178816: Mechanical Engineer (New Product Development)

PTR Global; Glasgow (KY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

PTR Global in the United States, Kentucky, Glasgow is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to oversee new product development, engineering changes, and qualification processes for data center products. You will manage BOMs, labor routings, and prototyping milestones while developing quotations for non-standard pricing and maintaining engineering drawings and quality documentation.

You will collaborate with production, purchasing, quality, and operations to create manufacturing processes, anticipate

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or STEM field required.
• Up to five years of relevant experience in a manufacturing environment preferred.
• Proficiency in Onshape and 2D/3D CAD systems required.
• Strong proficiency with SolidWorks.
• Experience with AutoCAD and Revit is a plus, BIM knowledge helpful.
• Project management experience a plus.
• Familiarity with engineering drawing standards, new product development, and manufacturing processes and controls preferred.
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office 365 (Word, Excel, Teams).
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop manufacturing processes for new product families in collaboration with production, purchasing, quality, and operations teams.
• Proactively anticipate potential design changes and incorporate futureproofing where possible.
• Create quotes for new designs and maintain design history throughout the quoting process.
• Maintain and update engineering drawings and specifications.
• Administer processes for new part number creation, BOM updates, labor routing changes, and new product quote requests.
• Interpret project requirements from customers, project managers, or architectural drawings and communicate feasibility, lead times, and potential challenges.
• Create project submittal documentation for approval of project design and specifications.
• Support the manufacturing team with new process development and implementation.
• Maintain awareness of quality, safety, environmental, and product compliance policies; report issues to appropriate personnel.

Skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Time management

Organization

Attention to detail

MS Office 365

Adaptability

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Onshape

SolidWorks

AutoCAD

Revit

Job description

The Mechanical Engineer is responsible for managing new product development, engineering changes, and qualification processes for data center products. This role oversees bills of materials and labor routings for new products and product modifications through prototyping and manufacturing process performance analysis.

The Mechanical Engineer develops quotations for non-standard and new product pricing requests and maintains engineering drawings, specifications, and quality procedure documentation to support product development and manufacturing.

What You’ll Do

• Develop manufacturing processes for new product families in collaboration with production, purchasing, quality, and operations teams.
• Proactively anticipate potential design changes and incorporate futureproofing where possible.
• Create quotes for new designs and maintain design history throughout the quoting process.
• Maintain and update engineering drawings and specifications.
• Administer processes for new part number creation, bill of material (BOM) updates, labor routing changes, and new product quote requests (excluding MI% data).
• Interpret project requirements from customers, project managers, or architectural drawings, and communicate feasibility, lead times, and potential challenges.
• Create project submittal documentation for approval of project design and specifications.
• Support the manufacturing team with new process development and implementation.
• Maintain awareness of individual contributions to quality, safety, environmental, and product compliance policies; report all quality issues, unsafe acts, and unsafe conditions to the appropriate personnel.

Additional Expectations

• Comply with all company policies, including the Code of Conduct and Kingspan Group Compliance Policy.
• Ensure adherence to applicable laws, regulations, and internal product compliance requirements.
• Support all activities required to meet Compliance Management System goals.
• Raise any compliance-related concerns to a supervisor, manager, Leadership Team member, or through the confidential whistleblower service.

What You'll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or another STEM field required.
• Up to five years of relevant experience in a manufacturing environment preferred.
• Proficiency in on shape and 2D/3D CAD systems required.
• Strong proficiency with SolidWorks
• Experience with AutoCAD and Revit is a plus, particularly BIM (Building Information Modeling).
• Project management experience is a plus.
• Familiarity with engineering drawing standards, new product development, and manufacturing processes and controls preferred.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office 365 (Word, Excel, Teams, etc.).
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong organizational and time-management abilities.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment and adapt to changing project requirements.