Manufacturing Composites Engineer - Centralia, MO
Brand Overview
Originally founded as A. B. Chance Company in 1907, our campus located in Centralia, MO, was acquired by Hubbell Power Systems, Inc in 1994. There are separate manufacturing plants for our Civil & Construction Products and Lineman Tools & Equipment business units. Additionally, the campus is home to our centralized Distribution Center as well as the Gano Chance Engineering and Test Facility. Centralia’s manufactured product portfolio includes steel forgings, welding, stamping, hot dip galvanizing, epoxy pultrusion and extrusion products. Collectively, the campus includes 1.4M square feet of manufacturing and production space and employs over 700 people.
Position Overview
The Composite Manufacturing Engineer position will focus on the pultrusion process including equipment, tooling, matrix design and process development to support new and existing products.
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Duties and Responsibilities
- Identify, develop, and implement pultrusion equipment, tooling, matrix design and processing related to existing and new products
- Support and improve current pultrusion and related manufacturing processes
- Identify, approve, and implement materials related to composite products based on new composite production technology
- Generate and implement cost reduction ideas
- Provide technical support and training to direct labor employees
Skills and Experience
- Bachelor's Degree in Composite, Mechanical, Materials, Chemical, Industrial Engineering or related field
- 2+ years' experience working with Pultrusion processing and associated equipment
- Must understand composite processing with related materials and chemistry
- Understanding and desire to learn secondary composite manufacturing methods is a plus
- Ability to design pultrusion tooling in Autodesk Inventor or equivalent software is a plus
- Ability to interact across a multi-functional team to support product changes and new product introduction
Hubbell Incorporated
Hubbell creates critical infrastructure solutions that power our customers, communities, people and the planet. Our company is strategically aligned around enabling grid modernization and electrification. As more products plug in to an aging grid, Hubbell solutions enable the transition to a more reliable, resilient and efficient energy infrastructure. Founded in 1888 our innovation has made us a leading global manufacturer of high quality electrical and utility solutions enabling customers to operate critical infrastructure reliably and efficiently.
The company operates in two segments. Hubbell Utility Solutions (HUS) enable the grid to conduct, communicate and control energy across utility applications and Hubbell Electrical Solutions (HES) are essential to managing power across a wide range of industries and applications. Our vertical market solutions can be applied to markets including Data Centers, Renewables, Commercial Buildings, Industrial, Telecom and Transportation. Supporting both of our business segments is our corporate and Hubbell Unified Business Solutions teams that provide consistent process, tools technologies across our businesses.
We are committed to operating sustainably and ethically while promoting an inclusive and supportive culture for our people to grow and develop in their careers. Our employees proudly work and serve our communities from our headquarters in Shelton, CT, across the United States and around the globe.
Hubbell Utility Solutions
Hubbell Utility Solutions (HUS) enable the grid to conduct, communicate and control energy across utility applications. HUS provides the critical components that allow the grid to reliably transmit and distribute energy, as well as the communications and controls technologies to make the grid smarter and more flexible.
Hubbell Incorporated, its subsidiaries and affiliates, is an EO Employer AA: M/F/Veteran/Disability. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other protected class.