Mechanical Designer

Mechanical Designer

Join nVent Management Company as a Mechanical Designer in Fulton, MO. Use your creativity and technical skills to build innovative solutions that protect and connect our customers' most critical assets. This is an outstanding opportunity to work on world-class projects, collaborate with an ambitious team, and successfully develop solutions that make a tangible impact.

Responsibilities:

• Build product designs and comprehensive documentation for new and existing products, ensuring flawless execution of layouts, 3D models, drawings, BOMs, and other essential documents for manufacturing
• Manage both small-scale and portions of large-scale projects with minimal supervision
• Independently develop detailed product layouts for various build aspects
• Build components and assemblies using advanced 3D CAD systems
• Guide and aid in the fabrication of components and assemblies for prototypes and pilot builds
• Participate in Lean activities to improve efficiency and effectiveness
• Assist in developing engineering, drafting, and release standards
• Perform tolerance stack analysis on complex assemblies and drawings before documentation release
• Engage in the product development process, including building brainstorming and customer feedback activities
• Initiate and prepare Engineering Change Orders (ECOs) and develop BOMs
• Conduct research to gather complete specifications, ensuring documentation accuracy
• Complete required calculations to verify dimensions, tolerances, and other specifications with minimal oversight
• Provide technical expertise in tools such as Solid Works and Enovia
• Assess and approximate incoming engineering work, delegating tasks to Designer Associates as necessary
• Deliver leadership, task direction, and technical support to Designer Associates
• Assume a documentation leadership role with some degree of supervision

Qualifications:

• A two-year technical degree in drafting or building preferred
• Ideally 3+ years of experience in mechanical drafting/build, preferred
• Knowledge of drafting standards, GD&T, and manufacturing processes, preferred
• Proficiency in Product Data Management, ECO, and Product Development Processes, preferred
• Experience in mechanical design and managing the fabrication of components and assemblies, preferred
• Experience with Inventor, AutoCAD, Solid Works, Enovia, Oracle, and JD Edwards, preferred
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes, preferred
• Ability to independently identify and define materials and information needed for projects
• Capability to assemble engineered build packages
• Demonstrated attention to detail and accuracy

About nVent:

• A dynamic global reach with diverse operations around the world that will stretch your abilities, provide plentiful career opportunities, and allow you to make an impact every day
• Commitment to strengthen communities where our employees live and work
• Core values that shape our culture and drive us to deliver the best for our employees and our customers
• Benefits to support the lives of our employees

At nVent, we value our people and their health and well-being. We provide a broad benefits package with meaningful programs for eligible full-time employees that includes:

• Medical, dental, and vision plans along with flexible spending accounts, short-term and long-term disability benefits, critical illness, accident insurance and life insurance.
• A 401(k) retirement plan and an employee stock purchase plan — both include a company match.
• Other supplemental benefits may include tuition reimbursement, caregiver, personal and parental leave, back-up care services, paid time off including volunteer time, a well-being program, and/or legal & identity theft protection.