What are the responsibilities and job description for the Mechanical Design Engineer position at R-V Industries Inc?
At R-V Industries, our work is much more than designing and building world-class industrial process equipment. Not only are we impacting everyday life in the world we serve, but we are providing a quality of life to our employees and their families.
- Every day, we come together to build stronger relationships with our vendors, our customers, and each other, so we can solve challenging problems, and continue to improve the safety, quality, and efficiency of all that we do.
- Caring matters at R-V. We care for each other, our safety, our quality, our learning, and our growth.
- We seek out diversity of thought, experience, and strengths in individuals, so we can continue to innovate as a team.
- We believe when we bring our true full selves to serve others, it elevates the quality of life for all.
- As with all Job Descriptions at R-V, this job is considered safety-sensitive.
GENERAL JOB DESCRIPTION
R-V Industries is a design and build manufacturer of custom industrial process equipment. We engineer a wide variety of specialty equipment. Most of our equipment is built in house by our own in-house fabricators, machinists, mechanical and electrical assemblers.
DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Design mechanical equipment in a manner that supports job specifications, applicable codes, and design requirements.
- Responsible for the PO and specification review and all pertinent technical documentation required to build, assemble and test the equipment. This includes drawings, component specifications, bills of materials and procedures.
- Assist Sales, Project Managers, Purchasing, Quality, Manufacturing, Testing and Installation with all issues related to the contract.
- Communicate with our customer’s technical personnel in all matters related to design along with any other pertinent technical requirements.
- Review project specifications, digest those specifications for manufacturing use, and create Bills of Materials with all pertinent technical requirements defined for purchasing.
- Ownership of all documentation related to the technical aspects of a project.
- Execute project from a budget and schedule standpoint for all technical tasks.
SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS:
Required Skills:
- Minimum of 4 years progressive machine design experience including some or all of the following:
- Pneumatic/hydraulic actuator design
- Stress/failure calculations
- Selection of linear actuators
- Sensor selection and implementation
- P&ID creation
- 3 years of experience Solidworks or Inventor
- Sizing Components & Creating calculation packages
- Create complete machine designs including creating layout & detailed drawings
- Check detailed drawings
- Review project customer specifications
- Write specs for buyout components
- Create Bills of Materials for purchasing and production
- Strong Communication, Organizational skills, Interpersonal skills, positive team player, passion for continuous learning and improvement.
Willing to Train the Right Candidate:
- AWS Welding Symbol understanding
- Project Management Experience
- Active PE License in the state of PA with machine design as your area of expertise is a plus
EDUCATIONAL/PHYSICAL REQUIERMENTS:
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent
- Must be able to perform all essential functions of the job with or without accommodation
- Travel required up to 20%.
R-V INDUSTRIES, INC. IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER