Systems Engineer - Mid-American Steel and Wire

Purpose:

Designs and develops solutions to complex applications problems. Performs systems management and integration functions.

Education:

Bachelor's Degree

Combination of Experience and Education

Tasks

• Verify stability, interoperability, portability, security, or scalability of system architecture.
• Provide technical guidance or support for the development or troubleshooting of systems.
• Monitor system operation to detect potential problems.
• Perform ongoing hardware and software maintenance operations, including installing or upgrading hardware or software.
• Establish functional or system standards to ensure operational requirements, quality requirements, and design constraints are addressed.
• Evaluate existing systems to determine effectiveness and suggest changes to meet organizational requirements.
• Train system users in system operation or maintenance.
• Operate and maintain production machinery.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills:

Basic Skills

• Active Listening
• Critical Thinking
• Learning Strategies
• Mathematics
• Monitoring
• Reading Comprehension
• Speaking
• Writing
• Verbal Communication

Technical Skills

• Equipment Maintenance - Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed. Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.
• Equipment Selection - Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.
• Operation Control and Monitoring - Controlling operations of equipment or systems
• Quality Control Analysis - Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
• Troubleshooting - Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.
• Mechanical – Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
• Operation and Control – Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
• Operation Monitoring – Watching gauges, dials, or other indicator to make sure a machine is working properly.
• Technology Design – Generating or adapting equipment and technology.  
• Repairing – Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.
• Programming – Writing computer programs for various purposes.
• Other - Ability to read blueprints, schematics, specifications and technical drawings

Resource Management Skills

• Management of Financial Resources – Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures.
• Time Management - Managing one's own time and the time of others.
• Management of Material Resources- Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work.
• Management of Personnel Resources- Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job