What are the responsibilities and job description for the Entry Level Mechanical Designer position at Actalent?
Entry Level Mechanical Designer/Drafter
Location: Hollywood, FL
Pay: $28–$32 per hour
About the Role
Join our innovative team and play a key role in creating cutting-edge product solutions. From concept through production, you’ll ensure designs are visually appealing, mechanically robust, and highly efficient. This position involves developing engineering solutions compatible with both legacy and modern control systems, as well as producing customer submittal drawings and pricing quotations.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and prepare product modification solutions using CAD tools, ensuring cost-effectiveness and timely delivery.
- Develop engineering solutions for compatibility with various control systems.
- Create and maintain technical documentation, including bills of material (BOM), routings, and assembly drawings.
- Collaborate with national and international suppliers to obtain cost estimates and develop custom products.
- Provide supplier details to Supply Chain and manufacturing instructions for production.
- Use Photopia for application support, generating IES files and photometric reports for luminaires.
- Assist production teams in troubleshooting manufacturing issues.
- Deliver technical support and information to internal teams and external customers.
- Stay current with product knowledge and emerging industry technologies.
Qualifications & Skills
- Proficiency in SolidWorks and Solid Edge or similar CAD platform for mechanical design.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
- Experience creating and maintaining BOMs.
- Degree in Engineering or Technical Associate’s in Design/Drafting in preferred
Job Type & Location
This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Hollywood, FL.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $28.00 - $32.00/hr.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job
classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be
subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits
available for this temporary role may include the following:
• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Workplace Type
This is a fully onsite position in Hollywood,FL.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Dec 15, 2025.
About Actalent
Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing due to a disability, please email actalentaccommodation@actalentservices.com for other accommodation options.
Salary : $28 - $32