JOB TITLE: Mechanical Designer
NUMBER OF VACANCIES: 1 (1st Shift)
PAY RANGE: $24.50 - $35.00 per hour.
Pay based on qualifications and experience.
BENEFITS: For 77 years, Patz Corporation has been producing Agricultural and Industrial Handling equipment.
Patz values its employees and offers a competitive pay and benefits package including, but not limited to two weeks paid vacation, nine paid holidays, two personal days, your first year of employment. Up to 6% 401k match. Health/Life/Dental/Vision and Cancer Insurance.
Job Summary:
- Working in accordance with verbal and written instructions and established procedures assigned by the Engineering Manager, Project Engineer, or Mechanical Engineer to perform a variety of complex duties relating to the design, modeling, and detailing of new and existing products, components, and assemblies.
Confidentiality:
- Employee shall not, either during the period of employment or thereafter, except where authorized or directed by Patz in writing, disclose to others either verbally, electronically or otherwise, use for employee's own benefit, copy, or make notes of any confidential information or trade secrets other than that which is in public knowledge, of or relating to Patz’ business, which may come to employee’s knowledge during employment with Patz.
Essential Job Duties:
- Using a CAD station, prepare 3D models, layouts or schematics from sketches, specifications, and other engineering reference data. Prepare production prints from models and layouts, showing dimensions, tolerances, and bills of material.
- Utilize sketches and data submitted to formulate and visualize original design concepts, calculate and check specifications. Establish acceptable tolerances and dimensions not specified to determine requirements as to capacities, operating requirements, material selection, type of construction, etc.
- Work under the direction of Engineer in charge to resolve technical problems. Analyze design concepts as to feasibility of manufacturing and cost. Recommend and implement such technical and design changes as may be applicable to improvement of design, quality, operating performance, reliability and to reduce manufacturing cost, etc.
- Instruct, assist and check drawings of the CAD Operator assigned to you.
- May provide technical assistance and information having to do with the construction and testing of pilot models. Assist Engineer to analyze test results and recommend design modifications to remedy deviations and improve design.
- Prepare Engineering Change Orders and Engineering Projects as needed. Alter drawing to suit the Engineering Change Order or the Engineering Project.
Essential Job Duties (continued):
- May at times be required to undertake more complex assignments as directed by supervisor.
- Work on assembly and installation of prototypes both at plant and on location such as farms, factories, etc. to gain firsthand knowledge of machine uses.
- Assist Technical Illustrator Writer in creation of manuals and assembly instructions of new products. sheets.
- Observe all safety rules and corporate policies.
