Senior Mechanical Designer
If you love designing creative equipment solutions to address client challenges, consider a Senior Mechanical Designer position with Viking Masek! Are you a strong leader who can guide the activities of mechanical designers? Strong problem-solving and interpersonal relations skills coupled with a technical background in Mechanical Design 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 Designer provides high level packaging equipment component and systems design services to facilitate the manufacture, assembly, and commissioning of packaging equipment. Functions as a lead designer to guide the activities of mechanical designers.
Location
Oostburg, WI - USA
Hours
Mon - Fri
7:00 AM - 4:00 PM (can be flexible)
Travel
As required.
Reports to
Director of Engineering
for the Senior Mechanical Designer opening
Job Requirements
- Education generally equivalent to a (2) year degree in a Mechanical Design program, or related discipline or equivalent experience and specialized training
- 3+ years of mechanical design and documentation experience
- 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 Viking Masek systems
Expectations
- Commitment, Accuracy, Accountability, Communication, Closure
- Positive and Supportive Attitude
- Understand the Company and department processes
- Be Innovative
- Driven and Passionate
- Prepare to Win
- Promote Teamwork
- Continuous improvement and training upkeep.
- Follow all company's filed procedures and protocols.
Job Duties & Responsibilities
- Performs and/or coordinates packaging equipment mechanical component and mechanical systems design services.
- Analyzes problems and provides creative & accurate design solutions.
- 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.
- Review OEM equipment and commercial item specification.
- Manages and sustains design catologs.
- Performs sizing and optimization analysis for making design recommendations.
- Communicate mechanical design intent to other departments/functions, ensuring that their requirements are fulfilled in the mechanical design
- Communicate with other departments/functions to resolve conflicts, deal with issues, and incorporate suggestion/decisions into mechanical designs
- Obtain part quotations from vendors and set-up in ERP system.
- Manages or sustains design catalogs.
- Performs strength, sizing calculations, or other analytical techniques as needed in the design or modification of packaging equipment.
- Guide design activities and standards of mechanical designers.
- Obtains quotations from vendors and parts set-up in ERP system.
- Produces timely and detailed reports.
- Understands packaging machines and processes.
- Participate in meetings as an engineering representative and support engineering functions as needed
Other Misc. Duties
- Always sell the Viking Value Proposition.
- Attend Tradeshows when necessary from a Technical resource.
- Continuous improvement and industry training upkeep.
- Occasionally works in proximity to moving mechanical parts.
- The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to sit, stand, walk, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, and/or reach above shoulders.
- May occasionally travel on company business.
- Adhere to company and departmental SOP’s.
- Willing to work with a team to troubleshoot problems.
- Team player that is a highly disciplined, problem-solver with a strong work ethic.
- Commitment, Accuracy, Accountability, Communication, Closure.
