Manufacturing Engineer

Essential Duties

• Detailed understanding of modern mechanical and electrical engineering principles and practice.
• Knowledge and experience with hydraulic systems, and components and the ability to design and troubleshoot electro-hydraulic machines.
• Efficient CAD design skills with an ability to quickly design components for immediate production.
• Willingness and desire to take complete ownership and responsibility for projects.
• Able to perform design analysis such as tolerance stack-up analysis and component life cycle estimations.
• Ability to source and qualify mechanical components and vendors.
• Identify performance issues on new or existing equipment, perform root cause analysis, and suggest possible solutions.
• Proactively contribute to brainstorming and whiteboard sessions regarding new designs and productively critique existing designs led by other team members.
• Thrive at working closely in a multi-disciplinary team including mechanical, electrical, software, controls, etc.

Mestek Machinery is the industry-leading designer and manufacturer of the most complete,  productive, and innovative metal forming solutions for the fabrication of HVAC sheet metal ductwork and fittings. Our family of brands– Engel Industries, Iowa Precision,  and Roto-Die have people with decades of experience addressing every facet of the HVAC duct industry. 

This position will be responsible for mechanical design efforts related to new product development, existing product improvement, and sustaining engineering. Primary responsibilities will include designing OEM systems and components which will involve the generation of CAD models, detailed engineering drawings, and creating BOM’s and manufacturing instructions. Additionally, this role will require sourcing mechanical components, submitting RFQs to vendors, and general adherence to and improvement of engineering processes within the organization. The ideal candidate will be self-motivated, have a strong desire to learn new skills and be comfortable working on larger projects spanning weeks or months as well as fast turnaround projects requiring a couple of hours or days.