What are the responsibilities and job description for the Mechanical Designer position at O. A. Newton?
Job Summary
The Engineering Designer provides conceptual and detailed designs, drafting, standardization, and quality improvement strategies for the department. This role also involves serving as a critical interface with manufacturing for quality fabrication and installation of designed systems, helping to reduce the overall cost of operations.
About O.A. Newton
Established in 1916, O. A. Newton has been meeting the needs of customers in various industries. Our values have provided the foundation for our organization: customer service, pursuing excellence, applying initiative and ingenuity, open communication, and maintaining integrity.
Key Responsibilities
- Revise or create ACAD/Solidworks drawings per verbal or written direction from supervisor with efficiency and accuracy.
- Maintain engineering drawing log.
- Properly file and archive engineering project manuals.
- Manage drawings for job order releases, transmittals, and meetings.
- Compile and distribute transmittal packages.
- Revise or create standard M2M BOMs.
- Revise or create job order M2M BOMs.
- Compile and distribute job order packets to production office.
- Compile and distribute customer project manuals.
- Perform volumetric design calculations for capacities.
- Perform speed calculations for blowers, fans, and airlocks.
- Perform air filtration calculations for bin vents, filter receivers, and dust collectors.
- Assist with project site documentation visits.
Expectations
- Participate in ongoing product development, increasing standardization, and development of innovative designs and practices at the direction of the Engineering Manager.
- Act as a leader in engineering quality and cost reduction through quality improvement, design for manufacturing and assembly, and design for transport.
- Continually improve effectiveness using the tools at OA Newton: the Made2Manage ERP system, AutoCAD/Solidworks, and MS Project.
- Continually develop standards and design modules that promote repeatability in fabrication and provide consistent field results.
- Routinely visit customer locations for field verifications.
- Deliver designs on projects in harmony with the assigned Project Manager according to schedule, and allocate and request resources as necessary.
