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🚨 Mechanical Design Engineer III | Onsite | Greenville, SC | 12-Month Contract 🚨
We’re supporting a major global energy technology organisation in the search for an experienced Mechanical Design Engineer III to join a high-performing Gas Turbine Engineering team.
📍 Location: Greenville, South Carolina
🏢 Onsite | 1st Shift
💰 Rate: $59.38 per hour
📅 Contract Length: 12 months
⏰ Hours: 40 hours per week
The Opportunity
This is an exciting opportunity for a skilled mechanical engineer with strong rotor analysis expertise to work on advanced gas turbine technology projects. You’ll play a key role in structural analysis, fatigue assessment, design validation, and engineering problem solving within a collaborative technical environment.
Responsibilities
- Execute 2D and 3D finite element analyses of gas turbine rotors using ANSYS
- Perform post-processing activities including low cycle fatigue crack initiation and propagation assessments
- Evaluate bolted joint behaviour and component strength performance
- Retrieve and manipulate CAD models from PLM systems
- Modify and develop models in Siemens NX
- Prepare clear technical summaries and engineering documentation
- Support automation of recurring analytical tasks using Python
- Conduct defect evaluations through engineering analysis
- Present updates in routine project meetings
- Collaborate closely with cross-functional engineering teams
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field
- 6 years' of industry experience
- Strong 3D CAD modelling skills
- Advanced ANSYS finite element analysis experience
- Experience in fracture mechanics and low cycle fatigue analysis
- Rotor design experience preferre
- Siemens NX proficiency
Why Apply?
Join a world-class engineering environment where you’ll work on cutting-edge turbine technology, solve complex engineering challenges, and gain exposure to high-value projects in the power generation sector.
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