Materials Testing Project Engineer

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MTS is seeking a highly organized and technically skilled Project Engineer with 3-5 years of experience to oversee the successful execution of projects from initiation through completion. This role involves managing the project lifecycle, ensuring adherence to budgets, schedules, and technical specifications, while maintaining the highest standards of quality and safety. The ideal candidate will be a proactive problem-solver, able to balance multiple tasks and work collaboratively across various departments to meet project goals and deadlines.

Primary Objective:

As a Project Engineer, you will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of assigned projects, from the point of sale to customer acceptance. You’ll ensure that each project is executed effectively to maximize corporate profits, maintain MTS’s technical reputation, and strengthen our position in the marketplace. This role will involve working with custom mechanical, electrical, and software designs to ensure successful project performance across cost, schedule, and customer satisfaction.

Key Responsibilities:

• Project Planning: Review order confirmations, develop detailed project plans, and establish project teams, schedules, and budgets.
• Stakeholder Coordination: Collaborate with internal teams and external stakeholders (sales, application engineers, mechanical, electrical, software engineers, etc.) to ensure alignment on project scope, timelines, and technical requirements.
• Budget and Timeline Management: Continuously monitor and manage project budgets, schedules, and resources, ensuring that the project remains on track and under budget.
• Technical Problem Solving: Proactively identify and solve technical challenges throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring project deliverables meet quality standards and customer expectations.
• Multitasking and Prioritization: Balance multiple priorities, adjust plans as necessary, and manage shifting priorities to ensure the timely completion of projects.
• Risk Management: Anticipate potential risks, especially regarding on-time delivery, and develop mitigation strategies to keep projects on track.
• Safety and Quality Compliance: Ensure adherence to MTS safety processes and quality standards, maintaining a focus on delivering projects that meet or exceed contractual specifications.
• Communication and Accountability: Maintain clear and consistent communication with both internal and external stakeholders, ensuring that all parties are informed of project progress, challenges, and changes.

• BS degree in Engineering or a related field.
• 3-5 years of relevant experience
• Ability to travel up to 15%, both domestically and internationally.
• Proficient in Excel
• Experience with SalesForce preferred
• Strong collaborative and organization skills, with ability to adapt to quickly changing work environment
• Excellent communication skills, with a focus on clear, concise updates for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to flex hours to work with global teams.
• Proficient in risk assessment and revenue forecasting to ensure project success.

Who We Are?  

MTS is a leading global supplier of test and simulation systems. Customers including Formula 1 teams, leading automotive and aerospace companies and the world’s leading researchers in materials, seismic and other engineering disciplines all rely on our complex test and simulation systems to determine the reliability of product properties and to comply with quality standards.

MTS is an ITW company. ITW is a Fortune 200 global multi-industrial manufacturing leader with 49,000 employees across 56 countries worldwide. The company´s seven industry-leading segments leverage the unique ITW Business Model to drive solid growth with best-in-class margins and returns and offers career development and learning opportunities in more than 50 countries across the globe. At ITW we think and act like entrepreneurs. We embrace autonomy, make decisions and take ownership to create innovative solutions for our customers all over the world.

Our unique ITW Business Model applied across all segments and businesses gives us the tools to focus on what’s most important, and keeps us grounded in our values of Integrity, Simplicity, Trust, Respect and Shared Risk.

This role is an opportunity to have a significant positive impact on people’s lives. It is a place where you can learn, innovate, and grow professionally not only within MTS but across the ITW enterprise to Ignite Your Full Potential.

Best in Class Benefits

• Our total rewards package is broad and offers comprehensive support from health and wellness, to retirement and financial stability.
  • Affordable Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
  • HSA/FSA with a company match
  • Income Protection Benefits
  • Industry Leading 401(k) plan
  • Paid Time Off
  • Parental Leave
  • Matching Gift and Volunteer Program

Opportunities to Get Involved and Give Back

• Our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) are employee-led organizations that bring together diverse groups of people to share experiences and innovative ideas to help accelerate our path to full potential
• It is also our commitment to a diverse and inclusive work environment, strive to create a place where everyone is welcome to contribute their talents and ideas.    
• ITW Hearts Giving Hope Program provide employees an opportunity to give back and help families in our neighborhoods who are in need

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

ITW is an equal opportunity employer. We value our colleagues’ unique perspectives, experiences and ideas and create workplaces where everyone can develop their careers and perform to their full potential. 

As an equal employment opportunity employer, ITW is committed to equal employment opportunity and fair treatment for employees, beginning with the hiring process and continuing through all aspects of the employment relationship. 

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, age, disability, protected Veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.  

ITW is an equal opportunity employer. We value our colleagues’ unique perspectives, experiences and ideas and create workplaces where everyone can develop their careers and perform to their full potential. 

As an equal employment opportunity employer, ITW is committed to equal employment opportunity and fair treatment for employees, beginning with the hiring process and continuing through all aspects of the employment relationship. 

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, age, disability, protected Veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.  

ITW is an equal opportunity employer. We value our colleagues’ unique perspectives, experiences and ideas and create workplaces where everyone can develop their careers and perform to their full potential. 

As an equal employment opportunity employer, ITW is committed to equal employment opportunity and fair treatment for employees, beginning with the hiring process and continuing through all aspects of the employment relationship. 

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, age, disability, protected Veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.