Repair Engineer - Industrial & Municipal Pumps

Description

*This role is with Detroit Pump, a division of Tencarva Machinery Company.

About Tencarva: Founded in 1978, Tencarva is an equipment distributor, engineering and design partner, ISO 9001 manufacturer, and full-service repair center. Serving thousands of customers across the industrial and municipal segments, Tencarva's various divisions cover 17 states and provide end-to-end, tailored solutions for complex systems within the fluid/solids/air/gas handling and water/wastewater treatment sectors. Our service offerings include system analysis and design, application engineering, custom fabrication and assembly, automation and controls, and equipment service, repair, and remanufacturing.

About Detroit Pump: Founded in 1926, Detroit Pump & Mfg. Co. is a prominent provider of engineered systems, industrial pumps, and service, for automotive, general industrial, and municipal markets. This position is a long-term opportunity in a growing, family- oriented organization. We provide a great environment for our employees to succeed by having stable leadership, top brands, exceptional after-sale support, an experienced team, and a terrific reputation.

Summary: Supports the Service/Repair and Sales departments by performing equipment inspections, reverse engineering/designing parts, coordinating repairs and machining/production, purchasing parts, quoting jobs, invoicing customers, etc. Detroit Pump repairs/rebuilds a wide variety of pumps and process equipment, including but not limited to the following: vertical turbine pumps, submersible pumps, slurry pumps, valves, blowers, gearboxes, motors, mixers/agitators, heat exchangers, etc.  

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following:

• Check-in equipment to be repaired and prepare documentation (manuals, parts sheets) for the DCI (disassembly, clean, inspect).
• Review equipment inspection and prepare engineered document package for presentation to Sales with documentation.
• Identify and reverse engineer parts needed for replication or repair.
• Produce all CAD drawings for in house or outside parts machining or production as needed.
• Communicate all machining or production requirements with proper resources.
• Quote jobs on time or communicate expected quote date to Sales.
• Follow-up on quotes within 30-60 days. Equipment that will not be repaired is returned to the customer or scrapped in 60 days after the quote is sent to Sales.
• Purchase parts/services as required for equipment that is to be repaired.
• Assist Service & Repair Manager with scheduled ship date/shop work date(s) and enter in the system.
• Communicate any issues or schedule changes to the Sales group.
• After the job is completed, invoice customer or mark system for Sales to invoice as applicable.
• After the repair is completed, verify that final documents (as required) are saved to the system.
• Prepare final engineered document package, including Engineered Reports as needed.
• Stay current on safety issues concerning shop operations.
• Other duties as assigned by management.

Benefits Include:

• Paid Time off, including 10 holidays
• Bonuses
• Health Insurance, including medical, dental, vision, disability, and life
• 401(k) & Profit Sharing
• Employee Assistance Program

Requirements

Supervisory Responsibilities: This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Education and/or Experience: High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or 3-5 years related work experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Language Skills: Must have the ability to read, analyze, and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. The ability to write routine reports and correspondence. The ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from managers and employees.

Mathematical Skills: Must be able to perform basic mathematical equations including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, use of whole numbers, and percentage and decimals.

Computer Skills: To perform this job successfully, an individual should have basic computer skills, knowledge of MS Office Software (i.e., Word, Excel, Outlook), and internet software.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described herein represent those that an employee must meet to successfully perform this job’s essential functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing this job’s duties, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee occasionally must stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, use a keyboard, and reach with arms and hands. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10-25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here represent those an employee encounters while performing this job’s essential functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing this job’s duties, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes, airborne particles, and outside weather conditions; to wet and/or humid conditions; toxic or caustic chemicals; risk of electrical shock and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

The duties, responsibilities, and activities described above are not exhaustive and may be subject to change. Additionally, please note that the job title for this posting is designed to be descriptive and may not reflect the official title used internally for job classification purposes.

Tencarva Machinery Company, LLC, is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.