Mechanical Engineer

Mechanical Engineer $90000 - $125000 per year | Delphos, OH | On-site | Permanent Equipment Design & Modernization | Food Manufacturing | 1st Shift A bit about us: Founded nearly four decades ago and based in Delphos, Ohio, we are a growing manufacturer of refrigerated dips, desserts, yoghurt, salsa, and specialty foods sold in grocery stores nationwide. Originally established in 1988, we have grown from a small local operation into a portfolio of nationally recognized refrigerated brands while maintaining our commitment to quality, consistency, and thoughtful innovation. Our products are made with simple ingredients and modern standards, with a focus on creating fresh foods built for real life-not extended shelf life. Why join us? Direct Engineering Impact: Improve and modernize production equipment that is critical to daily plant performance. Design Ownership: Take equipment projects from initial assessment and concept development through implementation. Visible Results: See your designs translated into safer, more reliable, and more efficient equipment. Stable 1st-Shift Schedule: Monday-Friday, 6:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Growing Food Manufacturer: Join an established company with nearly four decades of manufacturing experience and a growing portfolio of refrigerated brands. Cross-Functional Environment: Work directly with maintenance, production, operations, vendors, and equipment fabricators. Broad Project Exposure: Support equipment redesigns, mechanical upgrades, reliability improvements, and future capital projects. Job Details Position Overview We are seeking a hands-on Mechanical Engineer to evaluate, redesign, and improve manufacturing equipment within our food-production facility. Much of our existing equipment has been in service for an extended period, creating a need for an engineer who can identify mechanical limitations, develop practical design improvements, and help extend equipment life while improving reliability, safety, sanitation, and production performance. This individual will create and revise mechanical designs, drawings, assemblies, and equipment layouts while working closely with plant maintenance and operations to solve real-world production problems. The ideal candidate can move comfortably between CAD design work and the production floor, understanding how equipment is operated, maintained, fabricated, installed, and cleaned. Key Responsibilities and Duties Evaluate existing production and packaging equipment to identify mechanical weaknesses, recurring failures, capacity constraints, and improvement opportunities. Develop mechanical designs and redesigns for aging machinery, components, assemblies, guards, frames, conveyors, brackets, change parts, and related equipment. Create and revise detailed CAD drawings, models, assemblies, layouts, and fabrication documentation. Reverse-engineer obsolete, damaged, or difficult-to-source machine components when original drawings are unavailable. Measure existing equipment and translate field conditions into accurate drawings and mechanical specifications. Improve equipment reliability, maintainability, safety, sanitation, throughput, and overall performance. Work directly with maintenance technicians and production personnel to understand equipment problems and develop practical solutions. Support equipment modifications from concept and design through fabrication, installation, testing, and production startup. Coordinate with machine shops, fabricators, equipment manufacturers, contractors, and component suppliers. Assist with the selection and specification of mechanical components, materials, bearings, drives, motors, gearboxes, guarding, and other machine elements. Ensure equipment designs are appropriate for a food-manufacturing environment, including sanitary design, cleanability, material selection, and employee safety. Troubleshoot mechanical equipment failures and conduct root-cause analysis on recurring issues. Support continuous-improvement and capital-equipment projects involving production, packaging, material handling, and facility systems. Develop and maintain equipment drawings, bills of materials, technical specifications, and project documentation. Participate in equipment installation, commissioning, validation, and performance testing. Help establish stronger engineering and documentation standards for existing and future production equipment. Qualifications Needed: Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Technology, or a closely related engineering discipline. Minimum of 3–5 years of mechanical engineering experience within a manufacturing, industrial, machinery, or equipment environment. Demonstrated experience designing or redesigning production machinery, manufacturing equipment, or mechanical assemblies. Proficiency with a 2D or 3D CAD platform such as SolidWorks, Inventor, AutoCAD, Creo, or a comparable system. Ability to create accurate mechanical drawings, assemblies, layouts, and fabrication documentation. Experience evaluating existing equipment and developing practical modifications or replacement components. Working knowledge of machine design principles, material selection, tolerances, fits, fabrication methods, and mechanical power transmission. Proven ability to manage equipment-improvement projects from initial problem identification through implementation and testing. Willingness and ability to work hands-on in a manufacturing environment during equipment assessment, installation, and startup. Ability to work 1st shift from 6:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Strongly Preferred Experience supporting food, beverage, dairy, consumer packaged goods, or other regulated manufacturing operations. Experience designing equipment or components for sanitary and washdown environments. Familiarity with conveyors, pumps, fillers, mixers, depositors, packaging equipment, material-handling systems, or automated production machinery. Experience reverse-engineering equipment or components without complete original drawings. Knowledge of GMP, food safety, machine guarding, OSHA requirements, and hygienic equipment design. Experience working with outside machine shops, fabrication vendors, contractors, and OEMs. Jobot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide an inclusive work environment that celebrates diversity and all qualified candidates receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age (40 and over), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Jobot also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. It is Jobot's policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions. Sometimes Jobot is required to perform background checks with your authorization. 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