What are the responsibilities and job description for the Mechanical Design Engineer I position at G&W Electric Co?
Position Summary:
The Mechanical Design Engineer I is responsible for designing customer-specified, high-voltage cable accessories built and engineered to G&W’s quality standards. The right individual will be self-motivated and results-oriented individual to join our fast-paced, collaborative work environment that offers consistent learning opportunities and problem-solving experience. We are offering the unique responsibility to be a contributing member to our engineering team in the following:
- Design to customer-provided specification within a team environment
- Provide design competency to industry standards (IEEE, NEC, IEC, ANSI, UL, NEMA, etc.)
- Design products to internal engineering design standards and best practices within customer lead time and quality expectations
- Coach, maintain and assist technical aptitude among design team members
- Be a change agent in department and company by identifying and resolving root causes through problem solving activities
- Provide technical support for internal and external customers
- Collaborate cross-functionally to support and provide technical aptitude for company and departmental projects as needed (e.g. Product Development, Aftermarket Support, Application Engineering, Supply Chain, and Manufacturing)
Required Experience:
- Bachelor’s of Science in Mechanical Engineering or Relevant Discipline
- CAD Experience
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and has demonstrated presentation skills to diverse audiences
- Strong analytical design and quantitative problem-solving skills
Preferred Experience:
- CREO CAD Software experience
- Leadership and Training
- Change Management experience
- Continuous improvement initiatives
- Root Cause Analysis / Problem-Solving strategies
- ISO Certified Manufacturing Environment experience
- Reliability Design Tools
- Design For Manufacturability (DFM), Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA), Finite Element Analysis (FEA), Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerance (GD&T), Design of Experiments (DOE)
- Experience with Oracle J.D. Edwards Business System
- Experience with Industry Standards
- Related power distribution experience
- Leadership and Training
