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Form of workMechanical Designer
RESPONSIBILITIES:
The following duties are typical of the position but are not all encompassing. Responsibilities include those required to deliver quality service on schedule and within budget in a team environment.RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Interprets, organizes, executes and coordinates medium assignments with the overall responsibility for budget adherence, quality control and inter-discipline coordination.
- Makes decisions independently on design problems, practices and methods, but may receive input on unusual or complex problems from the department manager or project engineer/architect for proposed design solutions.
- Produces finished plans and specifications and final acceptance or rejection of major items involving materials, equipment, manufacturer's quality and field construction results.
- Completes work on major engineering/architectural projects or total design work on projects of smaller or moderate scope.
- Serves as a job captain on single discipline projects and may serve as a job captain on multi-discipline projects.
- Prepares or reviews construction budgets based on experience and scope of project.
- Writes scope of work for design based on preliminary review and meetings with the customer
- May be requested to perform project management functions.
- May assign and review work of project design team. Checks progress of work and alerts project manager to changes of scope or additional services.
- May devise new approaches and solutions to problems encountered and communicate them to the team.
- May represent the firm in meetings and conferences to resolve important questions and to plan and coordinate a project.
- May prepare total design and construction cost estimates.
- Travel required.
- Valid driver's license required. May be waived for international assignments.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Associate degree or certification of completion of other post secondary training in engineering or architectural fields preferred.
- Minimum fifteen (15) years experience as a Designer or nineteen (19) years experience with former employer(s).
- Prior experience in machine design, material handling equipment is required.
- Exposure to and familiarity of packaging equipment, ductwork systems, and fabrication weldments.
- AutoCAD and Autodesk Inventor experience is required.
- Experience with Solidworks is a plus.
- Demonstrated attention to detail.
- Strong communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Valid driver's license required.
