The Mechanical Design Engineer will support new products and provide support for existing products. This position is responsible for preparing clear, complete, and accurate models, engineering drawings, and tooling from rough or detailed sketches or notes by performing the following duties.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Must have reliable transportation and show up to work on time every day.
- Must comply with all company (and customer) safety and personnel policies and adhere to OSHA safety standards. Support and participate in activities that enhance the current Safety Culture at the Site.
- Must work quickly, productively, and safely without error and consistently meet the goals as set by management team.
- Work is to be performed in a professional manner.
- Develop mechanical design packages with complete sets of mechanical drawings involving modified or original designs. Perform assignments requiring considerable field design/drafting experience and the use of mathematical skills to compute weights, dimensions, quantities of materials, etc. Ability to obtain data from field observations.
- Works from sketches and verbal information supplied by Lead Engineer/Project Managers to develop sketches or drawings with appropriate views, details, and supplementary information to complete assignments.
- Prepare mechanical designs that comply with applicable design codes, standard engineering practices (SEPs), RAGAGEPs, engineering design sketches, fabrication and constructability requirements, and clearness/completeness of drafting presentation.
- Self-directed position. Exercise independent judgment in selecting and interpreting data based on knowledge of the design intent and select required information from existing drawings, manufacturer’s catalogues, technical guides, codes, standards, SEPs, RAGAGEPs, field survey notes, etc.
- Keep the Lead Engineer/Project Manager informed of progress, design issues, and/or changes that might impact schedule or man-hour budgets.
- Interface with other disciplines as required to effectively, and efficiently develop mechanical design deliverables.
- As needed, function as a design reviewer assuring compliance with engineering design sketches and calculations, applicable design codes, fabrication and constructability, industry standards, clearness, completeness/ dimensional accuracy of the design, and drafting presentation.
- Perform other duties assigned from time to time by management team.
Skills & Requirements:
- Possess the ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations. Understand fundamentals of plane and solid geometry, and trigonometry. Able to setup and solve algebraic equations.
- Possess judgment and decision-making qualities for situations that go beyond clear, concise guidelines and the ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
- Possess the ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
- Possess advanced communication skills and the ability to write reports, correspondence, and procedures. Possess the ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, customers, clients, and vendors.
- Possess the ability to read and interpret documents such as general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or regulations.
Required Experience and/or Education:
- Associates Degree (Bachelor’s Degree preferred) in Design or Engineering.
- Three (3) years of practical industrial design experience, with machine design experience preferred.
- Knowledge of industrial processes, fabrication and construction techniques, equipment, design philosophies, codes, industry standards, and practices.
- Familiar with Industrial Facility safety policies and procedures.
- Self-starter and highly motivated, with minimum supervision.
- Thoroughly knowledgeable of the types of construction drawings and details required by their discipline.
- Effective communication, organizational, designing, and "people" skills.
- A commitment to continuous process improvement.
- Familiar with AutoCAD and MS Office software. 3D Modeling a plus.
Physical Requirements:
- Prolonged sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
- Walking, standing, lifting. Must be able to lift 20 pounds at a time.
- Must be able to access and inspect all areas of machinery.
Note: The duties and responsibilities listed above area intended to describe the general content of and requirements for the performance of this position. It is not constructed as an exhaustive list of duties, responsibilities, and requirements. The incumbent may be required to perform other duties as assigned. Management reserves the right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.
