Mechanical Engineer I

Job Description

Job Description

JOB SUMMARY

The Mechanical Engineer is responsible for maintaining effective mechanical design bases for transformer layouts and for providing technical expertise to customers both within and outside of the organization. This role will review projects assigned to them comparing customer specifications to other design data, noting any inconsistencies or special requirements.

PRINCIPLE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Systematically reviews the mechanical design rules of all products to ensure that customer needs are being met while maintaining organizational cost and reliability goals. The process involves properly defining customer requirements, performing detailed analysis of loads and stresses, materials, and manufacturing processes, to determine conformity to organizational cost, quality, and reliability goals.
• Recommends, plans, and executes approved projects that improve product competitiveness. Projects are cross-functional and involve working closely with manufacturing, purchasing and other functions.
• Identifies, plans, and executes approved projects to provide new product designs and extensions of current products. Projects are inter-department team efforts.
• Develops and recommends solutions to complex and unusual order related requirements in order to manage risk.
• Documents the rational for mechanical designs and provides rules for executing specific product designs.
• Provides technical expertise and training to others in the areas of mechanical design, stress analysis, and manufacturing processes.
• Understands and correctly interprets the product scope, quality standards and industry standards to ensure the proper design and application of transformer and substation products.
• Supports Marketing in preparation of bids through interpretation of product scope and innovative application of transformer and substation products to meet unique customer needs.
• May act as project leader on assigned projects.
• Consults with Marketing and customers to find areas of product expansion and refinement.
• Resolves specific production and customer problems by working with engineering, manufacturing quality assurance, field service and purchasing personnel and vendors.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Required Education / Experience

Preferred Education / Experience

CONTEXT

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Key Working Relationships

Physical Demands

Must be able to sit or stand for extended periods of time

Working Conditions

Shop-floor and office environment, located on large manufacturing campus.

Prolec-GE Waukesha, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status, or any other reason prohibited by applicable law.