Engineering Structures Jobs in Branford

Manufacturing Engineer II (12-month contract // North Haven, CT)

Top Skills:

1. Sustaining/Manufacturing Engineering experience required (supporting medical devices) supporting day to day manufacturing
2. Experience with packaging equipment (automated systems, bar sealers, and form fill and seal packaging lines)
3. Execution of Equipment/Process Validation

Primary Responsibilities:

• Execution of root cause investigations for packaging equipment failures / nonconformances
• Supporting day-to-day manufacturing by resolving line down situations, scrap issues, and equipment downtime
• Execute validation protocols for new and existing equipment/processes
• Create, complete, and maintain manufacturing documentation

Target Years of Experience: 2 - 4 years of manufacturing experience

Duties:

• Designs manufacturing processes, procedures and production layouts for assemblies, equipment installation, processing, machining and material handling.
• Designs arrangement of machines within plant facilities to ensure most efficient and productive layout.
• Designs sequence of operations and specifies procedures for the fabrication of tools and equipment and other functions that affect product performance.
• Adapts machine or equipment design to factory and production conditions.
• May incorporate inspection and test requirements into the production plan.
• Inspects performance of machinery, equipment, and tools to verify their efficiency, and investigates and initiates corrective action of problems and deficiencies to ensure product quality.
• Develops manufacturing processes that are applicable to statistical process control and may develop those techniques.
• Provides guidance to engineering regarding design concepts and specification requirements to best utilize equipment and manufacturing techniques.
• Ensures processes and procedures are in compliance with regulations.

Must Haves:

• Nonconformance investigation and root cause analysis skills, particularly for packaging related manufacturing
• Experience with injection molding and other plastics production
• Previous experience with execution of validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) activities
• Technical writing knowledge
• Cross functional communication

We are seeking an experienced Data Lakehouse Manager to lead our enterprise data engineering practice and oversee the design, modernization, and operational excellence of our Snowflake-based Lakehouse platform on Azure.

This role combines hands-on technical leadership with people management, ensuring scalable, reliable data pipelines that power analytics and business intelligence across the organization.

The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in cloud data platforms, strong architectural capabilities, and a passion for mentoring teams while driving high-impact data solutions that support strategic business decisions.

Geologist Project Manager

We're seeking a Project Manager to lead Geologist projects. This role oversees project delivery, manages technical teams, and coordinates with clients, regulators, and subcontractors of challenging site characterization and remediation projects.

Key Responsibilities

• We are looking for creative, results driven individuals with strong backgrounds in team management, geology, hydrogeology, geochemistry, environmental science, or related fields
• Connecticut Licensed Environmental Professional (LEP) or someone on an LEP track
• BS/MS in Geology, Environmental Engineering, or similar major
• Minimum 8 years' experience completing environmental investigation and remediation

Executive Project Manager II

Glendower Group | Elm City Communities

Lead Transformational Projects. Shape Communities. Grow Your Impact.

The Glendower Group, an innovative 501(c)(3) real estate development arm of Elm City Communities is a mission-driven organization at the forefront of affordable housing development in Connecticut. For more than two decades, Glendower has been redefining what high-quality, community-centered housing can look like by delivering integrated, sustainable, and financially sound development solutions that strengthen neighborhoods and expand opportunity.

We are seeking an Executive Project Manager II, a strategic, collaborative, and solutions-oriented professional who thrives in complex environments and is energized by work that directly improves lives. If you excel at navigating multifaceted development projects, building trusted partnerships, and turning ambitious ideas into tangible outcomes, this is a chance to do meaningful, visible, and lasting work in affordable housing.

The Opportunity

As the Executive Project Manager II, you will be the trusted right hand to Glendower’s executive leadership, helping to shape major development initiatives, ensure operational excellence, and create the conditions for projects to move seamlessly from concept to completion.

You will manage some of Glendower’s most critical real estate development efforts, guiding cross-functional teams, tracking milestones, ensuring compliance, and anticipating both challenges and opportunities. This is a role for someone who is energized by being at the center of activity, connecting people, systems, budgets, partnerships, and timelines to drive forward mission-aligned results.

You will also help expand Glendower’s footprint by identifying new development opportunities and cultivating relationships both within and beyond Connecticut. In this role, your leadership will directly support the growth, sustainability, and long-term impact of Glendower’s real estate portfolio.

This is a position for someone who enjoys autonomy, accountability, and the opportunity to lead meaningful, high-impact work.

What You’ll Do

Leadership & Collaboration

• Serve as a liaison between executive leadership and department directors, helping to translate vision into action through collaborative project delivery.
• Lead assigned projects with clear work plans, measurable goals, and disciplined execution.
• Support the Executive Vice President on capital initiatives, long-range planning, and the design and rollout of major development efforts.

Project & Portfolio Management

• Oversee complex real estate development projects from concept through construction completion and conversion.
• Create, monitor, and manage integrated project plans, including cost estimates, schedules, resource needs, and compliance requirements.
• Track day-to-day progress to ensure goals are met, budgets are honored, risks are mitigated, and outcomes are delivered efficiently and effectively.

Compliance & Funding

• Prepare applications for competitive funding and ensure alignment with HUD, CHFA, DOH, DECD, IRS Section 42, and other regulatory requirements.
• Review developer financials, underwriting analyses, capital needs assessments, and documentation needed for major financing opportunities.
• Advise leadership on regulatory changes, compliance expectations, and impacts on current or future projects.

Strategic Growth & Innovation

• Identify new business opportunities, partnerships, and potential development strategies within and outside Connecticut.
• Research funding pathways and creative capital structures for both new and ongoing projects.
• Build underwriting models, recapitalization analyses, and financial plans supporting sustainable development.

Operations & Communication

• Maintain organized project files, databases, and reference materials.
• Develop and edit high-quality reports, correspondence, presentations, and board materials.
• Communicate with tact, clarity, and professionalism while managing confidential information with discretion.

What You Bring

We welcome candidates who bring a mix of formal education, on-the-ground experience, and a genuine commitment to community-centered development. Successful candidates will have:

• A degree from an accredited college or university related to real estate, planning, finance, public administration, or another relevant field.
• At least five years of experience leading complex public housing or multi-family development projects (a Master’s degree may substitute for one year).
• Direct experience managing multi-million-dollar real estate transactions.
• Strong leadership presence and the ability to navigate high-level issues with executive stakeholders.
• Comfort managing multiple concurrent projects with shifting priorities.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to build underwriting models and support full development cycles.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint).
• A valid Connecticut driver’s license.

Most importantly, we’re looking for someone who can think strategically, act decisively, and lead collaboratively in a mission-driven environment.

Compensation & Benefits

Salary Range: $97,000–$130,000, depending on experience and qualifications.

We offer generous, comprehensive benefits, professional development opportunities, and a workplace culture grounded in community impact, continuous learning, and shared success.

Equity & Inclusion

Elm City Communities/Glendower Group is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diverse perspectives and lived experiences and encourage candidates of all backgrounds—including women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, veterans, and people with disabilities—to apply. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where every team member is respected, supported, and empowered to thrive.

The Fast Track Sales Program at TQL is an opportunity to build a career with an industry leader that offers an award-winning culture, high earning potential with uncapped commission and significant opportunities for compensation and advancement. We will pay to relocate you to Cincinnati, Ohio to train with some of the top brokers in the company. Once you’ve completed training and built a solid book of business, TQL will pay to relocate you again to any of our 60+ offices nationwide. Our best in-class training and mentorship program will teach you everything you need to know about sales, logistics and supply chain management.

POSITION IS LOCATED IN CINCINNATI - PAID RELOCATION PROVIDED

What’s in it for you:

• $50,000-$55,000 minimum compensation your first year, based on education
• Includes base salary, sign-on bonus and housing allowance
• Uncapped commission opportunity
• Our average sales representative hits six figures after three years of selling
• Want to know what the top 20% earn? Ask your recruiter
• Relocation assistance package to help you get settled in Cincinnati

Who we’re looking for:

• You compete daily in a fast-paced, high-energy environment
• You’re self-motivated, set ambitious goals and work relentlessly to achieve them
• You’re coachable, enjoy solving problems and thinking on your feet
• College degree preferred, but not required
• Military veterans encouraged to apply

What you'll do:

• Receive 6 months of direct training from experienced Logistics Account Executives
• Help your account executive solve customer needs, find carriers for time-sensitive freight and manage daily operations
• Participate in hands-on and virtual training sessions
• Develop negotiation skills through prospecting and cold calling
• Build your book
• Use your training to meet sales metrics and become eligible for commission
• Establish relationships to close new customers
• Negotiate prices with customers and carriers
• Resolve freight issues to ensure timely pickup and delivery

What you need:

• Elite work ethic, 100% in-office
• Strong negotiation skills with ability to handle conflict
• Entrepreneurial mindset and exceptional customer service

Why TQL:

• Certified Great Place to Work with 800+ lifetime workplace award wins
• Outstanding career growth potential with a structured leadership track
• Comprehensive benefits package
• Health, dental and vision coverage
• 401(k) with company match
• Perks including employee discounts, financial wellness planning, tuition reimbursement and more

Employment visa sponsorship is unavailable for this position. Applicants requiring employment visa sponsorship now or in the future (e.g., F-1 STEM OPT, H-1B, TN, J1 etc.) will not be considered.

Description:

Located in Hershey, PA, Milton Hershey School (MHS) is a top-notch home and school where over 2,200 pre-K through 12th grade students from disadvantaged backgrounds are provided an extraordinary, cost-free, career-focused education. This is made possible by the generosity of Milton and Catherine Hershey, who established the school in 1909 and ensured it was fully endowed. Thanks to their foresight and generosity, the school has over 12,000 graduates and continues to expand to serve more students.

MHS is hiring married couples to serve as Full-time Flex Houseparents. In this unique and life-changing career, couples reside in on-campus student homes and provide care, guidance, supervision, and support for a group of approximately 8–13 students living in the home. Flex Houseparents play a vital role in creating a structured, family-like environment that fosters students’ academic, emotional, and social development so they can reach their full potential.

Responsibilities include:

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• Providing daily supervision and mentorship
  
• Managing household routines and student schedules
  
• Administering medications and ensuring student wellness
  
• Driving students to activities, as well as planning and actively engaging in developmental and recreational activities with students
  
• Leading daily devotions and accompanying students to Sunday Chapel
  
• Overseeing budgeting and household reporting
  

Upon hire, Flex Houseparents initially support various student homes and follow a working schedule of nine consecutive days on duty, followed by three days off. On weekdays, houseparents have unscheduled time while students are in school. Flex Houseparents eventually transition into a Placed Houseparent role, where they live and work with the same group of students in their own student home.

Benefits include:

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• Salary: $44,768.00 per person (approximately $168,000 total compensation per couple, including free housing, meals while on duty, utilities, and more)
  
• Comprehensive benefits: medical, dental, and vision insurance; health savings and flexible spending accounts; life insurance; disability options; retirement savings
  
• Relocation assistance and paid training provided
  

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  Paid time off provided at designated times throughout the year
  

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• Experience working or volunteering with youth
  
• This is a two-person role for couples legally married for at least two years
  
• Both spouses must be age 27 or older
  
• No more than three dependent children may reside in the student home
  
• Commitment to a smoke-free and weapon-free campus; no alcohol permitted while on duty
  
• Pet limitations: only fish and one dog of approved breeds allowed
  
• Valid U.S. driver’s license and ability to become certified to drive student home vans
  
• Comfort leading students in daily devotions and accompanying them to Judeo-Christian Sunday Chapel services (proselytizing prohibited)
  
• High school diploma or GED required
  
• Ability to lift to 50 lbs.
  
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  Demonstrated integrity and professionalism; MHS staff serve as role models for students
  
  

This is a unique, challenging, and rewarding career and life choice that requires a high level of commitment to student success from both spouses. For consideration, both spouses must complete individual employment applications. To learn more and apply, visit