Engineering Jobs in Ohio Flexible

Must-Haves:

- Bachelor's degree

- 5 Years+ Development experience, at least 3 of which should be in a non-junior role

- Ability to at minimum read/understand Ansible/Python code (preferrable if they can develop in those languages)

- Experience designing and implementing development solutions for complex problems that comprised at least 2 months of work.

- Experience running projects that span multiple teams or disparate segments

- Ability to provide a GitHub link to a repository of development examples (personal projects are acceptable)

- Ability to communicate complex technical details in a direct, concise and understandable way.

- History in working at least one effort which required code to direct connect to servers, virtual machines or network devices.

- Experience in developing code utilizing API calls

- At least one job where troubleshooting or code testing was a demonstrated component of the work.

- At least one job where mentoring/training was a demonstrated component of the work.

Plus:

- Experience working with Ansible and Python, or (less preferred) Powershell

- AWX, AAP and/or Puppet Enterprise experience

- Previous work in IT within a regulated industry (banking or government)

- ServiceNow experience

- SysAdmin, Platform management or Infrastructure Engineering Experience

- Professional Presentation experience beyond immediate management

- Experience in designing a solution to mitigate a risk concern

Jergens, Inc. has been a strong presence in the manufacturing industry for over 75 years, becoming one of the world's largest manufacturers of standard tooling components, vises and other workholding equipment. Jergens has career opportunities for anyone interested in manufacturing and we are looking for individuals who are motivated, team-oriented, and passionate about growing or starting their career in manufacturing!

Our work culture:

Jergens, Inc., is a privately owned manufacturer founded by the Schron Family in 1942. Headquartered in Cleveland, OH, Jergens has a global reach, with activities across 4 continents and 30+ countries around the world.

Through the many changes over the past 75 years, one thing has remained a constant – the core values of Jergens. A dedication to:

• Honesty
• Hard work
• Excellence in all we do
• A commitment to family

These values are the foundation upon which the company was built, the standard for how every Jergens employee conducts themselves today and will continue to set the direction into the future as we continue to grow our family of employees.

About Jergens, Inc.

Jergens, Inc. is comprised of 3 distinct business units: Workholding Solutions, Lifting Solutions and Specialty Fasteners. Building on its reputation of uncompromising quality standards, Jergens is committed to helping its customers achieve leaner, more profitable manufacturing, and continues to add products and engineered solutions for an integrated approach to "Manufacturing Efficiency."

To learn more about Jergens, Inc., visit us at , be sure to check out our video to see what it's like to work at Jergens: of Working at Jergens, Inc.

Jergens offers employees:

• Competitive compensation
• Comprehensive insurance benefits package (including medical, dental and vision coverage as well as company paid life insurance and disability)
• Tuition reimbursement
• Fun staff events and activities
• 401k plan with profit sharing
• Paid vacation time starting at 13 days
• 11 paid holidays

Reports to: GM/VP of Jergens

Responsibilities:

• Has a thorough understanding of our company's policies, procedures, products and services and capabilities to serve our customers. Serves as a resource and provides leadership to less experienced product managers on complex issues.

• Serves as a mentor by providing training and guidance to less experienced product managers.

• Ensure that the product and marketing efforts support the company's overall strategy and goals.

• Works with sales, marketing and support to ensure revenue and customer satisfaction goals are met.

• Defines the product strategy and sales roadmap.

• Work with external third parties to assess partnerships and licensing opportunities.

• Be an expert with respect to competition.

• Develop the core positioning and messaging for the product.

• Perform product demos to customers.

• Set pricing to meet revenue and profitability goals.

• Deliver a monthly revenue forecast.

• Develop sales tools and demo tools for exhibitions.

• Propose an overall budget to ensure success.

• Develop product training programs for internal and external use.

• Train the sales force at quarterly sales meetings.

• Brief press and analysts and go on press tours.

• Act as a leader within the company.

• Develop advertising strategy to increase brand and product recognition.

• Participate in developing, setting-up and working trade shows.

• Function as a technical resource for inside and outside sales.

• Keeps the supervisor aware in a timely manner of any issues needing the supervisor's involvement.

• Maintains timely and accurate records and reports, as required.

• Plays a lead role in developing new target accounts consistent with the overall division sales strategy.

• Hires, trains, directs, motivates, evaluates, and rewards the sales and marketing team to meet the company's sales objectives. Takes corrective action as necessary to correct performance issues.

• Leads the effective implementation of new programs and products.

• Maintain an awareness of any sales or customer issues needing personal involvement to resolve as well as any changes in customer, product, & industry trends.

• Travel a minimum of once per quarter to find new and potential customers and to meet with, to plan, measure performance, & train international staff.

• Set sales strategy reviewing rep performance.

Responsibilities:

• High school education with at least some college education in a related field is required. A bachelor's degree in a related field is preferred. Has demonstrated the willingness to pursue appropriate professional certifications and continuing education. Has the

necessary training to be proficient in the position.

• Has five or more years of experience with the company fully meeting the expectations of a product manager and/or has demonstrated a level of performance and leadership to qualify for the Group Sales Manager position.

• Demonstrated success in defining and launching excellent products.

• Has excellent communications and interpersonal skills to be able to interact effectively with customers and internal company resources.

• Has excellent computer skills and is proficient with all related company systems and programs.

• Has strong analytical, problem solving, and project management skills.

• Effective time management skills in prioritizing and addressing multiple and at times conflicting demands.

• High energy with a sense of urgency in responding to customer needs.

• High level of personal and professional integrity.

• Is committed to the company's values.

• Attention to detail in maintaining required records and reports.

The Solutions Architect – Transportation is responsible for providing consultation to the Global Information Services (GIS) organization and business units on the relevance and appropriate application of technology. The Solutions Architect will understand the design solutions and business processes that fulfill the business requirements. This position is accountable for ensuring that the application and integration of transportation and other logistics execution technology is done in a manner consistent with the Owens Corning enterprise architecture and standards. This position is responsible for collaborating with and educating others across the organization and supporting technology for transportation related logistics platforms.

The successful candidate for this role is a student of technology, maintains market awareness, and is networked into logistics internally and externally. They are accountable for keeping up to date on new and emerging developments in IT solutions and are expected to gain a working level understanding of these technologies by pursuing opportunities to gain practical knowledge through professional events, peer networks, or formal training. The Solutions Architect – Transportation will identify opportunities to integrate new technology with the current environment to address business opportunities.

To excel in this role, it is crucial to possess a natural curiosity for technology and a keen interest in researching and defining ways to optimize processes within the logistics domain.

Reports to: Functional IT Leader - Logistics

Span of Control: Individual contributor

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Knowing Our Businesses and their Strategies

• Develop and maintain a strong understanding of Owens Corning specific business processes and operations globally
• Build relationships within the organization, cross-functionally, and with key business stakeholders; continuously enhance connection to remain aligned with core objectives
• Collaborate with Domain Architects, peers, and other IS leaders in the development and ongoing sustainment of the 3-year transportation IT Roadmap for the Owens Corning technology environment.
• Work with process leaders, and project teams to identify and define integration opportunities for the appropriate technologies.
• Ensure technology that is being delivered is contemporary and aligned with the IT Roadmap.
• Ensure the performance, support, sustainability, and life cycle management of logistics solutions are engineered in the design stage

Executing Strategy

Technology Leadership & Development

• Define, design, build and oversee the implementation and rollout of ERP functional solutions based on SAP S/4 HANA for Transportation Management and cloud-based solutions that support business processes.
• Work with others to define project scope, based on workshops with business representatives, and knowledge of our landscape and solutions.
• Ideates on solutions to complex requirements.
• Reviews blueprints as outlined by the functional subject matter expert, of requirements and solutions.
• Assists our implementation partner with systems build activities including configuration, master data, investigation of enhancement points, and integrations, and writing functional specifications, unit testing etc.
• Collaborate with the program and business teams to ensure continuous business and IT alignment with no future gaps.
• Collaborate with functional and IT teams working closely within the Transportation Management track, especially IT Architecture, Master Data, Procurement, Manufacturing, etc.
• Own overall inventory of workflows, reports, interfaces, conversions, enhancements and forms (WRICEFs) for the area of TM.
• Partner with others to maintain an awareness of Owens Corning business strategy to identify opportunities to apply technological solutions to upcoming business problems.
• Ensures quality assurance on the design and implementation of technology solutions
• Design and drive the implementation of seamless and efficient transportation platforms
• Collaborate with others to address the feasibility of technology solutions.
• Identify technical and implementation risks associated with a technology solution.
• Consult with project planners to develop statements of work for proposed solutions including estimates that address assumptions, resources, integration points and risks for transportation solutions
• Leads execution technology assessments & POCs within transportation function(s)
• Manage external providers of development capacity as needed

Influencing in the Function

• Aligns and updates OC Enterprise Reference Model for business processes within the domain.
• Maintain the functional specification architecture documentation including the OC Enterprise Reference Model for all transportation process areas.
• Identify areas of waste (process, time, etc.) and ideate and execute action plans to create productivity
• Lead or participate in special projects that support the long-term strategic goals of the business and/or organization
• Identify opportunities to improve effectiveness, value, and perception of the function

Developing Talent

• Invest in personal growth and development, clearly focused on self-learning
• Provide guidance to early career engineers and offer technical mentoring as they progress in their professional development
• Always strive to elevate the capabilities of the team and GIS organization across the company, drive change management, and technology adoption
• Innovative – develops and introduces new ideas and approaches to others
• Curious – is driven to understand how and why things operate, finds root causes through analysis and questioning
• Inventive Flexibility - seeks out ways to leverage investments by integrating new requirements into existing solutions.
• Service Mindset– voluntarily initiates and takes lead roles in challenging work without explicit direction

JOB REQUIREMENTS

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, management information systems (MIS), or equivalent degree
• Minimum of 8 years of experience within Information Technology industry
• Minimum of 5 years of experience with SAP Logistics Execution, Sales & Distribution
• Minimum of 5 years of experience with SAP Transportation Management (9.0 or higher)

EXPERIENCE:

• Prior SAP/ECC.6.0 and TM 9.0 and greater deployment experience in all phases of the ASAP methodology
• Prior experience with SAP TM Event Manager
• Prior experience with SAP S4 HANA / SAP Cloud Applications preferred

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

• Ability to partner effectively with team members, business partners, and 3rd party partners
• Ability to identify, own, and prioritize tasks to meet project milestones
• Designed all or key modules of a custom business application from scratch, including technical design, data relationships, UIs, and system interfaces.
• Experiencing working in a highly matrixed structure across functional, business, geographic and cultural boundaries
• Strong written and oral communication skills to convey relevant information clearly with confidence; understanding others through active listening; successfully sets and manages expectations
• Led functional assessment of applications as a part of a new technology evaluation and selection process.
• Led proof of concept project(s) to validate the applicability of a new technology to a business process, including accountability for the summary report-out of findings.
• Organized and executed IT process development /solution design review with external suppliers
• Ability to travel domestically or internationally as required up to 20%

About Owens Corning

Owens Corning is a residential and commercial building products leader committed to building a sustainable future through material innovation. Our products provide durable, sustainable, energy-efficient solutions that leverage our unique capabilities and market-leading positions to help our customers win and grow. We are global in scope, human in scale with more than 25,000 employees in 31 countries dedicated to generating value for our customers and shareholders and making a difference in the communities where we work and live. Founded in 1938 and based in Toledo, Ohio, USA, Owens Corning posted 2024 sales of $11.0 billion. For more information, visit

Owens Corning is an equal opportunity employer. Except in limited circumstances such as formal apprenticeship programs, Owens Corning does not employ anyone under the age of 18.

Senior Estimator | Elford Construction | Columbus

Elford Construction is looking for a Senior Estimator (10+ years) to help lead pursuit strategy and pricing across major projects in the Columbus market. This role is about more than takeoffs. Our estimators help shape how projects are pursued, priced, and won — working closely with operations, trade partners, and clients from early concept through final submission.

If you enjoy building accurate budgets, solving complex pricing challenges, and helping teams win meaningful work, this could be a great fit.

At Elford, estimators are trusted partners in the pursuit process — bringing market insight, strong subcontractor relationships, and creative problem-solving to every project.

What You’ll Do

• Lead estimating efforts from conceptual budgeting through final pricing and subcontractor buyout
• Develop conceptual and detailed cost estimates based on schematic, design development, and construction documents
• Perform quantity takeoffs, cost analysis, and pricing evaluations across all major scopes of work
• Build and maintain strong relationships with subcontractors, vendors, and trade partners
• Coordinate with operations, project management, and field leadership to align estimating strategies with project execution
• Evaluate subcontractor proposals, conduct bid reviews, and prepare bid leveling and award recommendations
• Identify opportunities for value engineering, cost efficiencies, and schedule improvements
• Prepare clear and well-organized estimate presentations for leadership and clients
• Participate in project pursuits, proposals, and client presentations
• Track market trends, trade partner capacity, and material pricing that impact project costs

What We’re Looking For

• 10+ years of construction estimating experience, preferably in commercial construction
• Experience estimating negotiated work, GMP projects, and competitive bids
• Strong knowledge of construction means, methods, materials, and labor productivity
• Ability to prepare conceptual budgets and detailed estimates from incomplete design information
• Experience managing the bidding process, subcontractor outreach, and bid evaluations
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively with internal teams and external partners
• Proficiency with estimating software and digital takeoff tools
• Experience with Microsoft Office and construction management software
• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or related field is a plus

Why Elford

Elford Construction is a trusted builder with deep roots in Central Ohio, known for delivering complex projects while maintaining a strong culture of collaboration and craftsmanship.

Our teams work across a diverse portfolio of commercial construction projects, and we’re committed to providing opportunities for experienced professionals to lead, mentor, and grow their careers while building meaningful projects in the communities we serve.

Topa Group, Inc is partnered with a commercial Electrical Contractor in the Columbus area. We are looking to hire an Electrical Estimator.

Position Overview

The Electrical Estimator will be responsible for preparing accurate and competitive cost estimates for commercial electrical projects, supporting business development efforts, and working closely with project managers and operations teams.

Responsibilities

• Prepare detailed electrical estimates for commercial projects
• Perform take-offs and pricing using Accubid
• Review drawings, specifications, and bid documents
• Solicit and analyze vendor and subcontractor pricing
• Identify risks, value-engineering opportunities, and scope gaps
• Collaborate with project management and operations teams during bid handoff
• Maintain organized estimate documentation and historical cost data

Required Qualifications

• Proven experience as an Electrical Estimator for a commercial electrical contractor
• Strong proficiency with Accubid
• Deep understanding of commercial electrical systems and construction methods
• Ability to read and interpret plans, specs, and addenda
• Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills
• Ability to manage multiple bids and deadlines simultaneously

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary commensurate with experience
• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Stable, long-term opportunity with a reputable contractor

AI Research Scientist | Machine Learning | Deep Learning | Natural Language Processing | LLM | Hybrid | San Jose, CA

Title: AI Research Scientist

Location: San Jose, CA

Responsibilities:

• Design, execute, and analyze machine learning experiments, establishing strong baselines and selecting appropriate evaluation metrics.
• Stay up to date with the latest AI research; identify, adapt, and validate novel techniques for company-specific use cases.
• Define rigorous evaluation protocols, including offline metrics, user studies, and adversarial (red team) testing to ensure statistical soundness.
• Specify data and annotation requirements; develop annotation guidelines and oversee quality control processes.
• Collaborate closely with domain experts, product managers, and engineering teams to refine problem statements and operational constraints.
• Develop reusable research assets such as datasets, modular code components, evaluation suites, and comprehensive documentation.
• Work alongside ML Engineers to optimize training and inference pipelines, ensuring seamless integration into production systems.
• Contribute to academic publications and represent the company in research communities, as needed.

Educational Qualifications:

• Ph.D. in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, or a related field is strongly preferred.
• Candidates with a master’s degree and exceptional research or industry experience will also be considered.

Industry Experience:

• 3–5 years of experience in AI/ML research roles, ideally in applied or product-focused environments.
• Demonstrated success in delivering research-driven solutions that have been deployed in production.
• Experience collaborating in cross-functional teams across research, engineering, and product.
• Publications in top-tier AI/ML conferences (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, ACL, CVPR) are a plus.

Technical Skills:

• Strong foundational knowledge in machine learning and deep learning algorithms.
• Hands-on experience with PEFT/LoRA, adapters, fine-tuning techniques, and RLHF/RLAIF (e.g., PPO, DPO, GRPO).
• Ability to read, implement, and adapt state-of-the-art research papers to real-world use cases.
• Proficiency in hypothesis-driven experimentation, ablation studies, and statistically sound evaluations.
• Advanced programming skills in Python (preferred), C++, or Java.
• Experience with deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch, Hugging Face, NumPy, etc.
• Strong mathematical foundations in probability, linear algebra, and calculus.
• Domain expertise in one or more areas: natural language processing (NLP), symbolic reasoning, speech processing, etc.
• Ability to translate research insights into roadmaps, technical specifications, and product improvements.

AI Research Scientist | Machine Learning | Deep Learning | Natural Language Processing | LLM | Hybrid | San Jose, CA

Machine Learning Engineer | Python | Pytorch | Distributed Training | Optimisation | GPU | Hybrid, San Jose, CA

Title: Machine Learning Engineer

Location: San Jose, CA

Responsibilities:

• Productize and optimize models from Research into reliable, performant, and cost-efficient services with clear SLOs (latency, availability, cost).
• Scale training across nodes/GPUs (DDP/FSDP/ZeRO, pipeline/tensor parallelism) and own throughput/time-to-train using profiling and optimization.
• Implement model-efficiency techniques (quantization, distillation, pruning, KV-cache, Flash Attention) for training and inference without materially degrading quality.
• Build and maintain model-serving systems (vLLM/Triton/TGI/ONNX/TensorRT/AITemplate) with batching, streaming, caching, and memory management.
• Integrate with vector/feature stores and data pipelines (FAISS/Milvus/Pinecone/pgvector; Parquet/Delta) as needed for production.
• Define and track performance and cost KPIs; run continuous improvement loops and capacity planning.
• Partner with ML Ops on CI/CD, telemetry/observability, model registries; partner with Scientists on reproducible handoffs and evaluations.

Educational Qualifications:

• Bachelors in computer science, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or a related field required; Master’s preferred (or equivalent industry experience).
• Strong systems/ML engineering with exposure to distributed training and inference optimization.

Industry Experience:

• 3–5 years in ML/AI engineering roles owning training and/or serving in production at scale.
• Demonstrated success delivering high-throughput, low-latency ML services with reliability and cost improvements.
• Experience collaborating across Research, Platform/Infra, Data, and Product functions.

Technical Skills:

• Familiarity with deep learning frameworks: PyTorch (primary), TensorFlow.
• Exposure to large model training techniques (DDP, FSDP, ZeRO, pipeline/tensor parallelism); distributed training experience a plus
• Optimization: experience profiling and optimizing code execution and model inference: (PTQ/QAT/AWQ/GPTQ), pruning, distillation, KV-cache optimization, Flash Attention
• Scalable serving: autoscaling, load balancing, streaming, batching, caching; collaboration with platform engineers.
• Data & storage: SQL/NoSQL, vector stores (FAISS/Milvus/Pinecone/pgvector), Parquet/Delta, object stores.
• Write performant, maintainable code
• Understanding of the full ML lifecycle: data collection, model training, deployment, inference, optimization, and evaluation.

Machine Learning Engineer | Python | Pytorch | Distributed Training | Optimisation | GPU | Hybrid, San Jose, CA

Sr. Data Engineer (Hybrid)

Chicago, IL

The American Medical Association (AMA) is the nation's largest professional Association of physicians and a non-profit organization. We are a unifying voice and powerful ally for America's physicians, the patients they care for, and the promise of a healthier nation. To be part of the AMA is to be part of our Mission to promote the art and science of medicine and the betterment of public health.

At AMA, our mission to improve the health of the nation starts with our people. We foster an inclusive, people-first culture where every employee is empowered to perform at their best. Together, we advance meaningful change in health care and the communities we serve.

We encourage and support professional development for our employees, and we are dedicated to social responsibility. We invite you to learn more about us and we look forward to getting to know you.

We have an opportunity at our corporate offices in Chicago for a Sr. Data Engineer (Hybrid) on our Information Technology team. This is a hybrid position reporting into our Chicago, IL office, requiring 3 days a week in the office.

As a Sr. Data Engineer, you will play a key role in implementing
and maintaining AMA's enterprise data platform to support analytics,
interoperability, and responsible AI adoption. This role partners closely with
platform engineering, data governance, data science, IT security, and business
stakeholders to deliver highquality, reliable, and secure data products. This
role contributes to AMA's modern lakehouse architecture, optimizing data
operations, and embedding governance and quality standards into engineering
workflows. This role serves as a
senior technical contributor within the team-providing mentorship to junior
engineers and implementing engineering best practices within the data platform function,
in alignment with architectural direction set by leadership.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Data Engineering & AI Enablement

• Build and maintain scalable data pipelines and
  ETL/ELT workflows supporting analytics, operational reporting, and AI/ML use
  cases.
• Implement best practice patterns for ingestion,
  transformation, modeling, and orchestration within a modern lakehouse
  environment (e.g., Databricks, Delta Lake, Azure Data Lake).
• Develop highperformance
  data models and curated datasets with strong attention to quality, usability,
  and interoperability; create reusable engineering components and automation.
• Collaborate with the Architecture Team, the Data
  Platform Lead, and federated IT teams to optimize storage, compute, and
  architectural patterns for performance and costefficiency.
• Build model-ready data sets and feature
  pipelines to support AI/ ML use cases; serve as a technical coordination point
  supporting business units' AI-related infrastructure needs.
• Collaborate with data scientists and AI Working
  Group to operationalize models responsibly and maintain ongoing monitoring
  signals.

Governance, Quality & Compliance

• Embed data governance, metadata standards,
  lineage tracking, and quality controls directly into engineering workflows;
  ensure technical implementation and alignment within engineering workflows.
• Work with the Data Governance Lead and business
  stakeholders to operationalize stewardship, classification, validation,
  retention, and access standards.
• Implement privacybydesign and securitybydesign
  principles, ensuring compliance with internal policies and regulatory
  obligations.
• Maintain documentation for pipelines, datasets,
  and transformations to support transparency and audit requirements.

Platform Reliability, Observability & Optimization

• Monitor and troubleshoot pipeline failures,
  performance bottlenecks, data anomalies, and platformlevel issues.
• Implement observability tooling, alerts,
  logging, and dashboards to ensure endtoend reliability.
• Support cost governance by optimizing compute
  resources, refining job schedules, and advising on efficient architecture.
• Collaborate with the Data Platform Lead on
  scaling, configuration management, CI/CD pipelines, and environment management.
• Collaborate with business units to understand
  data needs, translate them into engineering requirements, and deliver
  fit-for-purpose data solutions; share and apply best practices and emerging
  technologies within assigned initiatives.
• Work with IT Security and Legal/ Compliance to
  ensure platform and datasets meet risk and regulatory standards.
  

Staff Management

• Lead, mentor, and provide management oversight
  for staff.
• Responsible for setting objectives, evaluating
  employee performance, and fostering a collaborative team environment.
• Responsible for developing staff knowledge and
  skills to support career development.

May include other responsibilities as assigned

REQUIREMENTS:

1. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field preferred or equivalent work experience and HS diploma/equivalent education required.
2. 5+ years of experience in data engineering within cloud environments
3. Experience in people management preferred.
4. Demonstrated hands-on experience with modern data platforms (Databricks preferred).
5. Proficiency in Python, SQL, and data
   transformation frameworks.
6. Experience designing and operationalizing
   ETL/ELT pipelines, orchestration workflows (Airflow, Databricks Workflows), and
   CI/CD processes.
7. Solid understanding of data modeling,
   structured/unstructured data patterns, and schema design.
8. Experience implementing governance and quality
   controls: metadata, lineage, validation, stewardship workflows.
9. Working knowledge of cloud architecture, IAM,
   networking, and security best practices.
10. Demonstrated ability to collaborate across
    technical and business teams.
11. Exposure to AI/ML engineering concepts, feature
    stores, model monitoring, or MLOps patterns.
12. Experience with infrastructureascode
    (Terraform, CloudFormation) or DevOps tooling.

The American Medical Association is located at 330 N. Wabash Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611 and is convenient to all public transportation in Chicago.

This role is an exempt position, and the salary range for this position is $115,523.42-$150,972.44. This is the lowest to highest salary we believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee's pay within the salary range will be determined by a variety of factors including but not limited to business consideration and geographical location, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience. Employees are also eligible to participate in an incentive plan. To learn more about the American Medical Association's benefits offerings, please click here.

We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to diversity in our workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. As an EOE/AA employer, the American Medical Association will not discriminate in its employment practices due to an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity and veteran or disability status.

THE AMA IS COMMITTED TO IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF THE NATION

Power Distribution and Make Ready Designer

Overhead Utility Pole Design • Joint-Use Engineering • NESC-Compliant Make-Ready Work

Location: Kalamazoo, MI / Remote (U.S.)

Are you an experienced Power Distribution Designer or Make-Ready Designer looking to support meaningful utility engineering projects? Join a team that values accuracy, collaboration, and long-term professional growth.

ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY
We are seeking skilled Make-Ready Designers (primary focus) and Power Distribution Designers to support engineering programs for major electric and telecom utilities. Ideal candidates bring demonstrated experience in overhead utility pole design, NESC application, clearance assessment, pole loading analysis, and construction package development. Useful design platforms include DDS, Katapult, O-Calc, GIS, MicroStation, AutoCAD, or client-specific drafting systems.

In this role, you will review field/walkout data, evaluate existing attachment conditions, model pole loading, determine make-ready requirements, and prepare accurate construction-ready deliverables. Applicants without utility pole design or distribution engineering experience will not be considered.

Note: This position is remote, but new hires must attend a 2-week paid, in-person orientation at our Perrysburg, OH headquarters.

WHAT YOU WILL DO
• Execute overhead distribution and make-ready design work orders while meeting quality, time, and budget expectations
• Apply established engineering design standards, NESC requirements, and internal processes
• Perform end-to-end make-ready, joint-use, and/or general distribution design
• Conduct permitting and easement research (pole ownership, ROW, property rights, approvals)
• Collaborate with team members to resolve design challenges and ensure accurate deliverables
• Use design software such as AutoCAD, MicroStation, DDS, PoleForeman, O-Calc, Katapult, or client systems
• Perform quality control reviews when required
• Support additional duties as assigned

TOP COMPETENCIES & SKILLS
Make-Ready Engineering, Joint-Use Design, Pole Loading Analysis, Utility Pole Design, Overhead Distribution Design, NESC Compliance, Utility Engineering, Pole Attachments, Make-Ready Construction, Aerial Design, Utility Coordination, Right-of-Way Permitting, Pole Replacement Design, Make-Ready Estimates, Field Survey Interpretation, CAD for Utility Design, GIS for Utility Design, Electrical Distribution Design, Utility Construction Standards, Telecommunications Make-Ready

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR
• High school diploma or equivalent required; an associate degree or higher in engineering, drafting, or a related field is preferred
• Minimum 2 years of experience in make-ready engineering, joint-use design, or electric power distribution design (3+ years strongly preferred)
• Proven experience in utility pole design, including NESC application, clearance analysis, pole loading concepts, and preparation of construction-ready design packages
• Proficiency with CAD or MicroStation; experience with DDS, Katapult, O-Calc, or similar utility design platforms is strongly preferred
• Solid understanding of power distribution construction practices, with the ability to learn utility-specific proprietary systems efficiently
• Must hold a valid driver’s license, maintain active auto insurance, and pass all required background, drug, and MVR screenings
• Authorization to work in the United States is required
• Willingness to travel occasionally, including minimal overnight travel when project needs require
• Ability to work a standard Monday–Friday schedule aligned to Eastern Time, with Central/Mountain/Pacific adjustments as appropriate

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
• Ability to work for extended periods using a computer keyboard, monitor, and telephone
• Ability to prepare and analyze data, review detailed information, and work with design tools requiring close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and focus adjustment
• Ability to communicate effectively through oral and written channels

ABOUT SIGMA TECHNOLOGIES
Sigma Technologies is a growing engineering and design firm with 500+ team members across 30+ states. For over 25 years, we’ve supported major power and telecommunications utilities with work that directly impacts communities nationwide. Our core values — Safety, Honesty, Truth, and Decency — shape how we work and who we hire. We are TeamSigma™.

*To learn more about working at Sigma, view our video and career page.
* If you do not have Power Design experience, please refer to our other open positions: *While Designer openings are listed in multiple locations, you only need to apply to one, as they are remote roles.

WHAT WE OFFER
We want our Associates to stay healthy, happy, and secure. We offer a positive work environment with supportive coworkers, managers, and leaders, plus:

• No-cost monthly healthcare plan option for employees
• Competitive pay
• Medical, dental, and vision plans with up to 80% of the premium sponsored by Sigma
• 401(k) plan with matching contributions up to 5% of salary
• Paid holidays, vacation, and sick time
• Education and professional licensing assistance programs

This job advertisement is intended to outline the primary responsibilities and requirements of the role. It is not all-inclusive. Additional duties may be assigned as needed. This ad does not constitute an employment agreement, and job requirements may change based on organizational needs.

Pay is commensurate with experience and education. Sigma is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, color, gender, sexual preference, gender identity, age, religion, national origin, disability, genetic information, veteran/military status, or any classification protected by law.

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