Employment Opportunities
If you're looking at this page you already know that Concepts NREC has a superb international reputation for excellence as a leader in the field of turbomachinery products and services. We do exciting and challenging work, for clients all over the world, and look for the very best, most highly qualified, individuals available to fill openings on our staff. If you feel you have the talent and skills needed to work at Concepts NREC, in a highly creative high-tech environment, we invite you to review the jobs listed below and to apply.
Salaries for all positions are highly competitive, and commensurate with experience. An excellent benefits package is available, including low cost health/dental insurance, 401(k) with company match and profit sharing, merit bonuses, and education reimbursement. All positions listed are full-time, unless noted otherwise. U.S. Citizens, or Permanent U.S. Residents, and non-smokers only.
ADMINISTRATION
ENGINEERING
OPERATIONS
SALES AND MARKETING
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
ADMINISTRATION
Sr. Accounts Receivable Credit & Collections Specialist (Wilder) – Seeking an individual whose responsibility will be for accounts receivables collections. Duties will include making daily collection calls, preparing customer invoices, and processing commissions and daily cash receipts. Other duties will include tracking and resolving payment issues, maintaining an accurate aging report, and preparing other related reports. The successful candidate will possess strong math, spreadsheet , and communication skills, as well as the ability maintain confidentiality A college degree plus 3+ years experience in credit collections are required.
Accountant (Wilder) – Concepts NREC is seeking an experienced accountant. Primary responsibilities for this position will be to manage the company’s payroll, including 401(k) and FSA payments along with accruals. This individual will also responsible for analyzing and reconciling detailed general ledger accounts and processing month-end entries. The position may include minimal supervisory responsibilities. The successful candidate must have strong accounting skills, be detail oriented, maintain strict confidentiality, and have a high degree of accuracy. Excellent math and spreadsheet skills are expected along with excellent communication and teamwork skills. A BA in Accounting is preferred along with 3-5 years of accounting experience.
ENGINEERING
Senior CAD Designer (Vermont) - We are seeking two experienced CAD designers to work in our Vermont headquarters. The CAD Designer prepares and maintains engineering project layouts, production drawings, and other related documentation per ANSI standards completely and accurately considering methods of manufacture, tolerance, and their effect on related parts. An ideal candidate will have experience with turbomachinery mechanical design (pumps, compressors, turbines, turbochargers, etc.). Responsibilities include creating 3D CAD models of components and assemblies, planning CAD workflow for engineering projects, recommending materials, methods, and procedures and working directly with engineering, shop, and test laboratory staff. May direct the efforts of less senior CAD personnel. A BS, ME with 5+ years experience with rotating equipment preferred. Alternately an AD with 15+ years of CAD experience in rotating equipment and machine design. Proficiency in solid modeling in ProEngineer Wildfire 3.0 and Intralink 8.0 is preferred. SolidWorks experience will be considered.
Instrumentation Engineer (Massachusetts) - We are seeking a person to support of our internationally recognized engineering design and development staff and our turbomachinery test facilities. This individual will have at least five years experience in an engineering laboratory environment. Duties include technical support for the selection, calibration, and installation of instrumentation for laboratory turbomachinery test rigs, and supporting test rig development relating to instrumentation, data acquisition, data processing, electronics, and controls. Responsibilities also include assisting in the design and development of new turbomachinery in the areas of controls and high speed motor selection. Familiarity with electronics and instrumentation is required. Proficiency with LabView data acquisition and signal processing applications development highly desirable. An electronics associates degree, or engineering degree, or equivalent experience is required. Some limited travel between the Woburn Product Center and our Wilder, Vermont facility may be required.
Mechanical Design Engineers
(Vermont) - We are seeking experienced (5-15 years) Mechanical Design Engineers and Senior Mechanical Designers to work with our Design/CAD department on the design of turbomachinery related components. The ideal candidates will have experience with turbomachinery mechanical design (pumps, turbines, or compressors), or with other high speed rotating equipment. Knowledge of CAD standards, including GTD, is required. Knowledge of manufacturing processes is extremely beneficial, as is knowledge of ProE. All staff members are team player possessing excellent communication skills. A B.Sc., or equivalent experience is expected.
Laboratory Manager / Test Engineer
(Vermont) - This new opening is for an individual who will provide direction for the successful completion of test programs in our turbomachinery development test laboratory. He/she will lead a team of engineers, technicians, and shop personnel to generate test plans, procedures, and work instructions from customer requirements, participate in test rig setup and configuration, fixtures, and instrumentation, ensure accuracy and consistency of results, assist in writing test reports, post process test data, and participate in design of test fixtures. Must be familiar with mechanical assemblies. A Mechanical or Electrical Engineering degree is required, along with five years experience in laboratory testing environment, turbomachinery preferred, and familiarity with laboratory measurement tools and transducing technologies. The ideal candidate will be skilled in the application and use of laboratory test equipment including: computer automated data acquisition and control systems, an assortment of measurement and sensing transducers, and also development of LabView applications for use in a laboratory/test environment. Should be able to read and interpret drawings. Excellent communication, teamwork, analytical, and computer skills are essential, along with an attention to detail and quality of work.
Senior Level Aerodynamics/Hydrodynamics Engineer (Vermont, Massachusetts, or Utah) - We are seeking two senior level turbomachinery engineers, with a focus in the aerodynamic / hydrodynamic design and analysis areas. Responsibilities include aero/hydro design and analysis of compressors, pumps, turbines (including steam turbines), turbochargers, and stationary turbomachinery components. Experience with both axial and radial turbomachinery is very beneficial. Turbomachinery experience should include meanline design, three-dimensional flow path and blading design, and CFD analysis using modern design tools. Project management experience is critical. One of the available positions specifically calls for in-depth turbine design/analysis experience. Excellent communication, presentation, and teamwork skills are very important. A minimum B.Sc., ME, and 10-15 years in aerodynamic/hydrodynamic design and analysis after the degree was earned, is expected.
Structural Engineer (Vermont or Massachusetts) - We are seeking a structural engineer to join our experienced structural design group, focusing on structural/mechanical design and analysis areas. Responsibilities include structural and mechanical design and the structural analysis of compressors, pumps, turbines, turbochargers, and stationary turbomachinery components. The person filling the position must have direct experience with turbomachinery layout and design of bearing, seals, housing, and impellers and will have turbomachinery experience in interpreting analysis results for: stress, vibration, bearing analysis, rotordynamics, and heat transfer analyses. Knowledge of the software tools ANSYS, Pro-E, DyRoBeS as well as project management experience is a plus. Minimum B.Sc., and 5-10 years experience in design and analysis. Duties can include managing smaller engineering projects, technical decision-making responsibilities, and stress, vibration, and heat transfer analysis. Experience with ANSYS or equivalent finite element software is preferable. Excellent communication, presentation, and teamwork skills are very important. A minimum B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, with 5-10 years of experience after the degree was earned, is expected.
OPERATIONS
Programmer/Set-Up Machinist (Massachusetts) - This senior person assists in scheduling work assignments, runs and verifies parts, documents equipment changes, and maintains a safe and healthy work environment. Additional abilities include interpreting prints/drawings, programming and set-up for CNC lathes/VTL's, using measuring tools, calculating cutting speeds/feeds and adjusting cutting tools. Our low-volume production/prototype environment is suited to an individual with solid machining/manufacturing knowledge and the ability to change directions and jobs quickly.
High School or technical (trade) school graduate with minimum of 10 years experience as a hands-on CNC machinist, along with CNC programming experience. A strong desire to succeed and work ethic, along with a willingness to learn new skills, is required. Supervisory experience is a plus, along with a requirement for excellent communication and teamwork skills.
Advanced Manufacturing Engineer (Massachusetts) - This individual works in a cross-functional environment with Engineering, Manufacturing, Purchasing, Product Management, and suppliers to introduce design configurations that meet target goals for quality, cost, and manufacture. Responsibilities include providing technical leadership for manufacturing processes such as machining, castings, metal joining, and tool and fixture design. Duties include coordinating and leading internal resources , contract manufacturers, and multiple vendors through fabrication, including investigating issues with vendor quality and schedule, prototype builds, pilot production, training and production ramp phases of projects. Will initiate DFMA on all new design configurations and recommend design changes as necessary. Finally, responsible for tasks associated with development of production methods, design technology transfer, manufacturing technology solutions, and product qualification. May work off-site as required to manage and facilitate the assembly process. 10-25 years of experience in a manufacturing, project-oriented environment including familiarity with general manufacturing processes for turbomachinery and industrial equipment such as machining, turnings, castings, metal and fiberglass fabrication, skids, electrical cables, and instrumentation. Experience working directly with sub-contract fabrication vendors in these areas is required. Must have effective interpersonal skills, including technical, communication, and negotiation skills. Must be self-directed and able to work in a cross-functional team environment. A background in mechanical components, system integration, and new product introduction is required. The ability to understand engineering drawings, GD&T, with knowledge of 3D CAD systems (SolidWorks, Pro/E) is essential. Must have computer literacy, to include the use of Excel, MS Word, and familiarity with MRP/ERP systems. Non-smokers only and U.S. citizens preferred.
Quality Control Manager / CMM Specialist (Massachusetts) - This individual will be responsible for developing QC systems which ensure that products and services are designed and produced to meet internal and external customer requirements and expectations. Provides leadership and support of the product and process quality for precision complex machined parts and assemblies in a prototype and production environment. Duties include hands-on knowledge, leadership and support in inspection, corrective and preventative action initiation and implementation, defect data and root cause analysis, quality data collection and reporting, material control, and support of cross-functional teams with QA, Manufacturing, and Engineering. A strong, thorough knowledge of quality improvement tools is expected, along with statistical methods (including sampling), quality system development, maintenance, and auditing (ISO9000:2000), 3D surface and solid modeling and CAD tools, and expert knowledge of CMM operations and tools. A B.Sc. degree or equivalent experience is expected, with seven plus years of quality control and CMM experience in measuring complex machined parts and assemblies. CQE, ASQ is a plus. MS Office fluency is required, and knowledge of Visual Manufacturing and Quality is a plus.
SALES
AND MARKETING
Engineering Sales Manager (Vermont) - Concepts NREC, an established provider of turbomachinery engineering and manufacturing services, and design software, has a need for an Engineering Sales Manager located at its headquarters in Wilder, VT. Reporting directly to the Director of Engineering Sales, and acting as a principal customer interface, the sales engineer requires a thorough technical knowledge of the turbomachinery industry, including mechanical equipment design, operation, application, and maintenance of combustion and steam turbines, compressors, pumps, fans/blowers, turbochargers, etc. An engineering degree (BSME) is required with five or more years work related experience in the ability to translate customer requests into technical proposals. The ability to organize and manage time in a motivated, self-directed manner and to communicate quickly and clearly with customers and internal company resources, with excellent verbal and written skills, is required. Interpersonal and teamwork skills are very important.
Product Manager - Cooling (Massachusetts) - This individual takes the lead role to insure that the company has success in the marketplace for product, placement, promotion, costing and pricing functions in his/her area of responsibility. Duties and responsibilities include: forecasting current product sales and analyzing market needs; developing product plan for current and future sales growth; gaining approval for and implementing product plan; customer negotiations, measuring results, reassessing, and making course corrections. The manager is expected to visit customers and vendors, become technically conversant, and work directly with OEMs to allow product development while developing ideas for cost reduction, new products/technologies, sourcing, process flow, market channels, and customer markets. In addition, it is expected that the manager will work directly with engineering, purchasing, production, and accounting groups to coordinate product manufacturing. A B.Sc. in management, marketing, or engineering is expected along with significant product management experience. Must have truck, automotive, or off-highway product management experience (truck preferred) along with some direct supervision and sales experience. Excellent communication, presentation, cross-departmental, and teamwork skills are essential, along with a broad-based knowledge of cooling systems (fan clutch preferred) along with a solid basis in business fundamentals. An ability and willingness to travel is required, as well as solid computer and business software skills and the ability to demonstrate technical concepts to customers and prospects.
SOFTWARE
DEVELOPMENT
Software Engineer (Vermont) - We are seeking two individuals to join a strong group of talented software engineers developing advanced Windows based applications using C++, MFC, Python, and/or FORTRAN. 3-5 years programming experience, preferably in engineering or technical applications, is required. A background in fluid dynamics, thermodynamics or turbomachinery is highly desired. BA / B.Sc. in computer science, math, engineering, or scientific discipline is required. Excellent team working skills and the motivation to succeed in a fast paced engineering environment are critical for success.
Software Engineer - CAM (Massachusetts) - Two openings exist in the Woburn Product Center. Reporting to the head of CAM software product development, these individuals will work on software development for the MAX-PAC CAM system as part of a small team of proprietary CAM software developers. The product is specialized for 5-axis milling of turbomachinery components. Strong mathematical and analytical skills are required to develop new geometry and tool path features. C++, Parasolids, and Fortran are desirable. One to three years of related work experience is required along with the ability to work independently or as part of a team. A B.Sc. in Mathematics or Engineering is expected. One of the positions will lean towards more direct customer contact and support while the other will work more directly with machining/operations personnel.
INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Internships for college students concentrating in engineering, computer science, mathematics, and marketing are generally available throughout the year. Students have the opportunity to work directly with staff members on projects, dependent upon their interests and talents, including in the turbomachinery testing facility and research. Contact Human Resources for information about current availability.
EQUAL
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
Concepts NREC offers fair and equal employment opportunities for everyone, including protection from workplace harassment, regardless of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, handicap or disability, or status as a disabled veteran, or a veteran of the Vietnam Era. We recruit, process and assign all applicants on the basis of their qualifications for the particular job, and we do so without regard to any factor unrelated to their ability to fulfill job requirements. To comply with applicable laws and ensure equal employment opportunities to qualified individuals with a disability, we will make reasonable accommodations for the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified individual with a disability who is an applicant or an employee, unless undue hardship would result.
