Title:Mechanical Engineer Location:Graniteville, SC, US Duration: Direct Hire
What are the key, measurable goals for this role in the first 90-120 days? We will access candidate experience and will determine Associate, Professional, or Senior level offer.
Is there an ideal company (competitor or similar scale) this person might be coming from? Manufacturing
Research, plan, design, develop, and implement mechanical systems, equipment, and manufacturing processes.
Provide mechanical engineering support for production equipment, utilities, and auxiliary systems.
Analyze equipment performance and identify opportunities to improve safety, reliability, efficiency, quality, and throughput.
Develop solutions for equipment-related issues through troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and corrective actions.
Support continuous improvement initiatives focused on waste reduction, scrap reduction, downtime reduction, and process optimization.
Provide technical support and guidance to manufacturing, maintenance, and operational teams.
Project Management
Lead or support capital and continuous improvement projects ranging from equipment modifications to major machine installations.
Develop project scopes, budgets, schedules, and implementation plans.
Coordinate internal and external resources to ensure projects are completed safely, on time, and within budget.
Manage procurement activities including vendor selection, RFQs, capital requests, and project cost tracking.
Oversee equipment installation, startup, testing, validation, and project closeout activities.
Safety & Compliance
Promote a strong safety culture by ensuring safety requirements are incorporated into all engineering activities.
Participate in risk assessments, machine safeguarding evaluations, and implementation of safety improvements.
Ensure compliance with company standards, regulatory requirements, and engineering best practices.
Support contractor safety and quality compliance during project execution.
Reliability & Continuous Improvement
Evaluate existing equipment and systems to identify opportunities for performance improvement.
Lead reliability improvement efforts and corrective action projects.
Utilize engineering principles and data analysis to improve operational performance and reduce losses.
Support preventative and predictive maintenance initiatives.
Responsibilites
Responsible for Mechanical expertise in manufacturing
Lead continuous improvement and corrective action activities & projects with emphasis on Scrap & Waste improvement activities.
Provide technical support to internal customers.
Provides input into the design for new or modified systems, processes or technologies.
Manage major projects such as New Machine installation, upgrades, etc. The Projects range from $50K to $1M.
Analyze project requirements, identify and address design parameters, engineering challenges and to ensure solutions are implemented accurately, timely and within budget. Serve as technical lead, planning and organizing portions of a project. Budget, manpower and equipment utilization.
Oversee project workflow and support internal and external resources to ensure on-time delivery of projects, meeting quality standards and within budget.
Ensure all relevant safety objectives and legal requirements, for all activities, are observed and implemented.
Participate in monitoring and evaluating the performance of existing systems, processes and technologies and recommends modifications and enhancements to improve quality and/or efficiency.
Other duties as assigned
Applicant Notices & Disclaimers
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At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws.This position's pay range is $80000.00/Yearly - $100000.00/Yearly.
