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Mechanical Designer & Drafter

$65k - $85k

Sterling Engineering

Job Description

Title: Mechanical Designer & Drafter
Location: Elk Grove Village
Shift: 1st Shift
Pay Rate: $65,000-$85,000 per year

Full Benefits

Sterling Engineering is hiring a Mechanical Designer & Drafter for a growing, internationally recognized manufacturer of specialized industrial machinery. This is an exciting opportunity to work on custom machine designs from concept through production. You'll join a collaborative team in a clean, modern facility where your ideas for design improvements, cost savings, and technology upgrades will be encouraged and valued. If you're looking for a position that offers hands-on engineering involvement, technical variety, and long-term career growth with a stable global organization, this is a great opportunity.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Create sets of drawings of mechanical components using 3-D modeling per machine order
  • Create mechanical bills of materials per machine order.
  • Implement cost-saving initiatives and technology advancements to machine designs.
  • Create technical documentation and user manuals.
  • Assist sales department and production team with technical information and troubleshooting.
Qualifications:
  • 3-5+ years of experience in mechanical drafting, design, or engineering-related roles
  • Strong proficiency with 3D CAD design software (Inventor would be ideal)
  • Experience creating manufacturing drawings, BOMs, and engineering documentation
  • Excellent analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Meet Your Recruiter

Galen Schloming

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.

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