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Mechanical design engineer

  • Durée de l'emploi: Permanent
  • Langue de travail: Anglais
  • Heures de travail: 40 hours per week
  • Education:
  • Expérience:

Education

  • Bachelor's degree

Work setting

  • Urban area
  • Manufacturing or processing industry
  • Repair and overhaul organization
  • Engineering firm

Tasks

  • Conduct research into the feasibility, design, operation and performance of mechanisms, components and systems
  • Design power plants, machines and equipment
  • Analyze dynamics and vibrations of mechanical systems and structures
  • Supervise and inspect the installation of mechanical systems
  • Develop maintenance standards, schedules and programs
  • Investigate mechanical failures or unexpected maintenance problems
  • Plan and manage projects, and prepare material, cost and timing estimates, reports and design specifications for machinery and systems
  • Supervise technicians, technologists and other engineers and review and approve designs, calculations and cost estimates
  • Develop risk management plans
  • Leading/instructing groups

Supervision

  • 5-10 people

Computer and technology knowledge

  • Cloud
  • SolidWorks software
  • AutoCAD
  • MS Windows
  • Project management software
  • Business diagram software
  • Mapping and data visualization software
  • Data analysis software
  • Database software
  • Image editing software
  • Computer-aided design (CAD)
  • Realize modelling and simulation exercises on computerized units
  • MS Office
  • MS Excel

Area of work experience

  • Finite element analysis (FEA)
  • Installation, maintenance and inspection of equipment or facilities
  • Operations or production
  • Purchasing, procurement and contracts
  • Quality assurance or control
  • Research and development
  • Evaluate work environments, programs and procedures to control, eliminate, and prevent disease or injury
  • Project management
  • Fabrication
  • Project coordination
  • Reliability engineering
  • Design
  • Project planning

Type of industry experience

  • Automobile and Trucking industry
  • Energy

Area of specialization

  • Hydraulics and fluids
  • System integration
  • Transportation equipment
  • Mining and mining engineering
  • Heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system
  • Sustainability
  • Industrial design

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Fast-paced environment
  • Work under pressure
  • Tight deadlines
  • Attention to detail
  • Ability to distinguish between colours
  • Sound discrimination
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Large workload

Personal suitability

  • Accurate
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Excellent written communication
  • Organized
  • Reliability
  • Team player
  • Punctuality
  • Hardworking
  • Honesty
  • Ability to multitask

Experience

  • 2 years to less than 3 years

Employment terms options

  • Morning
  • Day

Green job

  • Involves duties and responsibilities that lead to positive environmental outcomes

Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Health care plan

Financial benefits

  • Pension plan

Support for persons with disabilities

  • Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for persons with disabilities
  • Applies accessible and inclusive recruitment policies that accommodate persons with disabilities

Support for newcomers and refugees

  • Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and/or refugees
  • Does not require Canadian work experience

Support for youths

  • Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for youth

Support for Veterans

  • Supports Veterans in translating their military skills and experience into the language of the civilian job market

Support for Indigenous people

  • Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers

Support for mature workers

  • Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination

Supports for visible minorities

  • Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)