Mechanical Designer

Mechanical Designer

Septimatech Group Inc. is looking for a Mechanical Designer to join our Product Engineering Team. Our design team creates custom solutions for our Customers in the Packaging Industry. We offer a friendly, supportive, and inviting work environment with a true Team culture in a fast-paced Customer-driven setting.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Must be proficient in mechanical design in 2D, 3D, and solid modeling to generate mechanical layouts, sketches, models, and drawings with minimal direction.
• Meet with Customers, Sales, Project Managers, other designers, or engineers to understand the needs and requirements for a specific project.
• Research, design, evaluate, maintain mechanical products, equipment, systems, and processes to meet requirements, applying knowledge of engineering principles.
• Specify system components, prepare bills of material (BOM's) or direct modification of products to ensure conformance with engineering design and performance specifications.
• Apply design and fabrication knowledge to ensure project functionality, manufacturability; reliability and cost goals are achieved.
• Ability to check completed layouts, drawings, for proper fit and function, ECN's and BOM's for clarity, completeness, conformity to standards, procedures, specifications and accuracy of calculations, dimension, and tolerances.
• Investigate equipment failures and difficulties to diagnose faulty operation, and to make recommendations to installation/service technicians.
• Oversee installation, operation, maintenance, and repair to ensure that machines and equipment are installed and functioning according to specifications.
• Prepare requirements specifications, risk assessments, product operating instructions and manuals.
• Engage in meetings that focus on pre and post measure up and design.

Work Environment

· For the most part, must work in an office environment in front of a computer monitor. There is flexibility where working from home at times can be arranged.

· Will be required to work in either a manufacturing/machining facility and or consumer product processing facility.

· Individual must be willing and able to work in and around machines and equipment.

· Travel to customer sites to understand application and gather information needed for the design work as required. Must hold a Valid Canadian Passport and be willing and able to travel both nationally and internationally randomly throughout the year, hold a valid driver's license and be able to obtain and drive rental cars.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of engineering design experience in a manufacturing environment
• The individual will have working knowledge of mechanical parts, strength of materials and their mechanical properties.
• The candidate must possess either a certificate or degree from a technical college or university in mechanical design, mechatronics or mechanical engineering or related field.
• Must be proficient in SolidWorks or comparable 3D design platform(s)
• Experience and understanding of ePDM is preferred.
• Must possess solid written and verbal communication skills.
• Must be able and willing to work in a team environment.
• Must be willing and able to learn our products and processes.
• Must be a self-starter and work with minimal direction.
• Preference given to candidates with Faro-Arm experience.
• Requires travel (domestic / international) up to 25% of work time. Must be able to travel on short notice.

COMPANY:

Septimatech Group Inc. was founded 32 years ago in Waterloo, Ontario. Septima is derived from the Latin word for seven, representing our seven founding employees. Septimatech, pronounced Sep-TEAM-a-tek, places the emphasis on team, which is the heart of our company. Our people champion continuous improvements for our Customers because we are passionate about innovation and delivering outstanding customer service.

Our seven guiding principles, values and beliefs are the foundation of our company (Be Committed to the Customer, Deliver Superior Quality, Act with Trust and Honesty, Do Business with Class and Dignity, Cooperate and Share Responsibility, Communicate Openly with Others, Take Leadership and Share the Excitement of Being Part of Septimatech).

Septimatech delivers productivity improvements for packaging lines and machines worldwide. We manufacture innovative, precision engineered solutions that provide repeatable, accurate adjustment for intuitive setup, operations, and maintenance.

Septimatech has had experiences of working with more than 300 types of packaging machines in personal care, home and fabric care, beverage, pharmaceutical and chemical industries. We are experts in overcoming challenges that threaten up-time, throughput, product handling and overall line performance.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Company events
• Dental care
• Disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Extended health care
• Flexible schedule
• Life insurance
• On-site parking
• Profit sharing
• RRSP match
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision care
• Wellness program

Application question(s):

• Do you have design experience using SolidWorks?
• Do you have design experience using Inventor?
• Traveling is Mandatory - Do you have a Canadian Passport?
• Traveling is Mandatory - Are you able to freely travel to the USA? Internationally?
• Do you have excellent communication skills (English - written and verbal)?
• Do you have at least 5 years in a Design Engineering Position?
• Do you have a Mechanical/Mechatronics Engineering Degree or Technology Diploma?

Work Location: In person