Mechanical Engineer: Product Design, Manufacturing & Automation

THOMPSON FABRICATION LLC; Hermitage (Mercer County); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Health, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off and holidays

Opportunities for training and career 

A safe, inclusive, and team-oriented工作

Job summary

Thompson Fabrication is seeking a hands-on Mechanical Engineer to enhance our roll-off containers, front-load containers, compactors, and specialty waste equipment. You'll blend product design, CAD, and automation with shop-floor collaboration to boost productivity and reduce costs.

The role emphasizes developing CAD models, managing drawings and BOMs, and implementing manufacturing improvements on the shop floor, while ensuring safety and quality standards are met across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• At least three years of experience in mechanical design, manufacturing engineering, or industrial equipment production.
• Strong 3D CAD modeling and 2D engineering drawings; SolidWorks experience preferred.
• Experience designing fabricated steel products, weldments, industrial equipment, or heavy-duty structures.
• Practical knowledge of welding, forming, cutting, assembly, tolerances, material selection, and design for manufacturability.
• Experience managing drawings, bills of materials, revisions, and engineering changes.
• Demonstrated ability to improve manufacturing productivity, quality, or cost.
• Ability to manage multiple projects from concept through production implementation.

Responsibilities

• Improve existing designs for durability, performance, manufacturability, material utilization, and cost while maintaining Thompson’s quality standards.
• Develop new container, compactor, and specialty equipment designs based on customer requirements and market opportunities.
• Engineer structural components, weldments, hinges, doors, latches, lifting points, and other critical features.
• Standardize products and components to reduce unnecessary variation and support efficient, repeatable manufacturing.
• Develop prototypes, coordinate testing, and incorporate production feedback and field-performance findings into design improvements.
• Investigate product-quality issues, identify root causes, and implement corrective actions.
• Ensure designs meet applicable industry, customer, safety, and transportation requirements.

Skills

3D CAD modeling

2D engineering drawings

SolidWorks

welding

fabricated steel products

manufacturing engineering

project management

problem solving

communication

on-site production

design for manufacturability

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

ERP systems

PLM / engineering doc control

BOMs & revisions

Lean manufacturing

Six Sigma

Job description

Thompson Fabrication is seeking a hands-on Mechanical Engineer to enhance our roll-off containers, front-load containers, compactors, and specialty waste equipment. You'll blend product design, CAD, and automation with shop-floor collaboration to boost productivity and reduce costs.

The role emphasizes developing CAD models, managing drawings and BOMs, and implementing manufacturing improvements on the shop floor, while ensuring safety and quality standards are met across the organization.