Job Overview
The Contract Engineer’s primary responsibility is to serve as a key liaison between engineering, sales, legal, procurement, and project management, ensuring contracts align with technical scope, commercial terms, and customer requirements. The ideal candidate brings a strong engineering background combined with contract management experience in a capital equipment or industrial manufacturing environment.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Industrial, Electrical, Metallurgical, or related field required)
- 5+ years of experience in contract management, project engineering, or commercial roles within an industrial, manufacturing, or capital equipment environment
- Experience in the heat treat, thermal processing, furnace, or metallurgical industry strongly preferred
- Strong understanding of engineering scopes, technical specifications, and project execution processes
- Proven experience reviewing and negotiating commercial and technical contract terms
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and cross-functional collaboration skills
- High attention to detail with strong organizational and documentation abilities
- Familiarity with engineering documents, bills of material, and production scheduling is a plus
- Experience coordinating with vendors, customers, and internal engineering teams
- Comfortable working in field environments, including exposure to noise, vapors, and physical hazards
- Physically capable of lifting to 50 lbs. and performing hands-on tasks related to equipment handling
Responsibilities and Duties
- Schedule kick-off meetings internally and externally with customers
- Confirm Credit Release prior to project initiation
- Coordinate shipping schedules, manage payments, and collect receivables
- Review Bill of Materials (BOM) and collaborate with Engineering on status and completion
- Develop and maintain detailed production schedules
- Perform cost control functions including tracking and reporting
- Define installation scopes and act as liaison between Engineers and Vendors
- Provide field support and troubleshooting assistance
- Assist commissioning teams with preparation for start-ups
- Serve as primary customer liaison throughout the contract lifecycle
- Manage drawing and document transmittals
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Education:
Experience:
- Project management: 4 years (Preferred)
- heat treat, thermal processing, furnace, or metallurgical : 1 year (Preferred)
Ability to Commute:
- Maumee, OH 43537 (Preferred)
Work Location: In person
