Valencia, CA · ASC Process Systems

Mechanical Engineer III

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What you will do

Summary of Position

  • Responsible for the project management design and manufacture of process equipment orders.
  • Operates at a high level for a minimum of 8 years as a Mechanical Engineer.
  • Demonstrates ability to work independently exhibits good ASC values as well as leadership skills.
  • Must be a subject-matter expert in specific areas of mechanical engineering and exhibit the aptitude for leading engineering teams and developing training for new mechanical engineers.
  • May be assigned to act as mechanical engineering mentor by manager.

Major Duties and Responsibilities

  • High level design and modeling of complex custom processing equipment including ovens autoclaves bridges transport equipment and automations.
  • Responsible for project management and engineering functions for assigned equipment orders.
  • Follows ASC’s M.E.P. (mechanical engineering process) including adhering to process steps and process-related policies.
  • Independently engineers and designs autoclaves and custom process systems assuring that equipment meets all customer and regulatory mandates.
  • Responsible for creating Bill of Materials utilizing OMS data base and overseeing timely procurement of materials for assigned projects.
  • Generates design approval and fabrication level drawings using 2-D and 3-D design software.
  • Releases drawings to fabrication team.
  • Works closely with and advises fabrication team as needed during construction of equipment.
  • Generates and regularly updates Project Schedules and Design Documents for assigned projects using various software packages including MS Project Word Excel and Access.
  • Communicates with customers regarding product design project schedule project progress equipment fabrication installation customer training equipment acceptance and addresses all customer questions and concerns.
  • Acts as project champion with various departments to facilitate timely cost-efficient and accurate purchasing fabrication testing installation start-up training and/or repair of products.
  • Evaluates existing designs/processes for possible improvements in design cost efficiency and reliability.
  • DUTIES SPECIFIC TO LEVEL III
  • Responsible for multi-million dollar projects and may supervise teams of engineers in the execution of project tasks.
  • Develop meeting presentations and lead multi-person meetings with ASC and customer personnel at customer’s site or at ASC via web meeting.
  • Travel to customer sites periodically to assess logistics utilities existing equipment for purposes of new designs or new business opportunities.
  • Evaluate performance and work product of subordinate engineers and provide feedback to management for reviews.

What helps you succeed

Requirements

  • EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS/SKILLS/WORK EXPERIENCE :
  • Requires Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering.
  • 8+ year’s work experience as a Mechanical Engineer required.
  • Must be able to independently perform and fully understand all engineering analysis required to design custom process control equipment.
  • Must be able to solve design problems using creativity and ingenuity.
  • Must be subject matter expert and demonstrate the aptitude and efficiency in design and modeling of complex equipment.
  • Areas of expertise: mechanical engineering design machine design statics dynamics strength of materials numeric analysis thermodynamics fluid mechanics heat transfer and 3-D design modeling.
  • Prefer someone who is an expert in use of FEA (Finite Element Analysis) and CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) as a tool in verifying their designs.
  • Must have at least 8 years of modeling experience and be considered an expert at Solidworks or Inventor.
  • Must have working knowledge of Autocad.
  • Must be competent performing a wide variety of analysis’ including mechanical and thermal induced deflection and deformation stress &
  • strain volume pressure temperature air flow horsepower storage capacity thermal capacities pump sizing fan and duct sizing heat transfer and more.
  • Must be able to independently organize work-load multi-task prioritize and use sound judgment.
  • Must have strong written and verbal communication skills as well as previous project management experience or formal project management training.
  • Additional desired area of expertise: ASME code VBA programming.

Physical Requirements

  • Must be able to spend extensive amounts of time sitting working on a computer or phone.
  • Must be able to spend limited amounts of time safely in a heavy manufacturing environment that is not air-conditioned and has exposure to noise and dust/particles caused by welding and other fabrication activities associated with the production of industrial process equipment.
  • PPE will be required including hard hats steel-toed shoes protective glasses and ear protection.
  • Additional protective devices are required when appropriate for a given task including protective gloves.
  • Must be able to climb stairs.
  • Position requires the ability to identify and distinguish colors on engineering drawings design documents and project schedules (i.e. redlines etc.)
  • Reasonable accommodation may be provided.