Mechanical Designer Jobs

Graco manufactures and markets premium equipment to move, measure, control, dispense and spray a wide variety of fluid and powder materials. What does that mean? Well, we pump peanut butter into your jar, and the oil in your car. We glue the soles of your shoes, the glass in your windows and the screen on your phone. We spray the finish on your vehicle, coatings on your pills, the paint on your house and texture on your walls. Graco is part of your daily life.

Graco has excellent opportunities available to individuals who want to be part of fast-moving, growing company – especially candidates committed to quality, innovation and solving customer problems. Graco was proud to be named a Best Place to Work in Manufacturing and Production by Fortune Magazine in 2016, 2018, 2019 and 2021.

Graco is a global leader in the design, development and manufacture of highly-engineered systems for numerous industrial and commercial applications. This position supports our Process Division (PRO), which has moved to a brand new facility in Dayton, MN in the fall of 2022! In this division, process equipment (http://bit.ly/1r73dM4) and sanitary systems (http://bit.ly/WfrSTc) are used in the food and beverage, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, and oil and gas industries.

Job Purpose

This position provides computer-aided design (CAD) layout and detail drafting support to new product development and standard product support engineering activities. This position involves refining conceptual designs and ideas and converting them to finished layouts and detailed drawings.

Graco is a global leader in the design, development and manufacture of highly-engineered systems for numerous industrial and commercial applications. This position supports our Process Division (PRO) that has just recently moved to a brand new facility in Dayton, MN. In this division, process equipment (http://bit.ly/1r73dM4) and sanitary systems (http://bit.ly/WfrSTc) are used in the food and beverage, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, and oil and gas industries.

A hiring bonus is also offered with this position!

We are open to considering candidates with experience ranging from entry level to senior level.

Essential Duties

• Development project activities
• Communicate with manufacturing and suppliers to develop cost effective parts designs.
• Produce CAD conceptual designs layout and detail drawings of new products.
• Do basic engineering design calculations.
• Use and apply Graco design and drafting standards, including geometric tolerancing.
• Revise and redraw, as required, production drawings of existing standard products.
• Work with Model Shop, Purchasing, Technicians, and Manufacturing as required to produce designed products.
• Release drawings to manufacturing and facilitate the manufacturing progress throughout the pre-prod cycle.
• Project management & leadership
• Assist lab technicians in completion of test plans.
• CAD design & documentation
• Perform tolerance analysis on critical assemblies.
• Identify design activities and solve problems. Perform engineering calculations as required to provide sound designs.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Provide CAD layout and assembly designs for new products in cooperation with a design team consisting of engineers, other designers and lab technicians.
• Complete ECOs, by utilizing PDM and other tools.

Position Requirements

• Thorough knowledge of use and application of geometric tolerancing and tolerance analysis.
• Demonstrated ability to finish conceptual design, including application of geometric tolerance, evaluates fits.
• Thorough knowledge of mechanical design drafting practices.
• Basic knowledge of relevant manufacturing processes with some experience on tooled parts.
• Capable of using and applying Graco design and drafting standards.
• Two-year technical degree or equivalent.
• Open to considering candidates with experience from entry level to senior level.

Proven Quality. Leading Technology. Launch your career with Graco!

Graco offers attractive compensation, benefits and opportunities for both professional development and career progression. Graco’s comprehensive benefits include medical, dental, stock purchase plan, 401(k) and tuition reimbursement.

Our expectations are high. That's why we are always looking to hire the brightest and the best!