Mechanical Design and Engineer

Job Description :

The Mechanical Design Engineer provides high level packaging equipment component and systems design services to facilitate the manufacture, assembly, and commissioning of packaging equipment.

Job Duties & Responsibilities:

• Perform and/or coordinate packaging equipment mechanical component and mechanical systems design services.
• Accurately and consistently apply engineering and manufacturing standards.
• Create and maintain mechanical component and systems documentation, such as BOMs, spares, flow charts, part drawings, assembly drawings and schematics.
• Provide support services relating to packaging equipment fabrication, assembly, checkout and start up.
• Review OEM equipment and commercial item specification.
• Provide creative and accurate design solutions.
• Perform sizing and optimization analysis for making design recommendations. Define and carry out testing to determine relevance of a given design to a customer's need or product design.
• Manages or sustains design catalogs.
• Performs strength, sizing calculations or other analytical techniques as needed in the design or modification of packaging equipment.
• 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 quotations from vendors and parts set-up in ERP system.
• Produce timely and detailed reports.
• Understanding of packaging machines and process.

Desired Skillsets:

• Education generally equivalent to a (4) year degree in a Mechanical Engineering program, or related discipline or equivalent experience and specialized training.
• 0 to 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 various VikingMasek systems.

Other Misc.

• 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.
• Follow all company's filed procedures and protocols.
• 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.

Hours: Monday through Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. with a ?? hour unpaid lunch. (can be flexible). Travel as required.