Mechanical design engineer - Machine design

 

Position – Mechanical Design Engineer

Salary - 85- 120k range depending on relevant experience 

Reports to – Engineering Manager
 
Location: Omaha, Nebraska 

 

 Position summary:

This position is responsible for creating drawings, specifications and performing calculations to design precision machine equipment to meet the customers’ expectations, timelines and requirements.. To be considered for this role, you must have experience in the manufacturing industry in addition to a solid understanding of industrial machining, metal fabrication,welding practices and Machine design.
 

Responsibilities:

•        Responsible for designing a complete project, system, component, and/or individual piece of custom machine equipment from concept to manufacturing including assembly and testing. 

•        Ability to reverse engineer parts or new parts as replacement for existing equipment and newly designed equipment.  

•        Generate bill of materials and drawings for manufacturing. 

•        Continuous improvement mindset and openness to design idea modifications to meet customer requests.  

•        Work closely with manufacturing, Sales department,  suppliers, and engineering colleagues throughout a project. 

•        Investigate and address quality control and manufacturing concerns with designs. 

•        Research, design, evaluate, assist in the assembly, and testing of equipment and systems. 

•        Monitor assigned design projects from concept to completion assisting as needed to ensure delivery timelines. 

•        Design engineering utilizing SolidWorks to generate concept drawings, approval drawings, solid models, and a complete set of part and assembly drawings for fabrication and production. 

•        Ability to write technical manuals, create part lists, exploded views, assembly directions and renderings.  

•        Present design projects to peers for design review. 

•        Evaluate equipment and manufacturing processes to ensure compliance with food safety standards. 

 
Qualifications:

•        Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent experience in an equipment manufacturing environment. 

•        Exceptional organizational and time-management abilities, with attention to detail. 

•        Excellent interpersonal and communication skills including strong listening skills. 

•        Ability to manage multiple projects of all sizes simultaneously and work independently. 

•        Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment 

•        Ability to adapt to a fast-paced and evolving work environment.