Industrial Equipment Designer

PROCESSBARRON MASTER • Pelham, AL

5d • Onsite

About The Position

The Industrial Equipment Designer designs and details large material handling systems for ash and fuel handling. Work includes structural and mechanical components, platework, flat patterns, welding requirements, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing, and machined parts. The role develops system layouts and produces equipment designs, shop and fabrication drawings, checking and erection drawings, customer approval drawings, load and lifting diagrams, bills of materials, and P&IDs.

The designer works with project teams to meet drawing and proposal deadlines, manages assigned projects, communicates with customers and vendors, and assists with equipment startup and testing. The role also attends customer, sales, and engineering meetings and participates in on-site troubleshooting and safety training as required.

Documentation duties include preparing project reports, emails, documents, transmittals, manufacturing orders, requisitions, material take-offs, parts orders, printed and stored drawings, and operation and maintenance manuals. The employee is expected to perform other assigned work within their training and ability and to meet customer expectations for quality and engineering design standards.

The position is based at the Pelham Office in Pelham, Alabama. Travel is listed as up to 25%, typically once monthly, with overnight trips usually lasting one to seven days. The day-shift role may require overtime and weekend work, sometimes up to 60 hours per week total. Field measuring may involve climbing ladders and stairs and working in extreme temperatures or humidity.

Requirements

• At least 10 years of mechanical drafting experience for industrial applications; 10 to 15 years of experience with large system layouts and related equipment design and drawing work is specified.
• At least 10 years of AutoCAD experience; familiarity with AutoCAD 2017 is preferred.
• Strong knowledge of machining and welding principles, electric motors, gear reducers, sprockets and roller chain, pulleys and sheaves, shafts and bushings, and couplers.
• Knowledge of bulk material conveying equipment and ash and fuel handling systems, including belt, screw, drag chain, traveling screw and circular screw conveyors; chutes; bark bins; under-pile and screw reclaimers; hoppers; rotary feeders; air locks; slide gates; large silos; towers, ladders, stairs; and structural work and detailing.
• General computer knowledge of Microsoft Windows products.
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks and projects while meeting deadlines.
• Strong sense of urgency in meeting customer needs; ability to work as a forward-looking, action-oriented team member with cross-functional groups.
• Ability to multitask, with excellent organizational and communication skills, proven problem-solving skills, and the ability to think outside the box.
• High school diploma.
• Physical ability to perform assigned work, including field measuring that may involve climbing ladders and stairs and exposure to extreme temperatures and humidity.
• Willingness and ability to work overtime and weekends as required, sometimes up to 60 hours per week total, and to travel typically once monthly, including overnight trips typically lasting one to seven days.

Nice To Haves

• 15 or more years of experience.
• Technical or vocational degree in mechanical drafting.
• 3D experience.

Responsibilities

• Design and detail structural and mechanical components, platework, flat patterns, welding requirements, geometric dimensions and tolerances, and machined parts for large ash and fuel handling systems.
• Develop large system layouts and produce equipment designs, shop and fabrication drawings, checking drawings, erection drawings, customer approval drawings, load and lifting diagrams, bills of materials, and P&IDs.
• Work with project teams to meet drawing and proposal deadlines, manage assigned projects, and correspond with customers and vendors during the design phase.
• Assist with equipment startup and testing; attend customer, sales, and engineering meetings; and participate in on-site troubleshooting visits and safety training as required.
• Prepare project reports, emails, and other documents; write transmittals and manufacturing orders; create requisitions, material take-offs, and parts orders; print and store drawings; and create operation and maintenance manuals.
• Perform other assigned work as directed and trained, to the best of the employee’s ability and training.
• Thoroughly and completely work to meet customer expectations for quality and engineering design standards.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: High school or GED