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Senior Design Mechanical Engineer
Job Description
They offer a collaborative environment where engineering works closely with manufacturing and technical teams.
The Senior Mechanical Design Engineer will take a hands-on role in product design and improvement, directly influencing safety, quality, performance and manufacturability.
Senior Mechanical Design Engineer responsibilities:
- Provide senior technical leadership on product design, engineering decisions, technical risk and regulatory compliance.
- Design and improve pressure-containing equipment and hazardous-location heating products.
- Lead engineering projects from planning and design through execution, completion and manufacturing support.
- Complete engineering calculations and design reviews and maintain drawings, BOMs, ECOs and controlled design documentation.
- Apply relevant codes and standards, including ASME Section VIII Division 1, CSA B51, ABSA requirements and CRN registration requirements.
- Support ABSA and CRN submissions, revisions and responses to regulatory review comments.
- Lead engineering activities throughout the product lifecycle, including new product development, sustaining engineering and product improvement.
- Review and resolve engineering deviations, non-conformances and design changes.
- Participate in product and pressure testing, validation, root-cause analysis and corrective actions.
- Improve engineering standards, tools and processes to reduce rework, production delays and late design changes.
- Provide technical support to Manufacturing, Quality, Purchasing, Service, Sales, suppliers and customers.
- Mentor designers and technical team members while promoting engineering and design-for-manufacturing best practices.
- Professional Engineer designation with APEGA
- 6+ of mechanical design experience involving pressure vessels, pressure equipment or pressure-containing products.
- Strong working knowledge of pressure-equipment codes and Canadian registration requirements, including ASME Section VIII Division 1, CSA B51 and CRN processes.
- Experience completing engineering calculations and preparing technical documentation, design submissions and drawing packages.
- Strong knowledge of mechanical design, fabrication, welding, manufacturing processes, tolerancing and assembly.
- Proficiency with SolidWorks or comparable 3D CAD software.
- Experience supporting manufacturing, fabrication, quality or production operations.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Experience with hazardous-location products and CSA, UL, IECEx or ATEX certifications is an asset.
- Experience with ISO 9001, ECOs, audits, corrective actions, FEA, thermodynamics, heat transfer or fluid mechanics is an asset.
- The discussed salary is approximately $135,000 to $145 000pa depending on experience.
- EBITDA-based profit-sharing bonus
- Comprehensive benefits package.
- RRSPs
- A 37.5-hour work week
Meet Your Recruiter
Danielle Bragge
Managing Director & Co-Founder
Recruiting Specialty: Operations & Engineering
Danielle has had a rewarding career of over 30 years of recruiting in Canada and South Africa, including co-founding The Headhunters in 2009. Drawing on this extensive recruitment experience and managing the operations of her own businesses, she specializes in the placement of operations and engineering professionals. Focusing on senior-level searches, she has recruited coast-to-coast across a variety of industries, including manufacturing, energy, technology and construction.
Danielle’s business achievements are predicated on people, since she understands profoundly that companies are successful because of the individuals they hire and the leadership they cultivate. She partners with her clients to resolve critical vacancies, and with her highly consultative approach, helps them develop long-term human capital strategies to drive growth and sustainability.
Rising quickly during her early career through the ranks of Fortune 500 and Deloitte Best Managed companies in various management roles, Danielle was previously named one of the Top 100 Women in Business in Alberta. A mother of five, she strongly believes in balancing family, work and service to the community. In keeping with that spirit, she and her family run a not-for-profit organization called Saving the Hungry, leading teams to support community projects in developing countries.