Mechanical Engineering Tech – Met

Mechanical Engineering Tech – Met

Requirements

• Associate Degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related field required OR Highschool Diploma or GED with 5+ years relevant experience in manufacturing industry.
• 3 years required and 5+ years preferred of relevant experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong knowledge of mechanical systems and components.
• Expertise with Cam driven and Servo Driven Equipment Fixing.
• MS Office: Word, Excel, Power Point required.

Responsibilities

• Provides theoretical and hands-on mechanical support to the production departments.
• Required to support the plant manufacturing effort by developing and implementing plans to improve upon chronic levels of waste, quality defects, equipment downtime, capacity, etc.
• Required to document all mechanical and process line modifications per plant policies and procedures.
• Responsible for the mechanical design and implementation of machine improvements and capital equipment project management activities.
• Supports project managers by working on the development, design of varied and complex portions of new production lines from basic engineering data and direction.
• Performs experiments in a team environment to help design semi-automatic and automatic production machines.
• Prepares detailed mechanical design drawings and reviews the adequacy of design features and general cost estimates with superiors.
• Responsible for functional accuracy of design and compatibility with product manufactured.
• Responsible for coordinating activities between equipment vendors, Division R&D, and plant functional departments on their assignments.
• Establishes which mechanical elements comprising a job are suitable for in-house fabrication or which items would be best contracted.
• Responsible for the recommendation of capital equipment or process modifications, their physical installation, debugging and associated training of production personnel.
• Responsible for all associated documentation including validations, operating procedures, preventive maintenance schedules, change review notifications, and spare parts listings as required.
• Directs the efforts of support personnel such as machinists and technicians in the modification, adjustment, removal and installation of new or existing equipment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Six Sigma, 8D Problem Solving, Machinist Certification, Preferred not required
• Solid understanding of AutoCAD (CAD), GD&T Standards, and mechanical design tools preferred.
• Desired experience with machine reliability and maintenance.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Strong attention to detail and a commitment to quality.