Engineering Jobs in Euless Texas

Do you live for the thrill of winning new business, building strong partnerships, and leading top-tier sales and estimating teams? Gulf Coast Pavers is expanding in the DFW market and we’re searching for a Sales Manager who’s ready to lead from the front. If you’re a dynamic, results-driven leader who loves turning strategy into success, we want to hear from you!

Responsibilities:

Leadership & Team Management:

• Lead, mentor, and manage the sales and estimating team to ensure high performance and adherence to company standards.
• Provide coaching, training, and support to team members on estimating, pricing, and sales strategies.
• Monitor and assess the team's performance and provide feedback to encourage professional growth and success.

Sales Strategy & Execution:

• Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with key clients, contractors, and vendors to secure long-term business.
• Develop and implement sales strategies to meet or exceed revenue targets.
• Oversee the sales process from lead generation to deal closure, ensuring consistent follow-through and customer satisfaction.
• Collaborate with the team to develop campaigns that attract new customers and promote the company’s products and services.

Estimating & Cost Management:

• Assist and oversee the preparation of accurate and competitive estimates for paver and retaining wall projects, ensuring alignment with client needs and project specifications.
• Analyze project drawings, specifications, and documents to ensure detailed cost, labor, and time estimates.
• Review and approve estimates prepared by the team, ensuring accuracy and completeness before submission to clients.
• Ensure that unit pricing databases are maintained and updated to reflect current market conditions and project costs.

Project Management Support:

• Assist in the preparation and management of RFIs (Requests for Information) and change orders during the project lifecycle.
• Work closely with the operations team to ensure smooth transitions from estimating to project execution, addressing any discrepancies or issues.
• Manage bid deadlines, monitor the status of active bids, and ensure timely submission of estimates to clients.

Reporting & Analysis:

• Generate weekly, monthly, and quarterly sales and estimating reports to track progress, performance, and key metrics.
• Analyze sales and estimating trends to identify opportunities for process improvements, cost savings, and increased efficiency.
• Provide management with regular updates on estimating activities, project pipelines, and any potential issues that may impact timelines or profitability.

Continuous Improvement:

• Stay current with industry trends, pricing models, and new technologies to ensure the estimating process is efficient and accurate.
• Actively participate in strategy sessions to identify opportunities for operational improvements, increased efficiency, and profitability.

General Qualifications:

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related field preferred.

Experience:

• Minimum of 5-10 years of experience in sales, with at least 2 years in a managerial or leadership role, preferably in the construction industry.
• Proven track record of successfully driving sales growth and managing estimating functions.

Skills & Abilities:

• Strong leadership and team management skills.
• Highly motivated, energetic with a strong sense of initiative.
• In-depth knowledge of estimating techniques, project management, and cost estimation.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to make data-driven decisions.
• Proficient in estimating software and Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, etc.); experience with project management and CRM systems a plus.
• Strong negotiation, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to prioritize tasks, manage multiple projects simultaneously, and meet deadlines.

Additional Requirements:

• Ability to read and interpret construction drawings, specifications, and blueprints.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills.
• Valid driver’s license and ability to travel as needed.

Why Join Us?

At Gulf Coast Pavers, we don’t just build projects, we build lasting relationships, a trusted reputation, and a team-driven culture. Here, you’ll be part of a collaborative environment where your contributions directly fuel our growth and success. This is your opportunity to combine sales expertise with estimating skills in a role where your results are recognized, your impact is valued, and every win is celebrated.

If you’re ready to help pave the way for growth in one of the most dynamic markets in Texas, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply now or send your resume to to grow your career with us!

Candidates will be required to pass a background check.

• Pursuing opportunities at institutions such as Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) or Navy War College (NWC)
• Completing Joint Professional Military Education (JPME) at one of the various service colleges

The Manager - Software Quality Engineering is responsible for ensuring that quality standards are met on all materials coming into the warehouse and all products going to customers. This position plays a critical role in establishing and ensuring adherence to shop quality standards, procedures, techniques and continuous improvement. The LQAC works directly with internal and external suppliers, QACs at other facilities and corporate QA personnel. They are also a key driver of resourcing, troubleshooting, root cause analysis and participating in continuous process improvement/lean manufacturing project initiatives. Attendance, as scheduled, is an essential function of this job.

Major Activities

• Develops, implements, communicates and maintains the company’s Quality Management System (QMS). Formulates and manages the development and implementation of goals, objectives, policies, procedures and systems pertaining to the QMS and ensure that the established objectives are communicated to all team members and that advances or declines in achieving those goals are also regularly reported.
• Sets up and maintains controls and documentation procedures including Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Setup Parameters. Organizes documents into an easy to use and fast retrieval system so team members can find procedures quickly and conform to requirements.
• Explains quality process compliance to others using a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form to help others understand, follow and conform to established best practices. Conducts root cause analysis as needed.
• Serves as the company’s liaison to assembly plant peers (QACs) and ensures the execution of corrective action and compliance with company specifications.
• Participates in weekly sourcing team and CAF staff meetings.
• Notifies production leadership and GM immediately of nonconformity.
• Prepares and presents a quarterly quality report for leadership team review. Obtains feedback from team member meetings and other such interactions and incorporates the action in moving the quality program forward.
• Maintains master control samples and step samples in a clean and protected environment.
• Builds and maintains good working relationships with assembly plant peers and all internal manufacturing team members and managers.
• Cross-trains into other positions and provides support to other production teams and functions as needed.

Other duties as assigned

Minimum Education

• Bachelor's degree, or equivalent experience

Minimum Special Certifications or technical skills

• Must be proficient in MS Word and Excel and production database systems.

Minimum Type of experience the job requires

• 7-8 years quality assurance experience
• Manufacturing with specific focus on wood finishing, chemicals and/or quality control experience in a manufacturing environment.

Other

• Must be detailed oriented and accurate.
• Must have a keen sense of urgency.
• Must have strong verbal communication and interpersonal skills including coaching, collaborating, and providing constructive feedback.
• Must be able to critically analyze problems and develop effective solutions.
• Must be able to manage multiple priorities/projects simultaneously and the flexibility to work overtime when needed.

Preferred Education

• BA/BS -Business, Engineering, or other applicable course of study

Applicants in the U.S. must satisfy federal, state, and local legal requirements of the job.

At The Michaels Companies Inc., our purpose is to fuel the joy of creativity and celebration. As the leading destination for creating and celebrating in North America, we operate over 1,300 stores in 49 states and Canada and online at and . The Michaels Companies, Inc. also owns Artistree, a manufacturer of custom and specialty framing merchandise. Founded in 1973 and headquartered in Irving, Texas, Michaels is the best place for all things creative. For more information, please visit Michaels, we prioritize the wellbeing of our teams by providing robust benefits for both full-time and part-time Team Members. Our benefits include health insurance (medical, dental, and vision), paid time off, tuition assistance, generous employee discounts, and much more. For more information, visit is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are here for all Team Members and all customers to create, innovate and be better together.

Michaels is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. In keeping with this commitment, Michaels will assure that people with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. Accordingly, if a reasonable accommodation is required to fully participate in the job application or interview process, to perform the essential functions of the job, and/or to receive all other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact Customer Care at 1-8 MICHAEL).

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Lead Android Engineer

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Hybrid – Onsite in Irving, TX (75063) Tue–Thu; Remote Mon & Fri

Our Fortune 500 retail client is seeking a hands-on Lead Android Engineer to drive technical excellence and innovation across their mobile platform. This role will help evolve a mature Android application while delivering high-quality experiences that support millions of customers across eCommerce, loyalty, personalization, and product launches.

The team is focused on differentiating the mobile app from the web experience through personalized content, contextual assistance, and intelligent upsell opportunities. This role requires someone who has made architectural decisions, influenced technical direction, and led implementation — not just executed against predefined designs.

This is not a pure architect role, but it requires strong architectural judgment combined with deep hands-on development expertise.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a hands-on technical leader within the Android team.
• Design, build, and enhance Android applications using Kotlin and Jetpack Compose.
• Make informed architectural decisions within an established Android application using MVVM and Clean Architecture principles.
• Guide the implementation of new features in alignment with scalable, maintainable architecture standards.
• Partner closely with the Mobile Architect while owning day-to-day technical decision-making for the Android team.
• Act as the go-to technical resource for Android engineers, helping answer implementation questions and remove blockers.
• Integrate and manage third-party SDKs and libraries, understanding dependency management, versioning conflicts, and potential performance implications.
• Implement API integrations and evaluate libraries needed to support new functionality.
• Contribute to proof-of-concepts (POCs) that explore innovative mobile capabilities and customer engagement strategies.
• Develop personalization features that differentiate the app experience from the web.
• Implement and optimize push notification capabilities to drive engagement and upsell opportunities.
• Strengthen application stability by implementing unit tests and embedding automated quality checks within the CI/CD pipeline from the Android codebase.
• Participate in production incident management and provide technical leadership during issue resolution.
• Conduct thorough PR reviews, promote code quality standards, and ensure proper documentation.
• Leverage AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot) to improve efficiency and elevate engineering practices.
• Stay current with Android ecosystem trends and proactively recommend improvements.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of hands-on Android development experience.
• 5+ years of Kotlin development experience.
• Strong experience with Jetpack Compose.
• Proven experience making architectural decisions within an existing Android application.
• Hands-on experience implementing MVVM and Clean Architecture principles.
• Experience integrating third-party SDKs and adding libraries within complex Android projects.
• Experience implementing REST API integrations and managing dependencies.
• Strong unit testing experience and experience improving application stability.
• Experience contributing to accessibility (ADA) improvements.
• Hands-on experience with Google Play Console, including publishing and maintaining Android applications.
• Experience working in Agile development environments.
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship and able to convert to a full-time W-2 employee upon completion of the contract.

Technical Skills

• Kotlin, Android Studio, Jetpack Compose
• MVVM, Clean Architecture
• Hilt, Gradle
• JSON, REST APIs
• SDK & third-party library integration
• Firebase, Crashlytics, Adobe Analytics, Google Analytics
• Push Notifications
• CI/CD integrations at the Android application level
• AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot)

Work Environment

• Hybrid schedule (Irving, TX)
• On-call support may be required.
• Occasional weekend or evening work may be required.

*Final compensation will be determined based on experience, skills, and location*

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Splunk Enterprise Security Engineer to join our dynamic Security Engineering & Architecture team in Irving, TX. This is an exciting opportunity to lead the deployment, optimization, and administration of our Splunk Enterprise Security (ES) platform within a cloud-based environment. The ideal candidate will have extensive hands-on experience with Splunk ES, cloud security platforms, and a deep understanding of SIEM operations at an enterprise scale. This role offers a chance to work in a complex, high-volume environment and make a significant impact on the organization’s security infrastructure.

Job Title: Senior Splunk Security Engineer

Job Location: Irving, TX 75063

Job Duration: 12 Months with possible extension

Comments: The candidate must have hands-on Splunk expertise, with a minimum of 5+ years specific to Splunk Enterprise Security.

Additional Skills: Splunk Enterprise Security Administrator, Splunk Cloud Administrator.

Job Description:

We are seeking a Senior Splunk Enterprise Security Engineer to join our Security Engineering & Architecture team in Irving, TX. In this high-impact individual contributor role, you will own the deployment, optimization, and day-to-day administration of our Splunk Enterprise Security (ES) platform across a cloud-based environment supporting one of the largest retail operations in the country.

You will be the go-to subject matter expert for Splunk ES, partnering with SOC analysts, threat intelligence teams, compliance stakeholders, and IT leadership to ensure our security monitoring platform delivers maximum visibility, reliability, and value. This is a hands-on, technically deep role for someone who thrives in complex, high-volume environments and takes pride in building resilient security infrastructure.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the end-to-end administration of Splunk Enterprise Security across a cloud-hosted (AWS/Azure/GCP) deployment, including architecture decisions, capacity planning, performance tuning, and version upgrades.
• Design, implement, and maintain ES frameworks including notable event configurations, risk-based alerting, asset and identity correlation, and threat intelligence integrations.
• Develop and optimize correlation searches, dashboards, and investigation workflows to reduce alert fatigue and accelerate analyst response times.
• Drive data source onboarding and ensure CIM (Common Information Model) compliance for new and existing log sources across the enterprise.
• Partner with compliance teams to ensure Splunk ES configurations directly support PCI DSS, SOX, and NIST CSF audit and reporting requirements.
• Establish and maintain health monitoring for the Splunk environment, including search performance, indexing throughput, forwarder connectivity, and license utilization.
• Create and maintain operational documentation, runbooks, and knowledge base articles for Splunk ES administration and troubleshooting.
• Serve as the escalation point for complex Splunk issues and participate in incident response efforts during critical security events as needed.
• Evaluate and recommend new Splunk apps, add-ons, and integrations that strengthen the organization’s security posture.
• Collaborate with Security Architecture peers to align Splunk ES capabilities with the broader security tooling ecosystem and long-term technology roadmap.

Required Skills:

• 5+ years of hands-on experience with Splunk platform administration, with significant depth in Splunk Enterprise Security.
• Active Splunk certifications required: Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin and/or Splunk ES Certified Admin.
• Proven experience managing Splunk deployments in cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Deep understanding of security monitoring, log management, SIEM operations, and event correlation at enterprise scale.
• Working knowledge of PCI DSS, SOX, and NIST CSF compliance frameworks and how they translate into SIEM use cases and reporting requirements.
• Strong SPL (Search Processing Language) proficiency, including complex statistical commands, lookups, macros, and data models.
• Experience with Splunk infrastructure components: indexers, search heads, heavy/universal forwarders, deployment servers, and cluster management.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate complex technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders.

Desired Skills:

• Experience in large-scale retail or similarly complex, high-transaction-volume environments.
• Familiarity with Splunk SOAR (formerly Phantom) and security automation/orchestration workflows.
• Background in detection engineering, threat hunting, or SOC operations.
• Additional certifications such as CISSP, GIAC (GCIA, GCIH), or cloud security credentials (AWS Security Specialty, AZ-500).
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible) for Splunk deployment management.
• Scripting proficiency in Python, Bash, or PowerShell for automation and custom integrations.

***Only W2 candidates accepted***

About the Company

For these specific roles, we are looking for engineers familiar with Cyber Threat Intelligence/Threat Hunting tools and procedures. Secondary skills in other areas listed below are highly desirable. We want team members who will take ownership of issues and drive them to resolution, not simply perform tasks as assigned. You will work with and act as a subject matter expert (SME) on at least one specialization within the Cyber Defense Operations domain. You will participate in investigations into security incidents and violations, and will thus be responsible for sensitive information relevant to employees, contractors, vendors, etc. of the company. As such, you will be expected to have the ability to pass a detailed background investigation, and maintain impeccable standards of confidentiality, morality, and ethics. You must have a passion for learning new technologies, not simply working with what you already know. You will be provided with the tools to produce your own career success, but are expected to have the ability to pass a detailed background investigation.

About the Role

Key player on a team responsible for all aspects of Cyber Defense within the company. Will be a SME in at least one area listed below and are expected to have full professional knowledge of security concepts and company objectives to resolve a wide range of issues in effective and sometimes creative ways, in all of the following domains.

Responsibilities

• Incident response (to include triage, playbooks, investigation, write-ups, escalations)
• Forensic analysis
• Malware analysis
• Protocol analysis
• Endpoint protection
• Data loss prevention
• Email security
• Cyber threat intelligence
• Threat research and creation of compensating controls
• Assist in developing and maintaining cyber security policies, standards, processes and workflows.
• Provide suggestions to team lead/manager in creating your professional development and training plan.
• Prioritize taskings and projects assigned based on importance to accomplishment of business objectives.
• Occasionally assist junior teammates with maintaining proper prioritization.
• Solve diverse and complex issues where analysis of situations and data requires in-depth evaluation of identifiable factors.
• Provide escalation support and technical guidance to teammates in areas where you are a SME.
• Work on projects assigned to you, in effort to advance partnership opportunities between Cyber Defense Operations (CDO) team and other business areas.
• Work with senior engineers to define cyber security requirements for current and future state end-to-end architectures and platforms to advance security controls and the security posture of the business.
• Assist senior engineers in collaborating with development and engineering teams to prioritize security risks, provide mitigation or remediation recommendations, and implement compensating controls.
• Perform risk quantification and third-party risk management reviews as required.
• Perform cyber security platform testing, and work with other teams to ensure vulnerability remediation and operating system hardening to reduce attack surface.
• Assist in performing proof-of-concept testing for cyber defense solutions under consideration for purchase and implementation.
• Work with senior engineers in identifying cyber security products and technologies that can enhance the company’s mission by providing appropriate protection for all data in our environment, or sent or received to/from various public or private clouds, or the Internet at large.
• Consistently demonstrate the company Leadership Principles for Cyber Defense Operations team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in related field
• 5 years of related experience with Bachelor’s, 3 years with Master’s

Required Skills

• Experience with at least one major SOAR and one major SIEM product
• Familiarity with operation of other security devices (firewall, proxy server, VPN, IPS, etc.)
• Advanced knowledge of TCP/IP protocols
• At least one entry-level vendor-neutral certification in the Information Security arena or equivalent experience

Preferred Skills

• Master’s or equivalent experience
• At least one non-entry-level vendor-neutral certification in the Information Security arena (CISSP, CISM, GISP, etc.) or equivalent experience

Are you a Project Manager who enjoys seeing complex custom builds come to life—from design drawings to finished installations?

Our client, creates custom fixtures, displays and food equipment for the nation's premier grocery, retail and restaurant brands. With over 40 years of experience in metal, millwork and refrigeration displays, they are a trusted partner in creating a unique customer experience.

Their teams design and manufacture custom store fixtures, architectural millwork, metal displays, and specialized refrigeration environments used inside supermarkets, restaurants, convenience stores, and retail spaces. These are not cookie-cutter builds—every project is unique and requires strong coordination between engineering, manufacturing, and installation teams.

If you thrive in a fast-paced environment where you can own projects end-to-end and work closely with shop teams and customers, this role offers the opportunity to make a real impact.

What You'll Be Responsible For:

Lead Custom Manufacturing Projects

• Manage projects involving custom millwork, woodworking, fabricated metal components, and retail fixtures.
• Develop and manage project schedules using Microsoft Project to ensure successful execution.
• Coordinate activities across engineering, purchasing, manufacturing, and installation teams.

Work Directly With Customers

• Serve as the primary point of contact for customers, contractors, and project stakeholders.
• Ensure expectations, timelines, and deliverables are clearly defined and executed.
• Maintain strong customer relationships throughout the project lifecycle.

Manage Drawings, Production & Project Execution

• Coordinate engineering drawings, approvals, and production documentation.
• Ensure shop teams have the correct materials, finishes, and production specifications.
• Align manufacturing and installation teams to ensure projects stay on schedule.

Manage Project Scope & Changes

• Handle change orders, revised purchase orders, and project revisions.
• Prepare cost estimates and project quotations when required.
• Track project progress, materials usage, and labor to maintain profitability.

Drive Continuous Improvement

• Participate in post-project reviews with engineering and manufacturing teams.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, project execution, and cost performance.

What We're Looking For:

We're seeking Project Managers who understand the manufacturing side of building custom environments and physical products.

Ideal Background Includes Experience With:

• Commercial Custom millwork or woodworking manufacturing
• Commercial Architectural millwork or cabinetry

OR

• Retail fixture manufacturing
• Metal fabrication or mixed-material manufacturing
• Custom store environments or commercial interiors

Qualifications

• 2-5+ years of Project Management experience in commercial manufacturing, millwork, construction, or fabrication environments
• Experience managing projects involving commercial woodworking, millwork, cabinetry, or metal fabrication
• Experience coordinating engineering drawings, production teams, and installation crews
• Experience working directly with customers, contractors, or retail brands
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment

Technical Skills

• Experience with CAD, Microsoft Project or similar scheduling/design tools
• Ability to read engineering drawings, shop drawings, and specifications
• Experience with estimating, quoting, and project cost tracking

About the Role

Our Decision Intelligence (DI) team is seeking a Senior / Lead Data Architect to drive enterprise data strategy and accelerate AI‑enabled transformation across McKesson. DI plays a critical role in enabling data‑driven change and delivering measurable business value through high‑quality data, advanced analytics, and intelligent automation.

This role will define and evolve the enterprise‑wide data and semantic architecture required to support AI‑driven insights, agentic automation, and next‑generation data products. The ideal candidate is a strategic thought partner, a hands‑on architect, and a leader capable of translating business outcomes into scalable technical solutions.

Responsibilities

Data Architecture Leadership

• Architect canonical data domains across customer, product, pricing, supply chain, contracting, and financial performance.
• Design semantic layers, business ontologies, subject‑area models, and metric definition frameworks to power enterprise AI agents and decisioning systems.
• Define architectural principles for data interoperability, lineage, access control, security, and multi‑cloud integration.
• Align data platform and architecture decisions with the USPD AI Roadmap and enterprise AI strategy.

Establish standards and patterns for:

• RAG pipelines
• Vector search
• Metadata-driven orchestration
• Multi-modal ingestion (text, events, real-time signals)

Provide architectural oversight and strategic guidance across enterprise data products including:

• Finance, Pricing, and Supply Chain Data Products
• FIA
• ContractIQ
• Specialty Leakage Agents
• Design a robust, scalable, and interoperable data environment that supports AI-ready, governed, high-quality enterprise data.
• Influence programs and project teams on best practices related to data quality, architecture, modeling, observability, and governance.
• Leverage data architecture frameworks to translate complex relational entities into business cases, use cases, and AI-enablement requirements.
• Partner with product, engineering, and analytics leaders to accelerate data product creation and improve enterprise decision intelligence maturity.

Advanced Data System Design

• Architect complex distributed data systems that ensure scalability, performance, reliability, and real-time integration across business-critical operations.
• Design and govern enterprise-wide data models, data flows, reference architectures, and integration patterns.

Produce high-quality data design deliverables including:

• Data models
• Entity relationship diagrams (ERDs)
• Data flow diagrams
• System interface schemas
• Comprehensive data dictionaries and metadata documentation
• Ensure optimal functioning of AI/ML pipelines, including data quality controls, observability patterns, and architecture for low-latency analytics.
• Guide engineering teams on reusable patterns for ingestion, transformation, curation, semantic enrichment, and operationalization.

Minimum Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in data engineering, data architecture, or enterprise data platform development.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.

Required Skills

• 7+ years designing enterprise data architecture across large, complex organizations.
• Demonstrated experience with Enterprise data modeling, semantic layers, canonical domains
• Large-scale integration across heterogeneous systems
• Databricks, Snowflake, MDM platforms, SAP, Salesforce/Conga
• Designing intuitive architectural patterns to simplify complex data landscapes.
• Strong understanding of data quality frameworks, governance, lineage, metadata, and regulatory compliance.

Leadership Skills

• Ownership-driven leader with a track record of guiding engineering teams through delivery.
• Acts as a change champion, elevating architecture maturity and influencing cross-functional adoption of best practices.

Strategic Thinking

• Strong analytical capability and the ability to develop long-term data strategies aligned to enterprise objectives and future-state AI readiness.

Problem Solving

• Creative, innovative problem solver capable of architecting solutions for highly complex data and AI challenges.

Overview

The IT Architect II is responsible for design of IT systems including system infrastructure, system security, application architecture, software and data life cycle management. Provides enterprise architectural framework for the design, development, and deployment of information/business systems. Proactively drives the prioritization of key technology enablers for achieving enterprise level system objectives while ensuring scalability, reliability, and availability of implemented systems. Provides leadership and expertise to evaluate planned platform growth, increasingly demanding enterprise service level requirements in order to identify, design, and implement technology solutions that exceed expectations.

This role requires excellent collaboration and communication skills to translate complex requirements into functional architecture.

Key Responsibilities

• Assists in the development of the information system vision and strategy of the organization; assists in the development, implementation, communication, and promotion of strategic and tactical plans

• Researches and participates in beta testing of new systems and technologies in order to better evaluate their suitability to the environment

• Evaluates proposed system acquisitions and provides critical input to the decision-making process relative to compatibility, cost, resource requirements, operations, and maintenance; develops plans and recommendations to improve the performance and efficiency of assigned systems; addresses all aspects of assigned systems, including hardware, software, outside services, etc.; considers cost-effectiveness, budget, and other resource issues in addition to technical issues; develops and implements standards and procedures for multiple areas of technology

• Participates in development of standards, design and implementation of proactive processes to collect and report data and statistics on assigned systems; performs research and testing to verify impact and advisability of system installations; assists in development vendor support relationships

• Maintains in-depth knowledge and current certification in various areas of information technology

• Responsible for infrastructure design, performance modeling and capacity planning.

• Independently provides guidance and leadership on architecture design initiatives.

• Demonstrates ability to lead team through complex system design and implementation initiatives.

• Ensures architectures are flexible and support the business needs by maintaining an understanding of business strategies and infrastructure capabilities.

• Works with various technical resources across the team to facilitate the development of technical standards.

• Possesses communication skills and ability to develop and present solutions to all levels of management, including executive levels.

• Participates in requirements gathering, discovery, and interfacing with technical and business teams - establishing credibility in terms of experience, presentation and leadership of solutions development.

• Evaluates proposed new systems, system changes and additions, provides oversight into the decision process.

• Quickly and decisively acts in fast changing, unpredictable situations, shows tremendous amount of initiative in tough situations, is exceptional at spotting and seizing opportunities, proactively plans projects and tasks within application.

• Applies advanced level understanding of assigned clinical/business operations, processes, and workflows. Discusses, and identifies dependencies with project team members and stakeholders. Maintains collaborative customer relationships; Ensures the needs of the customer are fully represented in all updates.

• Reviews and provides feedback on documentation written by others. Articulates issues and complex concepts in appropriate manner based on the audience.

• Possesses the skill to develop strong and positive relationships with management at all levels.

• Demonstrates an advanced level of business strategies understanding, applies expertise to help meet customer goals and outcomes. Tackles new problems using experimentation, including successes and failure experiences. Creative problem solving beyond standard recommendations and practice.

Required Education and Skills:

Education/Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or a related field.

Experience

• 10+ years of experience in large corporate systems environments working with complex IT systems.
• 10+ years of hands-on experience in infrastructure engineering, software development, system administration, system architecture, application architecture or data system architecture.
• Minimum Four (4) years of hands-on experience with system or application performance modeling and tuning.

Certifications:

• TOGAF (The Open Group Architecture Framework) certification is preferred.

Ready to take your career to the next level?

At The Gund Company, we’re more than just an electrical insulation manufacturer—we’re a team of passionate problem-solvers who love what we do! If you’re looking for a workplace where innovation meets collaboration, and where your ideas truly matter, this is the place for you.

Our Motto:

Take Care of Each Other. Take Care of the Customer. Take Care of the Business.

Position Details

• Shift: 1st Shift
• Schedule: Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM
• Location: Euless, Texas
• Salary: Starting at $64,000 per year

Why You’ll Love Working Here

• Be part of a fun, driven team that values growth and creativity.
• Enjoy employee ownership through our ESOP program—your success is our success!
• Competitive pay, great benefits, and a culture that celebrates continuous improvement.

Requirements

What You’ll Do

As a Manufacturing Estimating Specialist, you’ll be the go-to expert for creating accurate, competitive cost estimates that help us win business and delight customers. You’ll work closely with engineering, production, and sales teams to:

• Analyze customer requirements, specs, and drawings.
• Develop and improve costing models and calculators for efficiency.
• Prepare detailed quotes using our advanced tools like Visual Estimating Window and PCM automated quoting module.
• Participate in Kaizen events and process improvement initiatives to keep us ahead of the game.
• Lead Gross Profit Review processes and collaborate on pricing strategies.
• Document best practices and mentor others in estimating excellence.

What We’re Looking For

• 3–5 years’ experience in custom manufacturing quoting processes.
• Strong Excel skills (formulas, lookup tables, ODBC links).
• Ability to create clear documentation of manufacturing processes.
• Familiarity with ERP systems, MS Office, and ISO quality environments.
• Bonus points for experience in low-volume, high-variety manufacturing, machining, or craftsmanship.
• Associate degree or relevant certifications preferred.

Perks & Benefits

• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) – You own part of the company!
• Health, Dental, Vision, Life & Disability Insurance
• 401(k) with 50% employer match
• Competitive wages & safe work environment
• Career development through Individual Development Plans (IDP)

Ready to join a world-class team ranked high in employee engagement?

Apply today and let’s build something amazing together!

EEO Statement: It is the policy of The Gund Company to recruit, hire, train, and promote employees without discriminating based on race, gender, age, religion, national origin, veteran status, sexual preference, or disability.

Key Skills & Keywords

Cost Estimation • Manufacturing Processes • ERP Systems • Excel Expert • Process Improvement • Kaizen • Lean Manufacturing • Quoting • Pricing Strategy • Continuous Improvement • ISO Standards • Engineering Collaboration