Entry Level Thermodynamics Engineer Jobs in Virginia

Company Description Super Radiator Coils is a long-established manufacturer of plate fin and finned tube heat exchangers, serving diverse and complex heat transfer projects since 1928. The company designs and builds cost-effective, durable, and thermally efficient heating and cooling coils tailored to unique customer requirements. Its product portfolio includes heating, cooling, refrigerant, heat recovery, vapor recovery, HVAC, air conditioning, and specialized coils for various applications. Super Radiator Coils supports customers with a wide range of solutions, including hot water, chilled water, steam, evaporator, and condenser coils, making it a trusted partner in industrial and commercial thermal systems.

Super Radiator Coils strives to improve our world by unleashing the power of thermodynamics. We are seeking an Industrial Engineer to help us reach that purpose by ensuring that we are leaders and best in the heat transfer industry while caring for our workforce, communities, and environment.  

This is an extremely unique opportunity for an industrial engineer to design, implement, and improve dedicated value stream production cells to support an exciting growth opportunity for our company. This position is hands-on and requires a significant amount of time on the manufacturing floor working collaboratively with operators, supervisors, and the Production Manager. The Industrial Engineer will also serve as a key link between sales engineering and production, identifying opportunities for continuous improvement through design for manufacturing. This is a high visibility position that is central to supporting a culture of continuous improvement through employee engagement.

Recent engineering graduates are encouraged to apply!

Compensation:

This is a full-time salaried position, pay rate is flexible based on experience.

Full benefit package including vacation, medical, 401k, and tuition assistance.

 

Essential Responsibilities:

• Measure labor content of varying models in order to create standard staffing plans and production processes.
• Develop and install mixed model line balances to efficiently meet customer demand.
• Collaborate with operators and leadership to design and implement value stream layouts in the production workspace.
• Lead and participate in 5S exercises to remove operator’s frustrations and improve organization.
• Work together with the training manager to develop training content to ensure continuity of knowledge and maintain standard processes.
• Investigate and implement continuous improvement opportunities and ideas.
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency or quality through fixturing opportunities and work with manufacturing engineers to develop and implement solutions.
• Create, in coordination with operators, production metrics to encourage self-measurement and engagement in success.
• Desired Qualifications:
• Undergraduate degree in Industrial Engineering.
• Understanding of basic Industrial Engineering concepts such as work measurement, line balancing, 5S, etc.
• Experience with 2D CAD software for layout development.
• Excellent communication skills with people in all levels of the organization.
• Ability to work flexible hours at times to accommodate 3rd shift operation.
• Action oriented, hands-on person who is excited to solve problems and continuously improve the production environment.