Mechanical Engineer III

Accountability:

Mechanical Engineer III for metal cutting machine tool products. Responsible for researching, designing, developing, and testing company products by producing design layouts, detail drawings, machine (line and foundation) layouts, material lists and proposal drawings accurately, economically, on schedule and in accordance with Giddings & Lewis and industry standards. In addition, perform other duties as assigned by manager, provide technical support for the sales, manufacturing, and service of company products; develop engineering concepts for product features and new product offerings; participate in special assigned projects; and assist other engineering personnel with projects.

Scope and Responsibilities:

Essential duties include, but are not limited to the following:

• Proactively attains a safe and healthy work environment for all employees.
• Utilizes extensive creativity, mechanical design ability, and good interpersonal skills.
• Design and coordinate the development of portions of machine tools and related equipment and systems requested by sales and/or customers and for new product offerings.
• Creates designs that are functional, safe, reliable, economical, serviceable, and marketable.
• Creates design layouts and detail part drawings.
• Performs engineering analysis.
• Specifies machine components, materials, and purchased parts.
• Meets product plan goals and schedules.
• Conducts and/or participates in design reviews.
• Facilitate the development and quoting of special equipment and features by evaluating technical feasibility and application, analyzing costs, developing engineering concepts, and participating in market surveys.
• Establishes machine specifications, develops procedures and evaluation criteria for engineering and performance testing of new and existing designs.
• Provide certified machine layout (line and foundation) drawings for the customer on schedule.
• Provides accurate design documentation according to Giddings & Lewis and industry engineering standards.
• Enhances the marketability, manufacturability, and performance of company products by providing support for the sales, manufacturing, and technical services functions.
• Assists manufacturing engineering with manufacturing problems by incorporating changes in designs for more economic manufacturing techniques.
• Communicates effectively with suppliers and customers when needed.
• Improves overall company and engineering efficiency and effectiveness by participation in special assignments and projects.
• Keeps abreast of new developments in technology and competitive products.
• Knowledgeable and proficient in the use of company and industry standards.
• Knowledgeable and proficient in the use of PLM (Agile) and ERP (SAP) systems.
• ISO 9001 &14001 awareness and compliance

Education/Certification:

• Bachelor's degree (B.S.) from four-year college or university in Mechanical Engineering or other related engineering degree.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or have permanent residency status (green card).

Experience:

• 5+ years industrial related experience.
• Experience preferred:
  • Metal cutting machinery (milling, turning, drilling, boring, etc.).
  • Automatic part handling, automation, or robotics.
  • Automatic assembly equipment.
  • Workholding fixtures.
  • Tooling.
  • Specialized mechanisms.
  • Machined weldments, structural components.
  • Precision machined parts.
  • Rotating assemblies.

Skills:

• Strong mechanical aptitude.
• Understanding and experienced with principles and practices of machine design.
• Experience selecting materials.
• Understanding of machine shop practices.
• Organized, detailed thought processes.
• Self-directed with excellent work ethic and strong time-management skills.
• Ability to work in focused teams.
• Work in a timely manner and accurately.
• Share ideas and work with other professionals.
• Adapt to changing priorities quickly and effectively.
• Strong ability for creation and structuring of parts, sub-assemblies, assemblies, and bills of material.
• Familiarity with electrical devices and components.
• Ability to apply geometric (ASME Y14.5) and precision tolerancing.
• Ability to effectively communicate with written and verbal skills appropriate to the position.
• 3D CAD design skills (company utilizes Siemens NX) with adherence to engineering standards, guidelines, and practices.
• 2D CAD design skills with AutoCAD with adherence to Engineering standards, guidelines, and practices.
• Proficient with Microsoft Excel, Outlook, Word.