
  • Understand the scope of the project, identify and locate test instruments and equipment required for testing; 
  • Provide training and oversight during the course of testing to production staff and routinely review production staff logs for compliance to test standards; 
  • Respond proactively and effectively to technical problems to avoid test invalidity or aborts;  
  • Interface routinely with the customers and OEMs to build relationships; 
  • Provide expert input relative to new test development, reproducibility issues between labs and repeatability issues within the lab. 
• Train and mentor less senior technical staff. 
• Identify process improvement activities and provide support for implementation which drive efficiency, safety and test precision. 
• Investigate technical issues brought forward from the operations and support accreditations efforts by encouraging technical audits of applicable test types. 
• Provide quotations for non-standard test protocols in support of customer R&D efforts. 
• Actively represent Intertek by participating on standards/industry committees and/or associations. 
• Build customer relations by performing client visits or routinely reporting technical status of applicable test types. 
• Drive routine project status and test results to client.  Provide on-going support to clients as needed. 
• Within policy guidelines, identify, properly document, and recommend engineering judgments. 
• Perform other work as required.

This position outline is a general guideline and does not represent all encompassing details. The position assumes that the incumbent has both the mental and physical requirements to carry out the above defined duties. 

Minimum Requirements & Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in engineering
• 3 to 5 years of automotive testing experience
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form 
• Ability to deal with several abstract and concrete variables
• Ability to make technical decisions and engineering judgments independently within established parameters
• Excellent communication skills, in both verbal and written formats
• Excellent organization and time management skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Must be self-motivated and able to work independently in a fast-paced, multi-tasking environment
• Microsoft Office expertise
• Ability to travel as business needs dictate

Preferred Requirements & Qualifications:

• BSME degree preferred
• Demonstrated experience with ASTM lubricant test standards
• MATLAB experience
• Visual Basic experience

Intertek: Total Quality. Assured.

Intertek is a world leader in the Quality Assurance market, with a proven, high-quality business model and a global network of customer-focused operations and highly engaged subject matter experts. With passion, pace, and precision we work to exceed our customers' expectations, while engaging with our employees to be 10X in their performance and professional growth.

Intertek is a drug-free workplace. As a condition of employment, certain positions may be required to pass a pre-employment drug test based on the type of work that will be performed.

We Value Diversity

Intertek's network of phenomenal people are our greatest assets, and the diversity they bring fuels our success. Intertek is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer that values inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.

For individuals with disabilities who would like to request accommodation, or who need assistance applying, please email hr.eeo@intertek.com or call 1-877-694-8543 (option #5) to speak with a member of the HR Department.

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*Intertek does not accept unsolicited approaches from agencies and will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume.