Mechanical Engineer II — Reliability & Service Innovation

Hobart Food Equipment and Service; Troy (OH); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Hobart Food Equipment and Service seeks a Mechanical Engineer to sustain existing products and develop new service offerings. You will design features to improve equipment reliability and uptime, collaborating with Product Support, Project Leaders, and Product Managers to build tools, software, and processes enhancing customer experience and quality.

The role requires 3-5 years of equipment design experience, proficiency in Creo/SolidWorks, and strong mechanical/change management skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science Mechanical Engineering.
• 3-5 years of demonstrated experience with equipment design including sheet metal and castings, and the application of electro-mechanical components.
• Experience with 3D CAD design using Creo, SolidWorks, or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Provides engineering review and approval of sheet metal, castings, and electro-mechanical replacement parts and alternate vendors.
• Collaborates with product development teams to ready the service organization in support of product launches.
• Develops and implements engineering change management processes including drawings updates, approval routing, and release for production.
• Supports Product Lifecycle Management methodologies including product launch, technology maturity, supply chain abatements, and product end-of-life planning.
• Leads projects to ensure the Hobart Service organization is prepared to support new product launches through proprietary training programs, service manuals, parts catalogues, and critical parts supply.
• Coordinates quality activities to improve product performance and field technician efficiency by utilizing industry standard processes including Root Cause Analysis, 8D problem solving, and APQP.
• Leads the qualification of alternate vendors, material, and components to support the OEM parts strategy.
• Develops preventative maintenance programs including concept generation, validation, and field roll out by leveraging FMEA, MTBF, and design specifications.
• Analyzes information and executes projects to improve profitability and increase customer uptime.
• Develops technologies to improve the customer experience in the food equipment service industry.

Skills

3D CAD

Mechanical design

Sheet metal

Electro-mechanical

Education

Bachelor of Science Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Creo

SolidWorks

Job description

Hobart Food Equipment and Service seeks a Mechanical Engineer to sustain existing products and develop new service offerings. You will design features to improve equipment reliability and uptime, collaborating with Product Support, Project Leaders, and Product Managers to build tools, software, and processes enhancing customer experience and quality.

The role requires 3-5 years of equipment design experience, proficiency in Creo/SolidWorks, and strong mechanical/change management skills.