What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Mechanical Project Engineer position at Vanderlande Industries B.V.?
Job Title
Senior Mechanical Project Engineer
Job Description
Senior Mechanical Project Engineer
Company Overview :
Vanderlande Industries is a leading global supplier of turnkey material handling systems for airport baggage handling, parcel and warehouse markets. We are an Original Equipment Manufacturer and System Integrator of all our material handling solutions. Vanderlande offers engineering, design, installation, and operations as well as maintenance services. Vanderlande Industries brings more than 70 years of experience and know-how to the industry and ranks as the 5th largest material handling supplier in the world. Our North America headquarters is in Marietta, GA and primarily serves the US, Canada and Mexico.
Vanderlande's Engineering Department is responsible for the design, specification, and commissioning of Material Handling Systems for our customers throughout North America. In this position, you will be working with an engineering project team in the development of Parcel Sortation System or Baggage Handling System in the Airport and Parcel North America Engineering Department (APS Engineering). You will be responsible for ensuring the design meets the customer requirements, is coordinated with other trades to minimize conflicts during installation, can be installed with efficiency, and maintain excellent communication with the site team.
Job Overview :
- Serve as a Senior Mechanical Engineer on medium to large and complex material handling projects.
- Work with project lead to evaluate project planning / schedule of all engineering tasks required to complete a project and evaluate resource needs and required durations.
- Mentor project engineers to ensure tasks are completed on time, within budget, and with a high level of quality.
- Coordinate / lead / coach / train less experienced Engineers
- Focus on process improvements
- Work in concert with other departments; controls engineering, supply chain, project management, site management, etc. to ensure complete system design and functionality is achieved.
- Translate customer drawings and specifications into a fully functional mechanical system
- Specify the mechanical equipment required, including both Vanderlande manufactured and third party purchased items
- Calculate system component loads and translate reactive forces to the building structure
- Document all engineering decisions through design plans, complete and clear installation files, and engineering instructions directed to a site supervisor and installation subcontractor
- Support the installation and commissioning both on site, and from the Marietta office
- Perform spatial analysis of clearance envelopes, egress pathways and fork truck vehicular aisles
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