Senior Engineering Technician
Location: Overland Park, Kansas
Country: United States
Category: Engineering
Workplace Location: Onsite
Employment Type: Contract
Posted Date: March 20, 2026
Job ID: 645695
Job Description
Job Title: Senior Engineering Technician
Location: Overland Park, KS 66211
Contract length: 6-Month Contract
Pay: $50/hr - $56.54/hr
- Associate Degree in Drafting or an Engineering Design Related Technology required
- Bachelor Degree in an Engineering Design Related Technology preferred
- Minimum of 11 years related work experience
- Functions as a senior engineering technician, technical design specialist, and/or supervisor
- Applies advanced technical expertise to solve complex design challenges within a specific engineering discipline
- Contributes to the development of innovative engineering solutions
- Uses digital tools and design software (e.g., CAD, BIM, 3D modeling) with standardized procedures to create, modify, and maintain technical documentation, drawings, and project deliverables
- Provides consultation, training, and oversight to other engineering technicians to ensure quality, consistency, and compliance with project standards
- Establishes and communicates appropriate design and graphic standards
- Reviews project requirements to determine correct formats and deliverable content
- Promotes quality and consistency across projects, groups, and sections
- Reviews design inputs to ensure alignment and consistency
- Ensures deliverables comply with applicable codes and standards
- May contribute to continuous improvement of design guides, standards, and processes
- May participate and lead process improvement and change management activities
- Manages drawing control and maintains historical project records
- Applies engineering principles and established design practices to complex designs
- Exercises sound judgment in interpreting inputs and making deliverable-related decisions
- Handles complex technical assignments and provides guidance to other professionals
- Performs design calculations, material quantity takeoffs, estimates, and documentation
- May review deliverables produced by others for quality and accuracy
- May coordinate presentations, production design, and use of electronic design tools
- May monitor production to ensure consistency, budget, and schedule
- May program control systems or support plant start-up activities within area of expertise
- Coordinates with other design groups to exchange information for design development
- May support field activities as required
- Communicates project design requirements, progress, and schedules
- Responsible for assisting with identification of key client interests and drivers and may determine the key clients in some instances
- Communicate client interests and drivers to project team members and develop approaches to accommodate these concerns
- Assist discipline or department management in developing and communicating appropriate design standards and process improvement activities
- Identifies and supports training and development needs for supervised personnel
- Recognized for expertise in one or more areas
- May be assigned special assignments depending on technical expertise
- Assignments may involve solving a particular design problem or participating in a design team focused on completing an assigned project task
- Makes presentations and conducts training classes within a specialized area of expertise
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