Lead Mechanical Engineer

Insight Global; South Carolina; On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global is seeking a DLE Lead Mechanical Engineer to join their client’s Gas Turbine Engineering organization. This role supports qualification of complex gas turbine components, partnering with manufacturing, quality, sourcing, materials, and engineering teams to ensure conforming hardware with a zero-defect mindset.

The position emphasizes manufacturing qualification, producibility, lean manufacturing, and supplier capability, with documentation and cross-functional collaboration across

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related STEM field.
• 4+ years of relevant engineering experience.
• Strong mechanical/design engineering background.
• Experience supporting manufacturing, qualification, or product quality activities.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Strong organizational and project management skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across engineering, manufacturing, quality, and supply chain teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage changing priorities and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Own and execute engineering and manufacturing qualification activities for complex mechanical components.
• Define and execute qualification milestones while adhering to established design, quality, and engineering standards.
• Collaborate with supply chain, quality, design engineering, manufacturing, sourcing, and materials teams.
• Partner with internal manufacturing facilities and external suppliers to improve product quality and fulfillment.
• Review and disposition nonconforming or unqualified hardware.
• Apply design-for-manufacturability and lean-flow principles to optimize manufacturing processes.
• Ensure clear and accurate documentation throughout each stage of the qualification process.
• Troubleshoot engineering and manufacturing issues and develop solutions for recurring problems.
• Identify opportunities to improve design methods, manufacturing processes, quality, cost, and productivity.

Skills

4+ years experience

Strong problem-solving

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Written and verbal communication

Ability to manage changing priorities

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering

Job description

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related STEM field.
• 4+ years of relevant engineering experience.
• Strong mechanical/design engineering background.
• Experience supporting manufacturing, qualification, or product quality activities.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Strong organizational and project management skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across engineering, manufacturing, quality, and supply chain teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage changing priorities and meet deadlines.

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

• Experience designing gas turbine hardware or similar rotating machinery.
• Experience working directly with manufacturing shops, factories, or suppliers.
• Lean manufacturing experience.
• Experience with design for manufacturability/producibility.
• Knowledge of GD&T and ability to interpret engineering drawings and Bills of Materials (BoMs).
• Experience with Ansys, NX, or comparable engineering analysis/design software.
• Experience investigating and dispositioning nonconforming hardware.
• Experience supporting cost-reduction and continuous-improvement initiatives.

Job Description

Insight Global is seeking a DLE Lead Mechanical Engineer to join their client’s Gas Turbine Engineering organization. This engineer will support the qualification of complex gas turbine components and assemblies, partnering closely with manufacturing, quality, sourcing, materials, engineering teams, internal factories, and external suppliers. The role is heavily focused on manufacturing qualification, product quality, producibility, lean manufacturing, and ensuring suppliers can consistently produce conforming hardware while maintaining a zero-defect mindset.

Job Responsibilities

• Own and execute engineering and manufacturing qualification activities for complex mechanical components.
• Define and execute qualification milestones while adhering to established design, quality, and engineering standards.
• Collaborate with supply chain, quality, design engineering, manufacturing, sourcing, and materials teams.
• Partner with internal manufacturing facilities and external suppliers to improve product quality and fulfillment.
• Review and disposition nonconforming or unqualified hardware.
• Apply design-for-manufacturability and lean-flow principles to optimize manufacturing processes.
• Ensure clear and accurate documentation throughout each stage of the qualification process.
• Troubleshoot engineering and manufacturing issues and develop solutions for recurring problems.
• Identify opportunities to improve design methods, manufacturing processes, quality, cost, and productivity.