Mechanical Engineer II

Job Title: Mechanical Engineer II
Location: Wilmington, NC (10% travel to Concord or vendor sites)
Duration: 6 months, possible extension
Work Schedule: 40 hours+ M-F, adjusted hours and weekends may be required based on where the project is in the project life cycle.

Job Description:
Roles:

• Provide mechanical discipline support in the construction, installation, debug, and startup of equipment and automated systems including hands-on to the point of turnover to operations at both domestic and international manufacturing sites; majority of time be spent on the floor working on equipment.
• Supervise and provide direction to internal or contract engineering techs, internal maintenance, and outside contract trades during all aspects of equipment installation and conversion such as demolition, construction, installation, testing, and debug of production equipment.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and use project plans and timelines to achieve project goals without sacrificing safety, intellectual property, or quality. Adhere to all corporate, business unit and site guidelines
• Safety – Ensure that all the project team has safety training, safety is analyzed in job plans and all safety requirements are met. Identify potential safety issues. Report and investigate all safety incidents.
• Develop understanding of process and equipment functions in area of responsibility
• Analyze and correct equipment installation practices to improve efficiencies, specifically directed toward enhancing installation schedules.
• Develop and use project plans and timelines to achieve project goals without sacrificing safety, intellectual property, or quality.
• Re-design mechanical components to reduce installation cost, solve equipment interferences, and correct inadequate designs.
• Interface with external system integrators and machine builders to successfully deliver fully integrated process equipment systems to plants on-time, on-budget and that satisfy performance measures
• Perform hands-on troubleshooting, direct engineering techs and trades as necessary to replace defective components and execute changes to solve equipment/process issues.
• Provide training to internal or contract engineering techs, internal maintenance, and outside contract trades on new equipment installation procedures as required for successful execution of installation activities.
• Review, “redline”, and modify existing installation checklists, machine part lists, illustrations, machine specs, schedules, and complete drawing packages including follow-up with drafting services.
• Provide direction to technicians
• Create and modify existing documentation to complete drawing packages, installation checklists, machine part lists, illustrations, and machine specs of production equipment.
• Procure and expedite materials needed to build or install new or modified equipment.
• Assess condition and usability of existing equipment for fit and function with new installation plans.

Required Education / Skills:

• BS Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent, with minimum 2+ years manufacturing experience working with manufacturing equipment.
• Ability to work hands-on with the equipment using typical hand tools, instruments, and measurement/alignment devices.
• Must be flexible with the ability to manage multiple work streams in a team environment adjusting to changing priorities with a strong focus on job site safety and proactive safety approach.
• Process variable understanding: flow, temperature, rate, pressure, level
• Determines and recommends best solution from a series of alternatives within plant guidelines.
• Translates engineering solutions to requirements, then further to process and/or equipment designs which deliver required performance criteria as well as interpreting drawings and schematics to aid in troubleshooting.
• Works well with other disciplines (IT, Mechanical, and Process engineering) to fully understand manufacturing system functionality and design requirements.
• Familiar with process piping system design, including P&IDs
• Thorough understanding of mechanical drive trains, electrical and pneumatic actuators.
• Works well in a team environment, is a self-starter and results oriented & effective in various settings to provide and present necessary information to project, department, and site leaders.

Desired Skills:

• Equipment or software experience preferred: AutoCAD®, Inventor, Power Point, Excel, Word, Outlook, Teams, and MS Project
• Experience working on a manufacturing floor or construction environment, with a strong focus on job site safety and proactive safety approach.
• Displays a bias for action in situations of uncertainty, addresses issues and problems proactively.
• Effective communication and presentation skills.
• Project management experience, including developing project Product, budgets and schedules.
• Knowledge of the Optical Fiber manufacturing process.

Education and Experience:

• BS or MS in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, Ceramic or Chemical Engineering, or other engineering discipline.
• 3+ Minimum years of experience in leadership/management roles for capital manufacturing equipment projects or similar manufacturing or engineering (leadership) experience.