Pump Systems Engineer

Role overview

Engineering responsibilities

• Size and select centrifugal, positive displacement, metering, and AODD pumps from process data; defend selections using hydraulic principles.
• Analyze system curves, total dynamic head, friction losses, NPSH margin, cavitation, viscosity corrections, minimum continuous stable flow, and speed, impeller-trim, or throttling options.
• Specify seals, seal support plans, sealless alternatives, materials and elastomers, motors, VFDs, controls, and instrumentation.
• Design skid and packaged systems, including baseplates, piping layouts, pulsation dampening, valving, and overpressure protection.
• Review vendor drawings, general arrangements, P&IDs, and bills of material before fabrication release.
• Analyze repeat failures using field data and returned components; perform energy and life-cycle cost analyses.
• Provide technical escalation, factory coordination, internal training, and selection standards.

Customer and project support

• Support customers, consulting engineers, contractors, and integrators as a technical contact.
• Review specifications, datasheets, and bid documents; correct incomplete process data and propose alternatives that meet design intent at lower installed or life-cycle cost.
• Handle application calls and emails and prepare quotations using manufacturer selection software, catalogs, and cost estimates.
• Follow up open quotes, price to protect margin, and coordinate submittals, lead times, and change orders.
• Contribute to custom skid standards, engineering documentation, build procedures, costing, and lead times; support fabrication and new value-added products and train sales teams.

Required qualification

• A four-year college degree is required. Engineering is preferred; business or another discipline is acceptable.

Preferred qualifications

• 5+ years in pump application engineering, rotating equipment sales engineering, or industrial fluid system design.
• Pump sizing and selection from first principles; this is emphasized as especially important.
• Knowledge of ANSI/HI standards, mechanical seals, VFDs and motor controls, and fabricated pumping systems; API 610 and 682, ASME B31.3, or NSF/3-A are a plus.
• Industrial market experience, packaged or chemical feed systems, separators, custom skids, and distribution or pump OEM application engineering are preferred.
• AutoCAD or SolidWorks and ability to explain trade-offs to plant maintenance managers and design engineers are preferred.
• Preferred certifications and training include Hydraulic Institute PSAP, Pump Systems Optimization, Mechanical PE, vibration analysis, laser alignment, welding, fluid sealing, IFPS, AMPP, OSHA, and factory line certifications.

Pay

• Pay range is $85,000–$100,000 per year.

Schedule

• Monday through Friday.

Workplace

• The description specifies in-office work with time in the fabrication shop.