The Senior Mechanical Engineer must be a result-oriented, creative, problem-solving individual interested in maturing emerging concepts into practical, deployed solutions by managing mechanical engineering and engineers across APL product lines including Power Pallet, Powertainer, and Chartainer.
Department: Engineering & Product Development
Reports to: CTO
Status: Full Time Employment
Primary Responsibilities
- Converting concepts into comprehensive, detailed, practical solutions.
- Mentoring other mechanical engineers.
- Collaborate with Product Owners to analyze problems and downselect solutions.
- Task Management
- Balance engineering task priorities across product platforms.
- Identify resources required to resolve engineering problems.
- Delegate tasks.
- Report on task status and workload.
- Prototyping
- Create powerful parametric models to enable efficient revisions.
- Support testing of prototypes.
- Convert testing feedback into Engineering Change Orders.
- Implementing & Developing Engineering Standards & Design Principles:
- Sheetmetal tolerances
- Material compatibility
- Tubing/flange design
- Gasketing systems
- 3D model standards management
Qualifications
- Minimum: B.S. in Mechanical Engineering
- 5 years of experience in one or more of the following industries:
- Agricultural equipment
- Pharmaceutical equipment
- Mechatronics
- Portable Power Generation/Industrial Power Generation
- Experience with
- Solid materials handling
- Sheet metal design and fabrication
- Gas-tight systems and related sealing methods
- Mechanical powertrains
- Technical Writing
- CAD – Solidworks
- PLM – Arena
- PDM – Solidworks
- Must be proficient in the Microsoft Word, Excel, and Powerpoint, as well as Google Docs/Drive and CAD environments.
Contact jobs@allpowerlabs.bigweb.co.za to submit resume.