Overview
A Principal Engineer is responsible for ensuring that engineering design jobs are performed efficiently, safely, and in a quality manner. The Principal Engineer is the primary contact within the Engineering Department with the Sales and Project Manager and will provide the stakeholders of the projects with relevant technical support to complete the project in accordance design codes and project specifications. The Principal Engineer will work with the Team Leaders, Project Leads, Drafters and the Project Managers to achieve project goals.
Key Responsibilities / Essential Functions
- Technical expertise on all design engineering related projects:
- Bid Proposal Design
- New Tanks (Verified Design)
- Repair and Maintenance (Modification Design check)
- Interface with Products group on Dome Structural Design
- Provide training and guidance to design engineers on engineering calculations and HMT Best Practices and Work Process. Supervises design engineer.
- Represent Services Engineering in design related meetings.
- Applies a thorough knowledge of current principles and practices of engineering as related to the variety of aspects affecting the company.
- Preform Finite Element Analysis (FEA) using software like SolidWorks and/or Inventor
- Evaluates the need for outsourcing design work, interface with third party engineering and checking of deliverable to safeguard company’s interest.
- Schedule work load to meet ‘delivery on time’.
Basic Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
- Must have 4+ years of experience as an engineer
- Familiarity with relevant building codes, standards, and regulations governing aluminum construction (e.g. ASCE, AISC, IBC, EUROCODE).
Preferred Requirement:
- P.E. Licensed.
HMT is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We will not tolerate discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, military or veteran status, mental or physical disability, genetic information, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual expression, or any other unlawful reason. All qualified applicants are encouraged to submit applications for employment. Employment with HMT is At-Will.
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What We Do
HMT is the global leader in aboveground storage tank solutions. HMT brings a distinct level of innovation and service to the tank industry through a unique approach of partnering with customers to optimize tank operations. Knowing that every customer’s need is different, we use our decades of experience to customize solutions that help tank operations become more efficient, more productive and more profitable.
HMT was founded in 1978 with the objective of providing better technology to the aboveground storage tank market. HMT’s founders sought to create products which not only solved the emissions problems of the day but also eliminated the operational issues created by the existing floating roof and seal technologies. The result is better products, better technology and more comprehensive solutions.
HMT’s full suite of tank products includes:
- External Seal Systems
- Internal Seal Systems
- Drain and Floating Suction Systems
- Geodesic Domes
- Skin and Pontoon Floating Roofs
- Full Contact Floating Roofs
- Emissions Reduction Devices
HMT’s global team of engineers, project managers and field personnel can assist with common challenges including ways to reduce emissions, optimize tank capacity, reduce stranded inventory and engineer a tank system that exceeds safety standards and extends maintenance intervals.
