About this role
At OTC, being a Mechanical Engineer means more than planning and designing tools and machines—it's about growing, earning, and building your future. If you enjoy solving complex problems and seeing your work put into action, we want to hear from you!
What You'll Do:
- Design special tooling including but not limited to single or special purpose machine tools, patterns, jigs, mechanisms and other mechanically functioning equipment.
- Design customer fixtures, parts, inventions and concepts as requested by customers, sales team representatives, managers and/or Mechanical Estimator.
- Lead or assist in the actual drafting of plans, prints, drawings and concept work necessary for selling, demonstrating or the actual fabrication/assembly of manufactured parts.
- Research, recommend and/or specify construction materials and special procedures required.
- Communicate the status/needs of the work to the customer, the Field Service Manager, Planner, Quality Control and Sales Team.
- This can include ‘as found' and ‘as left' reports for repairs
- Maintain and assist others with accessing the database
- Obtain OEM prints and compare to ‘as found' dimensions
- Research, define, evaluate the installation, operation and maintenance of mechanical products, equipment, systems and processes to meet requirements, apply knowledge of engineering principles.
- Specify system components or direct modification of products to ensure conformance with engineering design and performance specifications.
- Perform as a mechanical estimator or project manager when necessary.
- Investigate equipment failures and difficulties to diagnose faulty operation, and to make recommendations to appropriate staff.
- Recommend design modifications to eliminate machine or system malfunctions.
- Run design calculations on different designs and materials.
- Act as project manager on small projects as needed, primarily relating to technical data. Some electrical knowledge is preferred.
- Collaborate with rmechanic shop, machine shop, weld shop and field service staff on a regular basis.
- Other duties may be assigned.
- Maintain a safe and clean work environment, complying with company and industry safety regulations.
What You'll Need:
- Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university required; BS in Mechanical Engineering preferred.
- 2+ years of related experience or equivalent combination of experience and education.
- Knowledge of design techniques, tools and principles involved in the production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings and models.
- Proficient in producing drawings, models, FEAs and working with AutoCAD and SolidWorks software.
- Proficient in the preparation of DXF files.
- Experience with quality control practices preferred, such as ASME, NQA-1 or ISO.