Employment Opportunities

Concepts NREC has a superb international reputation for excellence as a leader in the field of turbomachinery products and services.

Maintaining that valued position requires the very best and most highly qualified candidates available to fill openings on our staff. If you have the talent and skills needed to take on challenging assignments in a highly creative high-tech environment, please review the career opportunities listed.

Salaries for all positions are competitive and commensurate with experience. An excellent benefits package is available, including low-cost health and dental insurance, 401(k) with company match and profit sharing, merit bonuses, and education reimbursement. All positions listed are full-time (unless noted otherwise) and open to U.S. Citizens or Permanent U.S. Residents only who are nonsmokers.

If interested in employment at Concepts NREC, please send a cover letter and resume to Jon Stearns, Human Resources Director. Please specify the position for which you are applying.

Jon Stearns, PHR
Director of Human Resources
Concepts NREC
217 Billings Farm Road
White River Junction, VT 05001-9486
Tel 802-280-6124
Fax 802-296-2325
jds@ConceptsNREC.com

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.
 

Sales and Marketing

Sales Manager, Engineering Services (Vermont)

Reporting directly to the Director of Sales - Engineering Services, this position will take a lead role in the turbomachinery engineering sales area.  The individual will need to match the company’s capabilities and resources in turbomachinery engineering to the needs of the customer. Acting as a principal customer interface, the Sales Manager requires a thorough technical knowledge of turbomachinery engineering, including the application, design, and operation of combustion and steam turbines, compressors, pumps, fans/blowers, and turbochargers.  The individual will work with other departments, in particular the Engineering Group, to develop proposals that meet the client’s needs.   An ability to work independently and as part of a team, with excellent communication skills, is essential.  Responsibilities include developing plans for future growth, working with CRM tools for tracking business activity and market trends, developing forecasts for resource planning, preparing technical proposals and cost estimates, following-up on open proposals and taking  necessary action to close sales, and making effective presentations to customers.  A minimum of a Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent, is expected with five or more years of work related experience and the ability to translate customer requests into individual technical proposals. The desired candidate must have excellent technical sales skills, including proposal writing and presentations. A strong base of experience in pumps, compressors, turbines or engines and related systems is required.  Some travel will be required.  Knowledge of computer software (Office, Excel, CRM) is expected.

Operations

There are no positions available in this department at the moment.

Technician

There are no positions available in this department at the moment.

Engineering

Director of Mechanical Component Design (Vermont)

We are seeking a senior or mid-level engineer with design and structural analysis experience in the turbomachinery industry to manage our mechanical component design group. This individual will oversee the work of a group of talented mechanical designers and structural analysis engineers, and will also be responsible for their own design/analysis projects. Experience with turbomachinery design (bearings, seals, rotordynamics, stress, and fatigue lifing) is required. Experience can come from a number of different industries, including turbocharger, industrial compressor/turbine, aerospace gas turbine, etc. Project and personnel management experience is highly desirable. The successful candidate must have a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering (M.S. preferred) and 10+ years of relevant design and/or analysis experience.

Sr. Mechanical Design Engineer (Vermont)

Concepts NREC seeks a Sr. Mechanical Design Engineer in White River Jct, VT, to work with the design engineer team and CAD personnel to design advanced turbomachinery components and modify existing designs. Will support conceptualization of new machinery and machine components and assist sales and marketing as needed. Will check work of others, assist CAD manager with workflow planning, and recommend materials, manufacturing methods, and assembly procedures. May oversee work of other Mechanical Design Engineers and assist with work schedule and planning. Some travel may be involved. Must have B.S. Mechanical Engineering +15 yrs relevant experience to include turbomachinery, CAD, and manufacturing processes.

Instrumentation/Test Engineer (Vermont)

Concepts NREC is seeking a person to support 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.

Senior Level Aerodynamics/Hydrodynamics Engineer (Vermont)

We are seeking a senior level turbomachinery engineer, 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), 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.

Director, Large Projects (Vermont)

We are seeking a highly experienced Program Director (PD) with turbomachinery experience to be responsible for managing our ‘Large Project’ group. This group, comprised of experience project managers (PMs), is responsible for the day-to-day management of exciting new engineering projects, including the satisfaction of all project technical and contractual requirements, including cost and schedule. The PMs in this group coordinate activities of company personnel (utilizing company resource management tools) and appropriate outside resources as required, coordinate customer communication, and ensure proper documentation (including ISO requirements) for projects under the PM’s responsibility. These PMs typically also serve as mechanical design engineers on their projects. The director will oversee the activities of the PMs, as well as serve as PM on several projects. Other duties include coordinating activities with Engineering and Operations groups as required to meet goals, perform engineering functions in qualified areas, as time allows, and supporting company sales activities as requested. A minimum of a B.Sc. or M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, along with 10+ years of active engineering experience and a minimum of five years of program management experience is required. Candidates must have “hands-on” turbomachinery experience, specifically in the mechanical design area. Other desired experience includes manufacturing, test and/or field service experience, clear, concise written and oral communication skills (English), and competency with MS family of business software products. Limited travel, both foreign and domestic, is expected. Must be a U.S. citizen. 

Senior CAD Designer (Vermont or Massachusetts)

This is an exciting opportunity for a driven, self-directed and results-oriented ProE Design Engineer / Designer to work with turbomachinery products.  This person develops moderately complex parametric components, assemblies, drawings, layouts, tolerance analysis and specifications per ASME standards with a good understanding of the design intent and manufacturing processes.  An ideal candidate will have experience with turbomachinery mechanical design (pumps, compressors, turbines, etc.) handle assignments with minimum guidance and work successfully in a team environment.  Check intricate, finished drawings and assemblies, direct the efforts and mentor design and drafting personnel in all aspects of documentation.  Plan, maintain, and perform to schedules for assigned projects.  A BS, ME with 5+ years experience with rotating equipment and ProE preferred.  Alternately an Assoc degree with 15+ years of experience in rotating equipment, ProE and machine design.  Proficiency with ProEngineer Wildfire 3.0 and Intralink 8.0 and MS Office tools required.

Software Development

There are no positions available in this department at the moment.