Mechanical Design Engineer
South Western Communications, Inc.

Job purpose

Ensight Solutions is currently seeking a talented Mechanical Designer. We are growing rapidly, and are looking for dedicated, hard-working people seeking career opportunities. We offer 100% paid tuition, a generous paid time off package and a "safety-first" work environment.

The mechanical designer will design both standard and custom equipment to order specifications. They will utilize Autodesk Inventor and Autodesk Vault to design mechanical components and complete equipment assemblies meeting both EnSight's and the customer's equipment standards. They will interface with multiple teams throughout a project to provide detailed information about equipment designs, components, and fabrication.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Utilizing Autodesk Inventor and Autodesk vault daily. Needs a strong working knowledge of this system.
• Develop Bills of Material (BOMs), customer drawings, manufacturing drawings, and other related engineering documents.
• Understand and follow all company procedures for safety.
• Evaluate and troubleshoot equipment to ensure that it is safe, reliable, and cost efficient.
• Perform calculations required for equipment verification and component / system sizing
• Support Manufacturing and Quality based resources in their work to fabricate, assemble and qualify Engineering / Design deliverables in support of customer driven requirements.
• Work collaboratively within project teams consisting of clients, electrical engineers, design engineers, control system programmers, and information system programmers to deliver solutions.
• May be asked to perform other duties as needed.

Qualifications

Education

• Associates degree in Drafting and Design strongly preferred; may consider equivalent combination of education and practical experience.

Specialized Knowledge and Experience

• 2+ years Mechanical Design capability and strong working knowledge in Autodesk Inventor and Autodesk Vault.
• Familiarity with design for sheet metal fabrication and machining.
• Ability to check and verify accuracy of self-generated drawings as well as drawings generated by peers.
• Designing for food processing industry is a plus.

Other Skills

• MUST BE DEPENDABLE - Our customers count on us to get the job done and it takes every one of us!
• Requires the interpersonal skills to interact and collaborate with wide variety of internal personnel.
• Ability to problem solve and troubleshoot
• Must be able to interact professionally, appropriately, and courteously with customers, co-workers and other outside parties.
• Excellent attention to detail;
• Must show concern for quality and practice continuous improvement;

Physical requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee must be able to stand and walk for extended periods of time; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; crouch and kneel; and must be able to talk and hear. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and depth perception.

Safety is of utmost importance. All team members must observe safety procedures and use equipment and materials properly; must wear safety glasses and steel toe boots.

Direct reports

This position has no direct reports.

Additional Information

This job description is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts, or working conditions associated with the job. While it is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or require that other or different duties/tasks be performed. I have read, understand and can perform the essential functions of this job with or without reasonable accommodation.


Equal Opportunity Employer: Including disability/veteran

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