CORPORATE DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING

REPORTS TO: President and CEO

JOB PURPOSE:     

This position is responsible for all aspects of the corporation’s structural engineering, quality and laboratory R&D functions including, but not limited to, quality assurance, product testing, lamina evaluation and structural design.  The Corporate Director of Engineering will be a progressive, positive and innovative leader charged with developing the engineering functions as cohesive, productive teams.          

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Serves as key executive of the management team, aiding in the development of corporate strategy and implementation of plans
• Develops and recommends short and long term departmental goals and objectives to ensure overall corporate growth and profitability
• Plans and directs corporate technical activities to maximize contribution to attainment of corporate objectives, profitability and growth
• Interacts with all customer levels to develop excellent relations, provide superior service, develop creative solutions to problems and extract and evaluate potential business opportunities
• Establishes product design criteria that result in safe, cost effective products designed to meet in-house manufacturing processes
• Develops budgets and operates department accordingly
• Engages support departments to assure objectives are met
• Develops and maintains a sound, effective and adaptable organization structure
• Selects, develops, and motivates a competent engineering staff and plans for advancement and succession
• Serves as a product champion
• Initiates corrective action as necessary to ensure an effective operation
• Develops and maintains expertise in composites product design, manufacturing and structural  application
• Establishes engineering design policies
• Directs, coordinates and appraises the development and manufacture of new products.
• Assists marketing, sales and process engineering departments with product design, development and manufacture
• Productively manages interfaces among functions of responsibility, as well as with sales, marketing and manufacturing
• Maintains an innovative and progressive approach within all engineering disciplines
• Assures industry engineering leadership, including participating in industry associations, professional groups and standards development organizations.

OTHER EXPECTATIONS & Capabilities:

• Commitment to environmental and safety programs
• Creative problem solver
• Works with others in a cooperative, team-building fashion.
• Thorough comprehension of manufacturing processes
• Continual development of a broad understanding of diverse engineering disciplines
• Keen desire to learn, mentor and foster perpetual education of departmental associates
• Inspire talented technical experts to work together to creatively co-develop customer solutions
• Influentially represent Strongwell to customer technical contacts
• Develop and maintain a working knowledge of shop/structural drawings and CAD technology
• Analytical/problem-solving skills 
• Ability to read/interpret/understand detailed design prints 
• Ability to converse effectively with sales representatives and customers to ensure all design considerations are met
• Accurate and detail-oriented
• Employ effective communication skills
• Other duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS:  Experience, Competencies and Education

• B.S. in Physics, Mechanical, Chemical or Structural Engineering
• Five to ten years related management experience
• Proven project management experience
• Computer proficient
• Proven management/leadership skills
• Excellent time management skills

If you are interested in this challenging and rewarding opportunity, please submit your resume to webmaster@strongwell.com.

Quality Assurance Manager

Strongwell, the world’s largest pultrusion company headquartered in Bristol, Virginia, is recruiting a Quality Assurance Manager for its Bristol, Virginia manufacturing plant. Candidates should possess the following experience and education:

POSITION PREREQUISITES:

• B.S. in an engineering discipline
• Minimum of 5 years quality assurance management experience
• Computer proficiency
• Experience with developing/documenting procedures
• Proven supervisory and influential management experience
• Competent in quality engineering
• Proven problem analysis and problem resolution skills
• Ability to understand customer specifications, prints and drawings
• Proactive and effective communication skills
• ISO9001 experience

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Capable of performing the responsibilities of a quality engineer and manager
• Develop quality assurance systems as required
• Positively interact with internal and external customers
• Develop analysis reports as required
• Ability to serve as representative for the ISO9001 quality system
• Consistent detail orientation
• Positive supervisory skills
• Effective interaction with suppliers and astute specification understanding
• Serve as quality assurance resource for employees and customers
• Ability to respond to customer complaints, determine their legitimacy and resolve problems

If you are interested in this challenging and rewarding opportunity, please submit your resume in confidence to webmaster@strongwell.com.

Customer Service Manager

Strongwell, the world’s largest pultrusion company headquartered in Bristol, Virginia, is recruiting a Corporate Customer Service Manager for the Bristol, Virginia headquarters. Candidates should possess the following experience and education:

• College degree from accredited college or university
• Five years’ customer service management or related experience
• Proven leadership and management skills
• Computer literate
• CRM experience a plus
• Understanding of contemporary manufacturing systems
• Proven positive communication skills
• Technical orientation and ability to comprehend/communicate information regarding technical products including basic understanding of prints, drawings and specifications
• Effective time management skills

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Reporting to the Vice President of Sales, serve as customers’ advocate in a diplomatic and positive manner
• Display effective anticipation skills regarding sales and manufacturing schedules
• Influential managerial skills supervising account managers
• Persuasive abilities to enhance a positive relationship with internal and external customers
• Good reasoning ability and confident to make independent decisions

If you are interested in this challenging and rewarding opportunity, please submit your resume in confidence to webmaster@strongwell.com.

Programmer / Analyst

Strongwell, the world’s largest pultrusion company headquartered in Bristol, Virginia, is recruiting a Programmer/Analyst for its Bristol, Virginia manufacturing plant. Candidates should possess the following experience and education:

This position involves all aspects of software design, coding, debugging, deployment and support. Candidates should have strong MS-SQL server skills and 3+ years of software development experience. Experience in a manufacturing environment a plus.

EDUCATION:

Bachelor Degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Management

EXPERIENCE:

Minimum 3+ years experience in software design, data base management and web based application development.

REQUIRED SKILLS:

• Proficient with object oriented programming fundamentals
• Ability to design, develop and debug software applications
• Ability to administer MS-SQL Server databases
• Ability to analyze facts, identify problems and provide solutions
• Ability to create detailed written instructions as well as documentation
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work well both independently and in a team environment

SPECIFIC SKILL SET:

• Design and code new applications using Microsoft Visual Studio / .Net framework development
• VB.NET, ASP.NET, C#
• Microsoft SQL Server 2005 / 2008 environment including administration of  SSRS, SSAS and SSIS scripting

If you are interested in this challenging and rewarding opportunity, please submit your resume in confidence to webmaster@strongwell.com.