Mechanical Engineer

Vaco is hiring for a Mechanical Engineer opportunity in Delphos OH

Direct Hire, Onsite

Salary: 90-110,000/yr

SUMMARY

The Mechanical Engineer designs, specifies, and validates mechanical equipment, custom fabrication, conveyance, machine guarding, drive systems, and production utilities. Ensures designs are safe, sanitary, maintainable, reliable, and fully documented for fabrication and future reproduction.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Create 3D models and fabrication drawings for tooling, change parts, guards, chutes, hoppers, frames, and platforms, specifying tolerances and finishes.
• Perform engineering calculations for loads, stress, deflection, fatigue, torque, drive sizing, and power transmission.
• Select food-environment materials and finishes; apply sanitary design principles for cleanability, drainage, corrosion resistance, and product-contact safety.
• Manage fabrication vendors and shop resources, including quoting, drawing release, inspection, and acceptance. Maintain controlled drawings, revisions, and bills of material.
• Design equipment modifications, conveyance systems, guarding, pneumatic/hydraulic circuits, and maintainable mechanical systems; assess safety, sanitation, warranty, and OEM impacts.
• Support mechanical utilities, including refrigeration, steam, compressed air, process water, wastewater, and HVAC. Perform capacity calculations and specify piping, pumps, valves, and heat-transfer equipment.
• Support ammonia refrigeration Process Safety Management, including hazard analysis, mechanical integrity, and management of change.
• Investigate equipment failures, develop predictive maintenance strategies, standardize critical spares, and recommend equipment rebuilds or replacement.
• Maintain engineering standards and documentation; support Maintenance, Manufacturing Engineering, audits, installations, trials, and startups. Provide technical direction to designers, fabricators, and vendors.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required: BS in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent demonstrated capability; 3 years of manufacturing mechanical design; proficiency in 3D CAD and fabrication drawings; knowledge of GD&T, fits, finishes, materials, drive systems, machine safety, and engineering calculations. Experience working with fabrication shops and willingness to support floor operations and off-shift startups.

Preferred: SolidWorks; 3-A Sanitary Standards or ASME BPE; ammonia refrigeration and PSM; predictive maintenance training; welding/fabrication knowledge; pressure piping/vessel codes; PE license or progress toward licensure; bilingual English/Spanish.

By submitting to this position, you are agreeing to be included in our talent pool for future hiring for similarly qualified positions.

EEO Notice


Vaco by Highspring is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race (including but not limited to traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and hair style), color, sex (includes pregnancy or related conditions), religion or creed, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, status as a veteran, union membership, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristics as required by federal, state or local law.


Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact View email address on click.appcast.io .


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Representation Notice


By submitting to this position, you agree that you will be giving Vaco by Highspring the exclusive right to present your as a candidate for the foregoing employment opportunity. You further agree that you have represented information about yourself accurately and have not affirmatively misrepresented your qualifications. You also agree to maintain as confidential, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any information you learn from Vaco by Highspring about the position and you will limit disclosure of information about the position only to the extent necessary to perform any obligations in furtherance of your application. In exchange, Vaco by Highspring agrees to exercise reasonable efforts to represent you through all solicitation, job screening and resume dispersal.

For residents of Ontario, Canada: Based on Highspring's discussions with its Client, Highspring's understanding is that this position for employment is a current vacancy (either through Highspring as a contractor or with the client directly).

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Pay Transparency Notice


Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:

• the individual's skill sets, experience and training;
• licensure and certification requirements;
• office location and other geographic considerations;
• other business and organizational needs.

With that said, as required by local law, Vaco by Highspring believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.