Design Engineer

ABOUT THE POSITION

Under general supervision of the Portable and Stationary Systems Engineering Manager, the Crushing Systems Design Engineer is responsible for design efforts from inception through production in new product development and custom order fulfilment.

This position will focus on Stationary Plants and Wheeled Portable Plants. Plants are pre‑engineered crushing and screening systems, which have been designed and packaged for efficient mobility, set‑up and processing of aggregates and minerals. They incorporate various crushers, feeders, screens, wash equipment, conveyors, drives, et cetera, onto an engineered structure for an optimal and cohesive system.

The engineering position will require attendance at one of the Astec Material Solutions facilities. Applicants from all Astec locations are encouraged to apply.

The Design Engineer position at Astec has four (4) levels dependent on experience and specialty. There are engineers who specialize in new and existing product development/design, product safety, manufacturing set‑up, hydraulic and electrical product development/design. The successful candidate will work in collaboration with other engineers and cross‑functional teams not limited to sales, manufacturing, purchasing, and service. They will develop conceptual and final design solutions, manage and coordinate project activities, support existing product offerings, and perform testing or analysis of new and existing products to further Astec’s product line development goals.

Design Engineers can be asked to travel to develop business relationships with customers, dealers, and suppliers. They may also participate in product focus groups to gain critical customer application and design suggestions to assist in the development of the product lines.

• Perform design engineering as it relates to Astec product development and improvement projects.
• Effectively use 3‑D CAD to model designs and use other engineering tools like FEA to optimize solutions.
• Create, check and maintain thorough engineering specifications and drawings.
• Be a technical resource as needed to support other departmental needs such as operations, quality, purchasing, service, et cetera.

• Design Engineer is responsible for certain internal control responsibilities. These internal control responsibilities have been verbally communicated to the Design Engineer and periodic feedback is provided as it relates to the performance of these internal control responsibilities.

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Skills and Abilities

• Maintain positive, cooperative working relationships by working, interacting, and communicating with various personalities, getting along with customers, vendors, co‑workers and management, working both individually and as part of a team.
• Use interpersonal skills to be an effective member of cross‑functional project teams from concept to testing, and ultimately to production.
• Demonstrate technical and written skills to document ideas, designs and concepts.
• Proficient with personal computing, Microsoft Office Suite, 3‑D CAD software applications (Solid Works preferred) and ERP systems (Oracle preferred).
• Good organization and time‑management skills.
• Ability to set daily priorities and adjust to sudden changes in project/priority and manage multiple tasks simultaneously in a positive fashion.
• Willingness to accept responsibility for assigned tasks and take on new challenges.
• Ability to exercise discretion and independent judgment on a customary and regular basis.
• Effectively work with sketches, marked‑up prints and verbal instructions to drive concept to solution.
• Review customer drawings, specification drawings, and other applicable specifications to determine requirements and/or feasibility of components.
• Develop design concepts to meet required cost objectives including involvement with supply chain operations to provide technical information for the selection of components.
• Ability to develop and/or guide necessary computations such as load development, stress analysis, performance measurement,…