Mechanical Designer

TekWissen LLC; Southfield (MI); On-site; USD 34,000 - 55,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Equipment allowance

Job summary

TekWissen Group seeks a Mechanical Designer for a 4-month onsite assignment in Southfield, MI. The role oversees engineering design from proposal to customer buy-off, ensuring safety, budget, and schedule adherence.

Responsibilities include liaising with customers and subcontractors, reviewing specs, managing change and risks, and maintaining KPI-driven progress. A Master/BS in automation or engineering is preferred with 5+ years in automation or automotive environments.

Qualifications

• Master or bachelor's degree in automation, engineering or business is preferred.
• At least 5 years of experience in automation industry or automotive (Powetrain preferred).
• On-site in Southfield, MI.

Responsibilities

• Protect health, safety and welfare of personnel and follow company policies.
• Liaise with customer, internal functions and subcontractors for smooth project execution.
• Review requirements & specifications and communicate to all parties.
• Review Government and Industry Specifications.
• Review as sold PBS and original baseline planning.
• Lead handover meetings and document lessons learned.
• Coordinate system engineers to ensure homogeneous solutions.
• Maintain project schedule and budget.
• Monitor project progress and cost to complete.

Skills

Change Management

Clamping strategy

Controls understanding of industrial设备

Cost estimation

Design for Manufacturing

Design to Installation / Commissioning

Discrete Event Simulation

Ergonomics evaluations

Layout design

Logistics standards

Mechanical understanding

NC management

Open Issue Management

Process engineering and Cycle time

Production management

Safety and risk assessment

Safety standards

Scope control and budget

Supplier assessment

Technical Customer management

Transportation / Conveyor design

Value analysis

Workload Capacity Tools

Project Risk Management

Project Management fundamentals

Project planning and monitoring

Education

Master's degree in automation/engineering or business

Job description

Overview:

TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. The Client is an Italian multinational company based in Turin, Italy and is part of automaker Stellantis. The Client is an integrated company in the industrial automation field with an international network of 9 manufacturing plants, 6 facilities dedicated to the development of products and technologies, 5 establishments focused on digital skills and technologies, that span 13 countries and employ 4,000 people.

Job Title: Mechanical Designer

Work Location: Southfield,MI 48033

Duration: 4 Months

Job Type: Temporary Assignment

Work Type: Onsite

Job Summary:

• The Project Engineer is accountable for the design of Engineering projects with top-down oversight from inception (Proposal) to completion (Customer buy off).
• Must ensure that all projects are prepared and completed safely adhering to the required standards of budget, timeline and scope.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Work in a manner that protects the health, safety and welfare of yourself and others and adhere to all Company policies and procedures.
• Liaise with the customer, internal function and subcontractors to endure the smooth running if the project
• Evaluate and review customer Requirements & Specification and communicate them to all parties in the organization.
• Review Government and Industry Specifications
• Review as sold PBS
• Review original baseline planning
• Lead handover meetings with ESC
• Review Lesson Learned from previous projects
• Coordinate System Engineers involved in the project, ensuring homogeneous solutions among all commodities.
• Review the engineering make/buy strategy
• Maintain project schedule by monitoring project progress.
• Manage the project within budget
• Continuously monitor Project scope of work and budget for matching
• Scout supplier and to create RFQ contents
• Identify and document added/reduced scope of work with potential impact on resource workload, timing and costs.
• Be appointed as Customer Technical Interface
• Review and update Project Open Issues List
• Perform root cause analysis and resolve problems
• Define, review and update Project Risk and Opportunities
• Monitor Project cost to complete (CTC)
• Review and update project performance KPI reports - actual cost/costs to complete progress
• Attends to all Internal project reviews
• Attends to all Customer project reviews
• Attends to all Supplier project reviews
• Document Engineering management Lessons Learned
• Be appointed as Dispatcher and Gate keeper in the NC's management
• Provide feedback to Supplier
• React promptly and effectively to changing client and product needs
• Estimate budget for changes
• Review Engineering Change for timing evaluation
• Define the technical solution to meet the change requirements and consider the best strategy for implementing the change.
• Develop execution plan for the change activities and establish the timing (duration) to execute the change
• Monitor and update the status of the engineering change activities for each phase, e.g., progress, forecasted completion date, open issues (if required), etc.
• Compile risk assessments and method statements for site installations.

Knowledge & Skills:

• Change Management
• Clamping strategy
• Controls understanding of industrial equipment and machinery
• Cost estimation
• Design for Manufacturing
• Design to Installation / Commissioning
• Discrete Event Simulation and availability / efficiency calculation
• Ergonomics evaluations
• Health assessment for reuse / retooling lines
• Layout design
• Logistics standards / processes
• Mechanical understanding of industrial equipment and machinery
• NC management
• Open Issue Management
• Process engineering and Cycle time
• Production management (scheduling, data management, traceability concept)
• Safety and risk assessment analysis
• Safety standards and norms
• Scope control and budget matching
• Standard product and integrated machines specifications release
• Supplier assessment
• Technical Customer management
• Transportation / Conveyor systems design
• Value analysis, design to cost
• Workload Capacity Tools
• Project Risk Management
• Project Management fundamentals
• Project planning and monitoring

Education :

• Master or bachelor's degree in automation, engineering or business is preferred

Previous experiences:

• At least 5 years' experience in automation industry or automotive company, preferred if in the Powetrain area, Machining and or Assembly.

TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.