Are you a proactive Mechanical Engineer with previous experience designing fabricated components. Do you haveexceptional problem solving skills? Do you thrive in an adaptive and dynamic environment? This role allows you to work individually and as part of a team.
A global & leading manufacturer of Mining, Construction Equipment, Energy & Transportation has a Design Engineer opportunity available at it's facility in Burnie, Tasmania. This role supports our Hard Rock Vehicles (HRV) product line, which includes underground mining loaders and trucks. You'll engage in both new product design and improvements for existing products, focusing on major light fabrications subsystems such as access systems, hoods, fenders, platforms, fuel tanks, guards, and enclosures. The position involves designing complex fabricated steel structures, weldments, bolted assemblies, and non-metallic components. You'll apply engineering disciplines including machine design, strength of materials, structural fatigue, advanced bolted joint design, and noise/vibration/harshness (NVH). The ideal candidate will have a strong background in mechanical engineering, experience in heavy equipment design, excellent communication skills, and the ability to coordinate between WPE teams, factory, and suppliers.
Job Duties:
- APQP quality management – Co-ordinate between engineering, manufacturing teams and suppliers to support gathering requirements, facilitate TFC discussions and PPAP development.
- Cost-Value Management - Apply business fundamentals in making engineering decisions to drive value for the customer and Caterpillar.
- Data Analysis & Extraction - Analyse data to provide recommendations, and when necessary, extract data required to confirm conclusions or results.
- Conceptual Design - Think, manipulate, and communicate in virtual or theoretical terms, which results in optimized designs.
- Product Development - Use the standard product development engineering processes to consistently deliver a product that meets time, cost, and quality commitments and enables upstream and downstream users to meet their program commitments efficiently and effectively.
- Failure Prevention & Resolution – Place priority on preventing failures using available processes and tools, and when necessary, quickly identify root cause of failures and suggest robust solutions.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree (or international equivalent) in an accredited Engineering, or Materials Science curriculum and 3+ years of progressive engineering experience, or 7+ years of progressive engineering experience.
The Top Candidates will also have:
- Mechanical or Industrial Engineering degree.
- Previous experience designing fabricated components.
- Demonstrated ability to work well in collaborative environment and to communicate effectively in cross functional teams.
- Experience collaborating with suppliers to optimize designs for manufacturability.
- Experience directing the work of other design and detailing resources to achieve design goals.
- Proficiency with solid modelling software (Creo must have).
- Experience performing component level FEA (Creo Simulate preferred).
- Experience working on APQP.
- Hands-on experience (e.g. machinery, heavy equipment, manufacturing processes, welding, etc.)
This is a casual role and you are guaranteed to work 38 hours per week apart from public holidays. The work is engaging and the team is diverse and inclusive. This is hybrid role requiring you to work 3 days per week at the facility in Burnie. There is no travel required for the role.
The role requires that candidates have the right to work in Australia with no restrictions and that you reside near Burnie/relocate near to Burnie.
The selected candidate must agree to do a drug & alcohol test as well as a fitness test.
The role will run for an initial duration of 12 months with a strong possibility of extensions for high performers.
Experience with Creo is a must have skill.
For further details call Ryan Galluzzo on 042 995 9462 or through [email protected].