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Form of work
SalaryJob Summary
Using engineering techniques, helps to design, maintain, or improve new or existing products and/or components.
Job Duties
- Design, model and test prototypes for products
- Conduct research and create design proposals for projects
- Establish design briefs
- Create concepts, performance and production criteria
- Identify and select materials needed for production
- Produce final hand drawings and specifications
- Create parts lists
- List costs involved in production
- Make samples of working models for demonstration
- Plan marketing initiatives for product
- Negotiate appropriate production processes
- Improve usability of an item
- Use computer-aided design (CAD) to design concepts
- Complete all necessary documents fully and accurately
- Adhere to 5S standards (e.g., maintain cleanliness of work area, etc.)
- Follow all Safety, Environmental and Quality policies and procedures
- Perform other duties as assigned
- Performs work under general supervision
- Handle moderately complex issues and problems and refer more complex issues to higher-level staff
- Possess solid working knowledge of subject matter
- May provide leadership, coaching and/or mentoring to a subordinate group
- Typically require a bachelor's degree and 2 to 4 years of experience
- Intermediate verbal and written communication skills
- Technical skills
- Vision
- Creativity
- Ability to meet deadlines
- Planning skills
- Leadership skills
