Senior Mechanical Engineer

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The Senior Mechanical Engineer will lead our Mechanical Engineering department—a small but high-impact team that serves as the structural and mechanical backbone for the company’s electrical projects and shop operations. We are constantly recruiting the best talent available, and this team currently consists of top-caliber engineers with the full expectation of continued growth. This role manages the full lifecycle of mechanical design support—from 3D modeling and structural detailing through fabrication drawing release—and is responsible for ensuring that engineering deliverables are timely, accurate, and production-ready.

This position works hand-in-hand with the Shop Manager and Fabrication Shop Manager to push projects through the fabrication shop efficiently. The ideal candidate is a working manager who leads from the front: reviewing designs, mentoring junior staff, solving problems on the shop floor, and maintaining a growing library of reusable 3D models that accelerate future builds. This person must be comfortable in an industrial shop environment and willing to walk the floor regularly to coordinate with fabrication personnel.

As we continue to grow, the scope and complexity of projects assigned to the Mechanical Engineering department will expand accordingly. Future work will increasingly include automation projects involving robotics, servo systems, hydraulics, pneumatics, and significant heavy industrial automation systems—all of which require strong mechanical design leadership.

• Department Leadership & Team Development – Lead a small, growing team; develop experienced engineers to take on increasingly complex industrial projects
• Establish and enforce design standards, drawing conventions, and quality processes
• Review designs and provide technical oversight on all mechanical deliverables before release to fabrication
• Plan team workload across concurrent projects to meet production schedules
• Aid in recruiting and evaluating mechanical engineering talent

• Mechanical Design & 3D Modeling – Lead structural and mechanical component design for mining power centers, E-Houses, custom electrical enclosures, and skid-mounted systems
• Manage 3D CAD modeling in Solid Works for new builds, refurbishments, and modifications
• Expand our 3D model library
• Generate fabrication drawings, cut programs for plasma/laser tables, and Bill of Materials packages for the fabrication shop
• Design brackets, motor pads, sensor mounts, and other structural supports for electrical equipment and instrumentation

• Shop Coordination & Production Support – Coordinate with the Shop and Fabrication Managers to ensure production schedules and capabilities
• Walk the fabrication shop floor regularly to resolve fit-up issues, answer questions, and verify designs
• Support disassembly, assessment, and redesign for mining power center refurbishments, identifying structural repairs and modifications early in the process
• Collaborate with electrical engineers to ensure mechanical designs accommodate electrical components, cable routing, ventilation, and HVAC requirements

• Special Projects, Automation & R&D Support – Lead design efforts for special projects such as the company’s multi-motor drive simulator (coupled motors, shafts, belts, brakes, encoders, and load cells)
• Support the growing scope of industrial automation projects (robotics, servo-driven systems, hydraulic and pneumatic systems, and heavy industrial automation equipment)
• Support R&D initiatives as needed
• Provide mechanical engineering expertise to adjacent projects and subsidiary development efforts
• Evaluate improvements to fabrication processes, tooling, and design-for-manufacturability practices

• 7+ years of mechanical design experience in an industrial, manufacturing, or heavy equipment environment
• Experience designing structural steel assemblies, enclosures, and equipment mounting systems
• Familiarity with sheet metal design, welding symbols, GD&T, and fabrication drawing standards
• Experience generating CNC cut programs or fabrication-ready outputs from 3D models (plasma,…