Mechanical Engineer

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Who You Are

Are you ready to expand your expertise in mechanical engineering? Are you creative, innovative, and enjoy working with different departments? We are looking for someone like you!

Who We Are

• The Leader in food-industry-related contract sanitation and food safety
• Over $1 Billion in sales with an excellent history of organic and acquisition growth
• Over 16,500 team members throughout North America
• Corporate headquarters in Kieler, Wisconsin with team members working in over 400 customer plants throughout North America
  
  

Our Vision

To be the leading food safety solutions company that owns the standard of health and safety for our PSSI family and brand protection for our partners

• Safety: We are committed to the health and safety of our team members and set the standard of food safety for the protection of our customers’ products and brands.
• Integrity: We speak with candor, act with transparency, follow through on our commitments and abide by our principles and values.
• Team: We respect and value our team members, embrace diversity, and invest in their development through coaching and training.
• Customer Focus: We strive to exceed our internal and external customers’ expectations through open communication, relationships, and continuous improvement.
• Achievement: We manage our business to provide opportunities and stability for our team members, and bring value to our customers, owners, and the communities we serve.
  
  

What You Will Do

The Mechanical Engineer will design mechanical components of food safety systems for food processing plants using SolidWorks and providing plant engineering support for chemical manufacturing:

• Design mechanical components of food safety systems for food processing plants using SolidWorks.
• Maintain and update existing SolidWorks models.
• Develop documentation for transfer to production (models, detail drawings, diagrams, BOM, assembly procedures, etc.).
• Create parts books with exploded views for customer service manuals.
• Design and document Preventive Maintenance schedules for all manufactured systems.
• Develop the mechanical sections and system diagrams for equipment manuals.
• Document manufactured systems installation requirements and procedures.
• Work to simplify equipment assembly and production time by good design practices.
• Develop clear, easy-to-use system pre-install survey questionnaires and available system options.
• Participate in engineering design teams.
• Perform mechanical engineering analysis.
• Utilize extensive creativity & mechanical design ability.
• Develop procedures and evaluation criteria for performance testing of designs.
• On site occasionally for new machine installations.
• Provide process & reliability improvement for chemical manufacturing facility projects.
• Provide Root-Cause Analysis exercises at customer sites for company-wide efforts.
  
  

Your Must Haves

• 18 years of age or older.
• Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from an ABET accredited university.
• 1-2 years of experience in a manufacturing plant engineering support or reliability engineering role or previous internship experience in a similar environment.
• SolidWorks experience including system design, part modeling, assemblies, exploded views and drawings or similar CAD experience.
• Existing approval to work in the United States.
  
  

What We Prefer You Have

• Professional Engineer License.
  
  

Our Environment

This position consists of mainly an office environment. Some areas require frequent use of PPE when the possibility of exposure to hazards exist. Periodically exposed to such elements as noise, intermittent standing, walking, pushing, carrying, or lifting.

What We Offer

• Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance
• Basic Life Insurance
• 401k Retirement Plan
• Paid Holidays
• Paid Vacation
• Employee Assistance Program
• Training & Development Opportunities
  
  

Packers Sanitation Services, Inc. (PSSI) is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, creed, sex, gender, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, uniform service member status, veteran status, age, genetic information, disability, or any other protected status, in accordance with all applicable federal state, and local laws. PSSI is committed to complying with the laws protecting qualified individuals with disabilities. PSSI will provide a reasonable accommodation for any known physical or mental disability of a qualified individual with a disability to the extent required by law, provided the requested accommodation does not create an undue hardship for the Company and/or does not pose a direct threat to the health or safety of others in the workplace and/or to the individual. If a team member requires an accommodation, they must notify the site manager or the Corporate Human Resources Department. If an applicant requires an accommodation, they must notify the hiring manager and/or the Recruiter hiring for the position.

Your Next Steps

APPLY! All applications will be reviewed, and qualified candidates will be contacted to continue into the interview process. If you feel like you are a good fit for this position, APPLY! If you want to be a part of a large organization that treats you like family, APPLY NOW!