Senior Mechanical Engineer

Technical Associates•Marietta, GA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer for our Atlanta, GA branch location. This role will function as a hands-on engineer providing process and packaging engineering expertise for project design, commissioning, and start-up. Requires approximately 25% travel to client sites for meetings, field inspections, and startup. Responsibilities will include applying engineering principles to existing and proposed processes working with various clients, vendors, and other consultants. Types of projects will include process engineering, packaging engineering and facility layout across industries such as food, pharmaceutical, pulp and paper, and chemical. The engineer will be comfortable leading and following cross-functional teams, working on the plant floor with mechanics and operators, and performing engineering calculations. This role requires the ability to manage complex projects from concept to completion, as well as multiple concurrent smaller projects. Responsibilities also include assisting with project scope and schedule development, tracking project costs, generating proposals and budgets, and designing, planning, and implementing new cost-effective processes and equipment. Projects must be delivered on aggressive schedules with attention to accuracy and strict safety requirements. Specific tasks include working on process designs, calculating line flow rates, pipeline sizes, and pump sizes, specifying equipment and instrumentation, and developing concept flow diagrams and detailed P&ID drawings using AutoCAD. For packaging engineering, responsibilities include working on packaging line designs and installation, equipment specifications and selection, new technology investigations and implementations, and creating line layout drawings using AutoCAD.

Requirements

B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering.
10+ years engineering experience in a manufacturing environment.
Experience in specifying processing equipment; pumps, mixers, valves, etc.
Experience in specifying packaging equipment; fillers, cappers, case packers, conveyors, etc.
Must possess eagerness to research new equipment, processes and technologies.
Need to be energetic, positive, self-motivated and capable of work with little supervision.
Support production start-ups to insure that they meet safe operational and functional requirements for the project.
Superior communication, people skills, and strong sense of professional ethics.
Proficiency with AutoCAD, Excel, Word, and Project software.

Nice To Haves

Experience working in a consultant environment.
Food or Pharmaceutical processing and packaging engineering experience.
Chemical Plant processing and packaging engineering experience.

Responsibilities

Apply engineering principles to existing and proposed processes working with various clients, vendors, and other consultants.
Lead and follow cross-functional teams to develop and execute capital projects.
Work on the plant floor with mechanics and operators as needed to gather information and become an operational resource for the facility.
Perform engineering calculations to support plant production and improvement projects.
Manage very major, complex projects from concept to completion as well as multiple concurrent small projects.
Assist with the development of project scope and schedule, and track project cost.
Generate proposals and budgets, working closely with the client.
Design, plan and implement new cost effective processes and equipment for new and existing products.
Work on process designs.
Calculate line flow rates, pipeline sizes, and pump sizes.
Specify equipment and instrumentation.
Develop concept flow diagrams and detailed P&ID drawings of production processes using AutoCAD.
Work on Packaging Line designs and installation, equipment specifications & selection, new technology investigations & implementations.
Create line layout drawings using AutoCAD.