The Project Engineer is where an idea becomes a finished, tested, market-ready product. This isn’t a role for someone content to stay behind a screen; it’s for a hands-on engineer who takes a project from its first concept through quoting, design, prototyping, and field testing—owning quality, timeline, and budget at every step. You’ll work shoulder-to-shoulder with our Senior Engineers and partner teams to turn specifications into reality while ensuring full compliance with all codes, standards, and regulations.
What Sets You Apart (The “Must-Haves”)
- Mechanical Engineering DNA: You hold a degree in mechanical engineering and have the hands-on instinct to know why a design works—or why it fails—in the real world.
- CAD Command: You bring exceptional 2D and 3D CAD skills (SolidWorks preferred, AutoCAD a must) and use them to move quickly from quoting to prototyping.
- End-to-End Project Ownership: You don’t just contribute to projects—you drive them, keeping each one on time, on budget, and in full compliance with codes, standards, and requirements.
- Analytical Problem-Solving: You consolidate cost, risk, and return data into clear analysis that gets projects approved and keeps them profitable.
What Your Day Looks Like
- Project Origination & Sourcing: Obtain project quotes, recommend contractor awards, and direct contractors toward timely, accurate project completion.
- Cost, Risk & Return Analysis: Build the cost, risk, and return analysis required for project approval, and collaborate with Senior Engineers to create more efficient methods and maintain profitability.
- Design & Prototyping: Create and modify CAD models for quoting and prototyping, bringing strong hands-on design experience to every build.
- Competitive Benchmarking: Benchmark and detail competitor products, and analyze and interpret product samples, specifications, and manuals to inform your designs.
- Research & Optimization: Conduct material and process research to optimize product function and value.
- Project Parameters: Formulate realistic parameters for each project, including design elements and implementation procedures.
- Testing & Quality: Establish the methods by which all field tests are administered and develop ways to monitor the quality of those tests, ensuring consistency and compliance across every project.
- Timeline & Budget Stewardship: Keep projects on schedule and on budget while coordinating the specialized contributions of other engineering departments toward the development of the project.
What We’ll Need from You
- Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering (or equivalent). Automotive industry knowledge and education is a strong asset.
- Experience: Minimum 2–3 years of relevant engineering experience.
- CAD Expertise: Exceptional 2D and 3D CAD skills required—working knowledge of AutoCAD and SolidWorks (SolidWorks preferred).
- Project Management: Experience creating and maintaining project plans using Microsoft Project or similar software; knowledge of working with PLM/PDM systems.
- Technical Tools: Strong Microsoft Office skills (Excel, PowerPoint, Word), plus comfort with unit conversion and language translation browser software.
- Communication: Excellent written, verbal, and virtual communication skills, including the creation of clear process documentation.
- Work Style: A self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced environment, takes ownership of projects, and is comfortable working both independently and within a multidisciplinary team. Strong attention to detail and the ability to handle multiple projects and manage competing priorities.
Why You’ll Love Working Here
- Long-term opportunity in a growing, family-oriented company, and paths for advancement as skills grow.
- Tuition Reimbursement, Employee Referral Bonus, Employee Discounts.
- RRSP Matching Program.
- Health Spendable Account.
- Employee events hosted throughout the year – from lunches to team-building events to golf outings to the annual company holiday party.
- Work in an environment that promotes continuous learning and development.
Monday to Friday (9:00am to 5:00pm) BW Retail Solutions – New Dundee
BW Retail Solutions has quickly grown to become an industry leader in end-to-end eCommerce retail brand management and operational logistics. Founded in 2017, BW Retail Solutions is a joint venture between two long-standing, multi-generational, family-owned, Michigan companies. We are proud to have the stability and feel of a 75+-year-old Mom & Pop small business, combined with a large startup’s modern scale, size, and culture. With a growing staff of over 100 awesome people responsible for managing over 1 million consumer transactions annually, we feel that the sky is the limit for our dedicated workforce to grow personally and professionally as part of a career with our organization. We believe that to be successful, we all must grow and learn together every day.
Visit our website to find out more at http://www.bwretail.com/
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We are committed to fostering an accessible and inclusive work environment where everyone is treated with respect and dignity. Upon individual request, we will make every effort to remove barriers in the recruitment and selection process and provide accommodations for persons with disabilities. We believe that diversity and accessibility are fundamental to building a strong and innovative team.
Pay: $75,000.00-$85,000.00 per year
Work Location: In person
