Design Engineer

Title: Design Engineer

Reports to: Design Management Department Supervisor

Status: Full-time

Working Hours: 8am – 5pm

Working Location: Rockmart, Georgia / Remote / Hybrid

Purpose of position:

Work alongside a team of designers, drafters, and engineers to create and control mechanical designs for boilers and similar industrial steam equipment. Utilize 2D and 3D CAD software plus advanced tools and features such as PDM, configurations, and rendering tools. Apply knowledge of machine design and manufacturing processes to ensure products are properly designed and suitable for manufacturing. Manage documentation on drawings and within the ERP system. Participate in the formal engineering change order process to evaluate and implement design changes. Act as a representative of product designs providing support to other departments by interpreting designs, creating customer-specific drawings, resolving BOM issues, and similar.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Create 3D models in Solidworks PDM from 2D drawings, ensuring accuracy and alignment with original designs.
• Maintain and update product documentation, including Bills of Materials (BOMs), manuals, and installation instructions, ensuring they are accurate and up-to-date.
• Communicate clearly and collaborate with other team members and departments to ensure designs meet all applicable requirements.
• Review, evaluate, and execute Engineering Change Requests (ECRs) in a timely and efficient manner.
• Support the creation of drawings and models for custom product designs, as requested by customers, sales team members, and other engineers.
• Apply your knowledge and experience to ensure that products are designed correctly and are suitable for manufacturing.
• Create and maintain engineering design standards and best practices.

Position Requirements (knowledge, skills and abilities required to perform satisfactorily in the position):

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering

• 3+ years of experience designing and drafting industrial products with exposure to steel construction, piping and ducting, combustion systems, fans and pumps, and electrical components
• 2+ years of experience with product lifecycle management of industrial products including BOM management and ECO functions within PDM and ERP systems

• Expert working knowledge of CAD design and drafting standards and software such as SolidWorks and AutoCAD

Physical Demands:

• Position requires sitting working at a keyboard over 2/3 of time.
• Position requires standing under 1/3 of time.
• Position requires walking under 1/3 of time.
• Position requires reaching, stooping, kneeling, crouching, and/or crawling under 1/3 of time.
• Position requires climbing and balancing under 1/3 of time.
• Position requires talking 1/3 to 2/3 of time.
• Position requires climbing stairs under 1/3 of time.
• Position requires hearing over 2/3 of time.
• Position requires using close, distance, and color vision over 2/3 of time.
• Position requires reading and interpreting instructions over 2/3 of time.
• Position requires regular and reliable attendance.