Mechanical Engineer I

Domino Printing Sciences PLC; Gurnee (IL); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) Retirement Plan with generous employer match

PPO and High-Deductible Health Plans

Paid Parental Leave

Flexible Spending Accounts

Job summary

A leading printing technology firm is looking for a Mechanical Engineer I to provide application and engineering support. This role involves creating CAD drawings, traveling to client sites, and ensuring the integration of printing solutions. The ideal candidate possesses a Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering and at least 5 years of relevant experience. Excellent communication skills and proficiency in Microsoft Office are essential. This position offers a hybrid working model and includes various company benefits.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in mechanical engineering or 10 years in mechanical application support.
• Familiarity with Coding and Marking equipment is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide application and mechanical engineering support.
• Travel to various locations to assist customers and vendors.
• Create manufacturing CAD drawings and maintain technical documentation.
• Support first installations and project managers as necessary.

Skills

Excellent Communication Skills

Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office - Excel

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Excellent time management skills

Ability to prioritize tasks

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Location Gurnee - Head Office, United States

Job Title Mechanical Engineer I

Compensation $95,000-$105,000 (based on qualifications)

Position Summary

This position is responsible for providing application and mechanical engineering support to the sales, project management, and the Domino business.

Location

Remote

Main Responsibilities/Essential Functions

• Travel to locations including customers, vendors, and Domino offices (25%-50%)
• Provide technical expertise to integrate Domino Printers into client packaging machines.
• Performs site audits of client packaging machinery to determine the feasibility of integrating Domino Printers.
• Creates concise trip reports to clearly outline client requirements, scope of supply responsibility, and the physical application requirements.
• Creates manufacturing CAD drawings for design concepts following generally accepted drawing standards with respect to dimensioning and tolerance.
• Create and maintains technical documentation, including CAD drawings, to ensure systems can be correctly installed, and maintained in the field.
• Diligently archives completed drawings in the AE database ensuring revision control is maintained.
• Provides design and manufacturing lead time estimates for design content and works to meet estimated time frames.
• Works with purchasing and manufacturing vendors to address questions or issues that might arise during the hardware manufacturing process.
• Supports first installations of complex hardware designs, sales calls, site visits, and project managers as necessary.
• Use standard Project Management & Engineering Group templates for trip reports, drawing transmittals and any other type of communication in which a template is defined.
• Update active project data in Salesforce.com.
• Provide weekly workload updates to manager.

Supervisory Responsibilities

None

What You Need

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and at least 5 years of relevant experience; or, 10 years of mechanical application support and design experience
• Familiarity with Coding and Marking equipment, and or food, beverage, or pharmaceutical packaging equipment is a plus

Skills & Knowledge

• Excellent Communication Skills
• Able to work with different levels of employees/customers
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office – Excel; PowerPoint and Word
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to prioritize tasks and ask for help when necessary

Physical Demands

• Sedentary work. Sedentary work involves exserting no more than 10 pounds of force at a time and occasionally lifting or carrying articles like docket files, ledgers, and small tools. A certain amount of walking and standing may be necessary in carrying out job duties.

Health & Safety Concerns

• General Office Environment

About Domino

Also known as Domino Amjet, Domino North America is the US and Canadian division of Domino Printing Sciences - a global expert in industrial printers. Specializing in digital printing presses as well as traceability solutions for sectors as diverse as food, beverage, life sciences, packaging, cleaning, personal care, building and construction. Our technology prints onto products you encounter every single day from beverage cans to household goods, to industrial glass to the cardboard boxes they were shipped in - and everything in between.

Domino Amjet is the leader in Digital Printing with our innovative state of the art Inkjet Digital Printing technology and customer focused mission. The Domino Difference is how we set ourselves apart from the competition. Founded in 1978, the Domino Group operates through a global network of 25 subsidiary offices and more than 200 distributors, in over 120 countries employing over 2,600 people worldwide with manufacturing facilities situated in UK, China, Germany, India, Sweden and USA. Domino North America is proud to be part of the Top 15 best Places to Work in Illinois in 2023 and our eNPS (Employee Net Promoter Score) is consistently above 50. We invite you to visit https://www.domino-printing.com/en-us/home to learn more about 'The Domino Difference'!

Company Benefits

• PPO and High-Deductible Health Plans
• Health Savings Account with Employer Contributions
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Dental and Vision Plans
• Company paid Life and AD&D Insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Voluntary life and AD&D insurance for employees and eligible dependents
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with generous employer match
• Voluntary benefits such as pet insurance and legal assistance
• Paid Parental Leave and Paid Volunteer Day
• Vacation, Sick Days, Floating Holidays and Company Holidays
• Annual Bonus
• Summer Friday Program that runs from May to October*
• Company closure between Christmas and New Years*
• Hybrid or fully remote work schedules*

*Please note, due to business needs these programs may not be available for all positions

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity

Domino Amjet provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. This applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.