Job Summary:
In this role, you will be actively involved in projects from the quoting phase through design, manufacturing, and sustaining. You will be responsible for designing systems intended to move, lift, flip, roll, turn, and store steel and other materials. This role requires involvement in the planning, quoting, scheduling, designing, procuring, and manufacturing of mechanical and electrical systems, and ensuring they meet quality standards and customer requirements. You will work closely with the in-house manufacturing team to ensure that designs are cost-effective, manufacturable, and well-documented.
General Responsibilities:
- Meeting with clients and design teams to determine mechanical applications and requirements.
- Design equipment component parts with a focus on design for manufacturability; prepare machining and fabrication drawings, select purchased components; review existing designs for improvements; execute engineering change orders.
- Apply proper dimensioning and tolerancing principles to models, designs, and drawings.
- Perform stress analysis on structural components of various machines, both new and existing.
- Design complete industrial hydraulic systems.
- Design control schemes, develop control narratives, and program PLCs.
- Assist with control panel design, testing, and commissioning.
- Structure bills of materials and work orders to optimize flow of product through the shop.
- Manage project timelines, resources, and budgets and execute accordingly.
- Prepare technical reports, design documents, and operational manuals, and review reports of others.
- Participate in and support quality control efforts and continuous process improvements.
- Keep abreast of the latest advancements in technology, design trends, and engineering best practices.
- Work closely with sales to identify solutions to sales opportunities.
- Other duties may be assigned by COO and/or Lead Engineer.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering.
- A minimum of 5 years of experience as a mechanical design engineer.
- Proficiency in both AutoCAD and SolidWorks.
- Experience using ERP systems (Infor Visual preferred)
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication.
- Detail-oriented and organized.
- Ability to complete a project from start to finish while multitasking.
- Ability to work both independently and in a team environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Hands-on experience designing industrial control systems on both the power side (3-phase AC distribution, motor circuits, protection) and the control side, from schematic through panel build and troubleshooting.
- Proficiency in PLC programming and system design (ladder logic, I/O selection, integration with sensors, drives, and field devices), as well as relay-logic control panel design.
- Ability to create and revise electrical schematics and panel layouts in an electrical CAD package (e.g., AutoCAD Electrical, SolidWorks Electrical, EPLAN), and to design to applicable standards such as NEC, NFPA 79, and UL 508A.
- Experience designing industrial hydraulic systems.
- Experience working in a small manufacturing environment.
- FEA experience.
- Experience in storage or conveyance design.
- Project/Product Management experience from inception to execution.
Steel Storage Systems, established in 1964, is a small, but growing, Commerce City based manufacturer of conveyor and storage racking systems for customers in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico (steelstorage.com) and is committed to its employees. Our goal is to provide opportunities for growth, advancement and foster an environment of respect, teamwork, empathy and accountability where employees take pride in their contributions and in the jobs they perform daily.
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