Design Engineer I - Mechanical

Engineering Kansas City, Missouri


Description

Responsible for mechanical design of MULTIVAC standard line of equipment and related components for the food, pharmaceutical, and consumer industries. 

 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Independently design and engineer machine subsystems for MULTIVAC standard line of equipment for food, pharmaceutical, and consumer industries.
  • Complete engineering models and drawings for customized packaging configurations of package forming, sealing, cutting, support systems, and other subsystems of the machine assembly.
  • Analyze sales sketches, packaging specifications, and related sales order information to verify feasibility and identify all necessary components required for new machine tooling and customer machine retrofits.
  • Complete tasks efficiently and contribute towards achieving departmental on-time delivery goals.
  • Utilize and adapt MULTIVAC tools, methods, and processes to solve and design to meet customer requirements and specifications. Actively navigate, identify, and abide by MULTIVAC design standards and guidelines.
  • Utilize the following technical programs: SolidWorks, Keytech, Creo, and SAP.
  • Provide engineering services to other departments relating to the evaluation of components and assemblies, analyzing mechanical machine issues, and machine configuration support.
  • Provide technical or drafting support to package design and technical order processing.
  • Collaborate internally for the design review process. Contribute towards achieving departmental quality goals.

Qualifications: 

Bachelor’s Degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent technical field. Previous experience in mechanical design and/or packaging industry preferred. Qualified candidates will be familiar with 3D modeling and 2D drafting, drawing databases, ERP software, and Microsoft Office products.