Senior Mechanical Design Engineer
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If you love the idea of leading a design team to manufacture creative equipment solutions to address client challenges, consider a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer position with Viking Masek! Strong multi-tasking, analytical, and interpersonal relations skills coupled with a 4-year Mechanical Design degree would make you the perfect candidate for this position.
We have a fun and relaxed workplace culture, solid benefits package, and significant opportunity for growth for the right person.
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Description
The Senior Mechanical Design Engineer provides packaging equipment component and systems design services to facilitate the manufacture, assembly, and commissioning of packaging equipment. Functions as a lead worker to guide the work activities of mechanical designers and engineers.
Location
Oostburg, WI - USA
Hours
Mon - Fri
7:00 AM - 4:00 PM (can be flexible)
Travel
Occasionally, as required.
Reports to
Director of Engineering
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Job Requirements
- Education generally equivalent to a (4) year degree in a Mechanical Engineering program, or related discipline or equivalent experience and specialized training
- 3 plus years of mechanical design and documentation experience
- Extensive experience working on engineering projects
- Superb creativity, vision, and problem-solving skills
- Ability to make decisions in high-stress situations
- Strong oral and written communication skills to effectively communicate design
- Ability to use various precision measuring instruments
- Ability to use Microsoft Office software, AutoCAD, SolidWorks, PDM, and various Viking Masek systems
Job Duties & Responsibilities
- Performs and/or coordinates packaging equipment mechanical component and mechanical systems design services.
- Accurately and consistently applies engineering and manufacturing standards.
- Creates and maintains mechanical component and systems documentation, such as BOMs, spares, flow charts, part drawings, assembly drawings, and schematics.
- Provides support services relating to packaging equipment fabrication, assembly, checkout, and start-up.
- Constantly upskills themselves and is able to work on multiple projects simultaneously.
- Analyzes problems and coming up with designs to solve them.
- Analyzes data to write up reports.
- Attends meetings with internal and external stakeholders.
- Provides OEM equipment and commercial item specification.
- Functions as a lead worker giving guidance to Designers and Engineers.
- Leads design teams with technical guidance for decision making
- Designs and develops new processes. Provides problem-solving and technical expertise. Conducts research relating to advancing or emerging technologies. Defines process sequence and layout.
- Performs sizing and optimization analysis for making design recommendations. Defines and carries out testing to determine relevance of a given design to a customer’s need or product design.
- Manages or sustains design catalogs.
- Performs strength, sizing calculations or other analytical techniques as needed in the design or modification of packaging equipment.
- Communicates mechanical design intent to other departments/functions, ensures that their requirements are fulfilled in the mechanical design.
- Communicates with other departments/functions to resolve conflicts, deals with issues, and incorporates suggestions/decisions into mechanical designs.
- Obtains quotations from vendors and parts set-up in ERP system.
- Understands packaging machines and processes.
- Attends trade shows when needed as a technical resource.
