Mechanical Engineer, Material Handling — Own Your Design Path

Energy Jobline ZR; Nevada; On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% company-paid health plan

5% 401(k) match

Annual profit sharing

Annual boot and eyeglass allowance

2 weeks PTO in your first year

8 paid holidays

2 floating days

Recognition for military and first-res

Job summary

Mid-States is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to provide the core engineering behind our material handling equipment: drag conveyors, belt conveyors, bucket elevators, and gates. You will own the engineering for assigned product lines and turn field, shop, and customer experience into a design basis the rest of the team builds from.

Reporting to the Material Handling Engineering Lead, you will work with designers who turn your intent into shop-ready models, with calculations behind equipment that

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Agricultural, or related engineering.
• 3+ years of mechanical design experience on material handling equipment.
• Strong grounding in machine design, statics, strength of materials, weldment design, and material selection.
• Experience with finite element analysis.
• Proficiency in CAD (Autodesk Inventor) or another 3D CAD platform.
• Track record of taking designs from calculations through to released drawings.
• Bonus: experience with grain or bulk material handling equipment.
• Bonus: an EIT or PE.
• Bonus: Autodesk Vault, Inventor Nastran, or iLogic experience.

Responsibilities

• Perform engineering calculations: capacity, horsepower and drive selection, belt and chain tension, shaft and bearing sizing.
• Use finite element analysis to validate weldments, casings, and supports.
• Own the engineering for assigned product families and standardize components across sizes.
• Help expand portfolio into new product lines such as screw conveyors, valves, and distributors.
• Select and specify purchased components: reducers, motors, bearings, belting, chain, buckets, flights, liners, and sensors.
• Design to NFPA and OSHA standards and CEMA practice.
• Support Sales on non-standard configurations and investigate field issues to root cause.
• Mentor designers on machine design fundamentals.
• Grow toward Material Handling Engineering Lead or a senior engineering seat.

Skills

Engineering calculations

Finite element analysis

3D CAD (Inventor)

Design for fabrication

Product line ownership

Mentoring

Root cause investigation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Agricultural, or related engineering

Tools

Autodesk Inventor

Autodesk Vault

Inventor Nastran

iLogic

Job description

Mid-States is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to provide the core engineering behind our material handling equipment: drag conveyors, belt conveyors, bucket elevators, and gates. You will own the engineering for assigned product lines and turn field, shop, and customer experience into a design basis the rest of the team builds from.

Reporting to the Material Handling Engineering Lead, you will work with designers who turn your intent into shop-ready models, with calculations behind equipment that