Senior Mechanical Engineer, Innovation

Barry-Wehmiller • St. Louis, MO

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About The Position

GENERAL PURPOSE The Senior Mechanical Engineer develops new, advanced, and updated mechanical systems for vertical and horizontal form/fill/seal packaging machinery and product feed systems. The Senior Mechanical Engineer also encourages others to discover, develop, and apply their talents enabling them to reach their full potential.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Industrial Engineering from an accredited college or university (OR an Associate’s Degree with a minimum 15 years of experience in an engineering, manufacturing, or other technical position).
• Experience: Minimum 10 years of mechanical engineering experience with increasing levels of complexity and responsibility.
• Experience in materials, component selection, and general machine shop processes.
• Experience with increasingly complex machine and/or system design using state-of-the-art CAD and analysis tools (SolidWorks or equivalent).
• Prioritization: Able to prioritize customer needs to develop and maintain productive customer relationships.
• Initiative: Proactively takes prompt action to accomplish objectives and achieve goals beyond what is required.
• Ambitious: Eager to grow in this role and in the business.
• Dealing with Ambiguity: Effectively cope with change; shift gears comfortably; decide and act without having the total picture; comfortably handle risk and uncertainty.
• Team Building: Inspire and foster team commitment, spirit, pride, and trust; facilitate cooperation and motivate team members to accomplish group goals.
• Business Acumen: Define and develop business strategic goals through creativity and innovation while implementing related plans.
• Excellent verbal, written, and presentation communication skills with ability to leverage for effective presentations.
• Professional with customer centric focus.
• Goal-oriented and driven to become an impactful contributor to the business.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills with strong attention to detail.
• Ability to interface with a variety of team members from different disciplines.
• Demonstrated ability to advance multiple projects concurrently as an individual contributor or as part of a team to develop a machine system or subsystem.
• Demonstrated effective critical thinking, analytical, and problem-solving ability.
• Ability to work under pressure with deadlines in a fast-paced, changing environment.
• Responsive and able to work in a dynamic environment and set priorities with minimal supervision.
• Ability to manage and effectively lead change.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and able to learn new applications without difficulty.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in rapid new product development, Lean development, or Agile methods
• Packaging experience
• Experience designing and hands on follow through manufacturing, build and test
• Experience with power transmission, pneumatics, and complex mechanical mechanism design
• Knowledge and experience with engineering bills of material structure organization and usage
• Field experience in installation and/or troubleshooting
• Project management experience
• High achiever with a positive can-do attitude, who works well in a team environment while realizing both individual and team goals through relationship building

Responsibilities

• Design responsibility for individual components to complete integrated machine systems
• Partner with customers and sales executives, other mechanical and electrical design engineers, manufacturing personnel, and customer service technicians
• Research and prepare specifications
• Develop and test prototypes
• Process documentation
• Train other engineers and technicians
• Project reporting, tracking, and organization
• Lead, facilitate, and manage continuous improvement initiatives
• Other responsibilities as needed

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees