Design Engineer Jobs

Summary:

The Design Engineer (Mechanical) provides various engineering design, layout, detail, studies, calculations and documentation relating to customer conveyors, equipment, process, tooling, and structures using DMW product line as well as our competitors. This position assists the designated Project Engineer and Project Manager, while directing and checking the work of other team members.

Reports to: Director of Engineering and/or Project Engineering Supervisor

Required Skills:

• MS Office Project.
• Technical skills in natural physics, including work force, energy, time and distance calculations.
• MS Office Outlook, Word, Excel.
• MS Office Access.
• Technical Math skills, including algebra, trigonometry, geometry.
• Blueprint reading.
• AutoCAD 2002 or higher Capable.

Educational Requirements:

• B.S.E. preferred with 5 years experience in engineering office environment of which 3 years involved in design-detail of fabrication and erection drawings.

Responsibilities:

• Create, edit and issue work orders, ABMs. Provide purchasing department with specifications for ordering raw materials and hardware required for equipment fabrication.
• Monitor & Assist Subcontractors, including engineering sub.
• Create, update and issue project documents including formal calculations, matrices, charts, etc.
• Conduct structural calculations, beam and columns sizing, conveyor weight, point loading and kip loading, size cover plate, base plates and column pads.
• Consciences about productivity, timing and work quality such that efforts are efficient and effective to the end result. Participates in non-conformance reporting.
• Can support chain pull activities including creating maps, gather data, input data, assist in physical pulls.
• Create and issue installation support items such as printed tags, laminations, etc.
• Maintain a personal Task List.
• Create workable layouts of conveyor path, solving bottle necks, responsive to production rate and physical space.
• Design: formulate a plan and conceive practical solutions to technical problems; must be familiar with tolerance practices; out-of-box thinker.
• Assist Project Manager/Project Engineer.
• Familiar with relevant customer specifications, codes and practices.
• Select structural member sizes (plates, bars, shapes, etc.) and specify fasteners and weld requirements.
• Conduct engineering calculations, cylinder sizing, shaft sizing, motor sizing, etc.
• Create update and issue maintenance and system manuals.
• Create update and issue customer maintenance requirements including spare parts, FIS, TMS, WCM, etc.
• Attend job site / shops / field checks, meetings.
• Leadership: create work assignments for others; respond to Project Goals and timing.
• Product development, drawing, technical support.
• Conduct chain pull calculations including: Manual method, CP-Plus, Drive balancing, CP Review & analysis; conduct physical (chain link) pulls and analysis.
• System Startup assistances.
• Conducts and documents timing studies of automation, equipment, units, systems, and conveyors.
• Check drawings of others following the work instruction.
• Know DMW product line, familiar with track drops & trolley bites.
• Drafting skills, 2-D, orthographic projection, dimensioning, layers, line types, etc.