Mechanical Engineer

Mechanical Engineer II

This position is located onsite in our Bayou La Batre, AL office. Join the Birdon team and be a part of our growth!

Mechanical Engineer Level II design and develop mechanical parts, components, and equipment and provide engineering, manufacturing and project support. Position requires Mechanical Engineer II to perform all aspects of engineering functions such as, 2D drawing, 3D modeling and designing new products using computer-aided design software such as SolidWorks, Pro-E, AutoCAD Inventor for modeling, digital surfacing, drawing creation, and reverse engineering and component selection. Mechanical Engineer II must have the ability to produce moderately complex engineering drawings/diagrams and assist in troubleshooting the design of company products.

Some of your daily functions will include:

• Independently plan and perform engineering and technical work concerning the design, engineering, and drafting of company products.
• Complete the majority of 2D part drawings, 3D parts modelling and manufacturing part drawings based on existing design layouts.
• Develop manufacturing part drawings in accordance with applicable industry and engineering standards.
• Verify product designs utilizing 3D modelling in SolidWorks, PRO-E, or Autodesk Inventor by checking form, fit, and function.
• Assign part numbers as required for new manufactured parts and purchased items.
• Organize and maintain production drawing file store using Autodesk Vault or equivalent database.
• Create and maintain accurate Bill of Materials in company ERP system.
• Handle engineering changes and engineering related corrective actions and revise part drawings to refine products or correct errors based on input from personnel on the shop floor.
• Create product illustrated parts diagrams and write product manuals.
• Provide engineering technical support to the fabrication and machine shop.
• Revise and refine product design to facilitate manufacture of products based on design criteria to reduce production cost, production time, material waste, ease of fabrication and machining.
• Research engineering and design issues, evaluating alternatives, making sound recommendations, and preparing and presenting concept or working sketches and drawings.
• Utilize Metallurgy/Material Properties knowledge of working and machining characteristics for a wide variety of materials such as stainless steels, duplex stainless steels, cast iron, ni-resist, carbon steels and aluminum in the designing of company products.
• Assist in the design and development of new products from conceptual ideas and design layouts to final product designs.
• Interface with outside vendors for component selection, manufacturing, and assembly.
• Familiarity with RFP, RFQ, RFI.
• Review assigned projects to ascertain test specifications, procedures, objectives, test equipment, nature of technical problems, and possible solutions, such as part redesign, substitution of material or parts, or rearrangement of parts or subassemblies.
• Assist in new product development.
• Confers with supervisors, production, quality department or others to resolve quality problems.
• Continuous improvement effort to enhance the quality of products.
• Maintains clean and safe operations by adhering to company mandated rules, safety procedures and regulations.

If you have an associate or bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, mechanical engineering, mechanical engineering technology or equivalent and 5 years of product design/engineering experience in an engineering environment, we want to talk to you!