Job Title:

Mechanical Designer II

Reports to:

Director of Innovation

Department:

Engineering

Job Classification:

Exempt

Direct Reports:

N/A

Salary Grade/Range:

N/A

Position Summary:

As a Mechanical Designer II at American Crane & Equipment Corporation, you will play a crucial role in the design process, ensuring the accuracy and efficiency of our overhead cranes, hoists, and other heavy equipment. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, interface with customers, and contribute to the successful execution of projects.

Qualifications: 

Personal Behaviors:

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Order Review and Resolution:

• Review new orders from the sales department, comparing specifications to sales proposals
• Identify and resolve discrepancies with sales representatives
• Conduct thorough checks for omissions or errors in the order

Design Calculations and Component Selection:

• Perform basic structural and mechanical design calculations
• Select components from manufacturer's catalogs and generate purchase requisitions

Drawing Preparation and Approval:

• Prepare arrangement and layout drawings of equipment
• Verify completeness and correctness of drawings before customer approval
• Interface with customers, as directed by the Project Manager, to obtain approval and address design-related queries

Detail Drawing Oversight:

• Check detail drawings prepared by Mechanical Designer I for completeness and correctness
• Prepare detail drawings when the Mechanical Designer I is not available

Collaboration and Problem-Solving:

• Collaborate with shop personnel to address questions and resolve issues during the manufacturing process
• Work with vendors of purchased items to answer questions and resolve problems

On-Site Verification:

• Visit customer facilities when necessary to review projects and verify dimensions
• Demonstrate the ability to climb onto equipment for inspection purposes

Vendor Communication:

• Interface with vendors of purchased items to address questions and resolve problems

Other Duties:

• Undertake additional responsibilities as assigned by supervisors

Physical Demands:

• Ability to work a minimum of full-time hours; overtime required based on Engineering Department schedules

• Occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to touch, handle and/or operate objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms
• Occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; communicate; smell

• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus

Work Environment

• Ability to work in outside weather conditions when required
• Ability to work near moving mechanical parts and in precarious places
• Ability to work comfortably and safely at varying heights
• Occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles and vibration

Other Special Working Conditions: