ASME Engineering Manager

Make your mark at the world's largest HVAC company

Daikin Applied is seeking an ASME Engineering Manager. The ASME Manager will lead our ASME team in Staunton, VA. In this key role, you will supervise a team, ensuring the quality and compliance of metal-fabricated products with ASME standards. Your leadership will directly enhance the team's performance, guiding them to deliver top-quality results that exceed industry benchmarks. Come be a part of an exciting journey at Daikin Applied, where innovation and excellence drive our every endeavor!

Location: Staunton, VA - Onsite

What you will do:

• Lead and mentor a team of engineers, fostering their growth while ensuring compliance with ASME codes and regulations
• Own and drive ASME and related production objectives, ensuring products surpass ASME and industry standards
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, ASME Code Inspectors, and fabrication teams to ensure quality and safety
• Oversee and maintain ASME and other certification systems, including welding and fabrication processes
• Manage the preparation and retention of ASME QC records, welding documentation (e.g., WPS, PQR), and corrective action reports
• Conduct annual reviews of ASME stamp certifications, ensuring compliance with Section I, IV, and VIII standards
• Perform mechanical inspections aligned with ASME BPVC sections and engineering specifications
• Collaborate closely with various departments, from Drafting to Welding and Assembly, ensuring quality across the board
• Collaborate with manufacturing, sustaining and new product development team to facilitate project milestone
• Create and maintain standard work documentation
• Develop and maintain operating budgets, ensuring resource optimization
• Utilize cutting-edge tools such as Codeware's COMPRESS and P3 Engineering's VES, recognized for ASME pressure vessel design and compliance, to streamline operations

What's in it for you:

• Medical/Dental/Vision coverage, PTO, 401K match, support for community involvement and much more
• The ability to make an impact and shape your career with a company that is passionate about growth
• The support of an organization that believes it is vital to include and engage diverse people, perspectives, and ideas to achieve our best

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related technical field (or equivalent experience in manufacturing, welding, or metal fabrication).
• Ensuring that all engineering designs, manufacturing processes, and products comply with ASME codes and standards while staying updated with code changes and implementing necessary adjustments to procedures and processes
• 5+ years of experience managing ASME teams ensuring quality systems and audits, with a strong emphasis on ASME and AWS codes.
• 5+ years in fabrication or manufacturing, with hands-on expertise in welding processes and inspection.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, including weld symbols, and manage ASME-related documents.
• Proficiency with tools and software recommended by ASME for pressure vessel design and analysis, such as COMPRESS and VES.
• Work visa sponsorship is not available for this position

Preferred Qualifications:

• 7+ years of managerial experience in industrial fabrication of pressure vessel particularly in the HVAC industry or oil and gas
• Experience leading a team of engineers and ASME-certified designers to develop, review pressure vessel designs that meet performance and regulatory requirements
• Experience coordinating project timelines, delegating tasks, and ensuring that the team adheres to ASME standards from development to launch
• Expertise in pressure vessels (ASME Section I, IV, VIII) and proficiency with relevant tools like ANSYS for analysis
• Well-versed in ASME Section VIII
• Practical experience with FEA and CFD methodologies, especially in fluid mechanics applications