Senior Mechanical Engineer

Bridgestone•Wilson, NC

25d•Onsite

About The Position

Bridgestone Americas is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer for its Wilson, North Carolina plant, which produces passenger radial, light truck radial tread, and run-flat tires. The engineer researches, plans, designs, develops, and implements or installs mechanical products and systems for production and the measurement and use of energy. The role applies advanced knowledge to difficult and sometimes complex problems and leads mechanical projects from design through fabrication, implementation, testing, commissioning, and operation.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree.
Typically at least 5 years of related experience.
Experience with mechanical project work, including design, fabrication, implementation, testing, and commissioning.

Responsibilities

Lead safety design processes, including risk assessment, risk mitigation, dynamic safety testing, and validation of safety systems.
Oversee contractors and technical trades, ensuring workmanship quality and compliance with plant and industry safety rules.
Manage projects from scope development and justification through budgeting, procurement, installation, testing, production release, and closeout documentation.
Work with cross-functional teams to determine project scope, functional specifications, and design requirements.
Design mechanical safety systems and barriers, and provide 3D CAD drawings.
Help cross-functional teams understand designs and their safety, workflow, and productivity impacts.
Develop bills of materials and work with vendors to acquire required supplies.
Work with maintenance, production, and engineering to solve mechanical-system problems, reduce risk, and improve reliability.
Ensure quality-system compliance by checking others’ work, following procedures, and meeting applicable codes and standards.
Lead hardware assembly and fabrication.
Design, plan, fabricate, and install pneumatic, hydraulic, and conveying systems.
Direct cross-functional checkout, commissioning, and reliability activities.
Communicate project status to cross-functional teams and management, and coordinate with other engineering disciplines and departments.
Estimate project design, material, installation, checkout, commissioning, and activation requirements.
Plan labor resources and project milestones to meet technical scope, budget, and schedule.
Develop proposals for future work on existing lines.
Lead mechanical projects through design, fabrication, implementation, factory acceptance testing, commissioning, and daily operation.