Mechanical Designer

Ride & Show Senior Mechanical Designer

As a Ride & Show Senior Mechanical Designer, you would work closely with our Design & Engineering teams, line of business customers, outside vendors, and project management staff to support project specific requirements and create conceptual and production CAD designs, detail drawings, and other supporting documentation. If you are a great designer and want to put your skills to use every day to create and preserve the Disney Design Drawing Legacy, please apply to be a Ride & Show Senior Mechanical Designer!

Responsibilities:

• Work closely with Engineering to develop innovative conceptual and production design packages in support of project requirements.
• Provide CAD design layouts and detail drawings to support Engineering for capital and expense projects.
• Establish strategy for design development against schedule-driven technical milestones.
• Serve as primary mechanical lead for design, production, integration, and testing performed both by internal team and external vendors.
• Review design package with vendors and shops for conformance with design documentation.
• Develop and participate in project design reviews.
• Perform research of background and historical data in support of identifying project requirements and developing design solutions.
• Research and select proper materials, processes, and vendors to be specified for design projects.
• Ensure that drawings comply with applicable codes, legislation, and regulatory requirements as well as both internal and industry standards, including state specific ride law.
• Work with Engineers and Document Management staff to ensure as-built drawings and other project documentation are properly detailed and submitted into the electronic data management system (EDMS) for archival and are subsequently properly updated.
• Stay abreast of new technologies and best practices regarding designs, materials, and products by sharing knowledge and lessons learned.
• Carry out routine work, with established procedures and instructions under immediate supervision.
• Complete redline drawings as directed by responsible Engineers.
• Teach and mentor our growing staff on all internal Disney system applications.

Required Qualifications (Please apply if you have):

• Five (5) or more years of design experience as a Designer or degreed Engineer in a design environment working in a multi‐discipline, technical, team setting.
• Outstanding "clean sheet " design sensibilities.
• Demonstrated proficiency in Solid Works and AutoCAD (professional training and/or certification) in both modeling and drawing creation; minimum of five (5) years of experience.
• Demonstrated experience with creating completed production drawing packages, configuration management, dimensioning and tolerancing, design of weldments, sheet metal design, material selection, fastening and joining, machine and fabrication shop practices, inspection, hydraulics and pneumatics, and machine repair practices.
• Solid engineering and mechanical design skills, including manufacturing practices and processes.
• Strong knowledge of materials (metals, composites, plastics), welding, finish processes, ASME standards (Y14 and Y14.5), and engineering documentation skills.
• Ability to lead sophisticated design, fabrication, and commissioning activities.
• Passion for understanding and maintaining design elements of park wide ride experiences, animatronic figures, and show mechanical equipment.
• Additional passion for understanding and maintaining design elements of various transportation systems such as Steam Trains, Boats, Monorails and Buses.
• Advanced understanding of machine assemblies and power systems and ability to effectively translate on to paper via CAD or physical drawings.
• Proficiency in Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).
• Demonstrated interpersonal, problem solving, analytical, time management, and organizational skills with the ability to effectively communicate to all levels of management including executive staff.
• Ability to work with minimum supervision on multiple projects as well as within a team in a high-paced environment, conferring with superiors on unusual matters.
• Proficiency using Microsoft Office…