Location: Waterloo, Ontario (On-site)
Salary: $35 to $40 per hour plus excellent total compensation package
Job Type: Permanent
Posting Type: Open Vacancy
We are looking for a Mechanical Engineering Designer for a great engineering to order manufacturing client located in the Kitchener / Waterloo area. The incumbent will be a part of a collaborative, cross-functional Team that includes Engineering, Manufacturing, Sales, and Customer Service, all working together to deliver the highest quality and most innovative solutions for our client’s customers across different industries such as packaging, CPG, pharmaceutical, etc. This role does require flexibility to travel up to 25% across Canada and U.S. on short notice.
Responsibilities:
- Proficient in 2D, 3D mechanical designs modeling using SolidWorks and Inventor to produce detailed mechanical layouts, models, and drawings independently.
- Collaborate with customers, sales, project managers, designers, and engineers to define project requirements and ensure design intent aligns with customer needs.
- Research, design, evaluate, maintain mechanical products, equipment, systems, and processes to meet requirements, applying knowledge of engineering principles.
- Specify system components, prepare bills of material (BOMs) or direct modification of products to ensure conformance with engineering design and performance specifications.
- Apply design and fabrication knowledge to ensure project functionality, manufacturability, reliability, and cost goals are achieved.
- Ability to check completed layouts, drawings, ECNs, and BOMs for clarity, completeness, conformity to standards, procedures, specifications, and accuracy of calculations, dimensions, and tolerances.
- Investigate equipment failures and difficulties to diagnose faulty operation and make recommendations to installation/field service technicians.
- Oversee installation, operation, maintenance, and repair to ensure that machines and equipment are installed and functioning according to specifications.
- Develop requirement specifications and documentation, perform project risk assessments, implement mitigation strategies, and prepare product operating instructions and manuals.
- Engage in meetings that focus on pre- and post-measure-up and design.
- Contribute to multiple projects by tracking design progress, maintaining timelines, supporting project management activities, and engaging with customers during engineering reviews.
Qualifications:
- 5+ years of engineering design experience in a manufacturing environment
- Completed a 3-year mechanical engineering technology/technologist diploma or a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, mechatronics, or a related discipline- Working knowledge of mechanical parts, strength of materials and their mechanical properties
- Strong proficiency in SolidWorks and Inventor, or comparable 3D design software, with experience in both modeling and generating mechanical drawings – is a must
- Experience and understanding of ePDM is preferred
- Preference given to candidates with CMM experience (Faro-Arm, 3D scanning)
- Must possess solid written and verbal communication skills
- Must be able and willing to work in a team environment
- Must be a self-starter and work with minimal direction
- Must be willing and able to learn our products and processes
- Requires travel (domestic / international) up to 25% of work time. Must be able to travel on short notice
- Must hold a valid Canadian Passport and be willing and able to travel both nationally and internationally randomly throughout the year, hold a valid driver’s license and be able to obtain and drive rental cars
To apply, please send your resume to Vanessa Tran at vanessa.tran@quantum.ca.
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