Mechanical Engineer

Overall Purpose: The Mechanical Engineer provides technical expertise and support to ensure that the manufacturing and quality processes and procedures meet both internal and external requirements.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Assist in developing manufacturing processes and quality plans.
• Refine and enhance products and processes by applying continuous improvement and key lean manufacturing/production principles and techniques to areas of production
• Interpret engineering drawings and confer with management or engineering staff to determine quality and reliability standards and associated documentation to meet drawing requirements
• Participate in DCN and MRB Review
• Monitor and recommend modifications to existing quality or production work instructions, procedures, processes or documentation to achieve optimum quality
• Work with representatives from all departments to address nonconformances
• Develops proactive quality initiative strategies and drives their implementation
• Assist in reviewing customer engineering and quality requirements
• Assist in creation of PFMEA and DFMEA
• Work assignments may include cross-functional or project team responsibilities
• Adhere to 5S Standards
• Adhere to all company policies and procedures, including, but not limited to, policies for attendance and punctuality and standards for safety

Other Duties:

• Other duties based on the needs of the Engineering Department

The preceding functions have been provided as examples of the type of work performed by employees assigned to this job classification. Management reserves the right to add, modify, change or rescind work assignments and to make reasonable accommodations as needed.

Qualification Requirements:

• Bachelor s Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related engineering field
• 3-7 years of applicable experience
• Knowledge in Lean Manufacturing concepts and tools
• Experience with machining and inspection equipment
• Ability to read/interpret blueprints
• Ability to interact with all levels of the organization
• Excellent organizational and computer skills
• CAD experience, Solidworks preferred.
• Knowledge of Aerospace Quality Standards (AS9100D, AS9102, AS9103/AS9145, AS9138, ISO9001, ANSI/ASQC Z1.4, ANSI/NCSL Z540-1)
• Experience and strong knowledge of manufacturing practices with emphasis on machining, and assembly, and understanding of material and processes specifications and industry standards.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and able to communicate with all levels of employees
• Uses logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems
• Able to use quality tools such as benchmarking, gap analysis, Pareto Analysis, fish-bone diagrams, risk analysis techniques, and process mapping for fact-based decision making
• Customer oriented and service minded
• Ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment
• Fluent in English (able to read, speak, write and understand)
• Must be a U.S. Person (U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident)

Physical Demands:

• While performing duties of the job, the employee is regularly required to:
  • Sit
  • Use hands and fingers to handle, type or feel
  • Reach with hands and arms
  • Speak or hear
• While performing duties of the job, the employee is occasionally required to:
  • Stand
  • Walk

Work Environment: Warehouse and office setting

Must be a U.S. Person based on ITAR definition (U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident). This position is expected to be exposed to information which is subject to U.S. export control regulations, i.e. the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) or the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). All Applicants must be U.S. persons within the meaning of U.S. regulations.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Hydraflow provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.