Mechanical Design Engineer II

Position Purpose

The SMDE runs a team (or teams) of engineers to execute all design phases of a project or multiple projects simultaneously. They assume overall project responsibility for their remit of technical, schedule and budgetary constraints. The SMDE guides the technical vision and execution of projects or elements, therefore must maintain knowledge of the cutting edge of technology in relevant subject areas.

There are essential duties in delegation of work, planning, supporting and mentoring staff as required. An effective SMDE will use their leadership skills to build high performance teams and maintain a positive approach to all challenges.

• Ensure safety and quality processes are maintained – additionally looking for and actioning areas of improvement.
• Independently applies broad knowledge of engineering principles and practices.
• Awareness and assessment of state-of-the-art technologies and industry competition/any new market opportunities for products which may help bolster TAIT’s market position.
• Maintains good working relationships and instils confidence in colleagues throughout the organisation at all levels.
• Ensure principles of high-performance leadership are engrained into the project process and instilled in colleagues at all levels.
• Drives the development of new techniques and/or improved processes, documentation, or products. Familiar with company solutions across the range of disciplines.
• Has ownership of project(s) with complex features and broad scope, ranging from proven schemes and solutions to ground-breaking industry firsts, uses company reporting tools to track progress.
• Responsible for resolving key technical issues and/or unique conditions by using expertise gained through real world application.
• Support bidding teams by inputting into product data sheets/client information for 'standard products'. Conducts assessments of client requirements and standards, hazard analysis/risk assessment, concept development, scheme generation, cost estimating of proprietary items and schedule generation. This could extend to site surveys and client meetings, theory of operation, concept modelling, drawings, sketches and client presentation thereof along with assessment of potential production routes, value engineering and scope rationalizing.
  
  Heavily involved in hours estimation for design process and often in manufacturing cost review also.
• Conducts preliminary facility impacts and high level first pass calculations.
• Support the design process by consideration of client contractual/IP requirements & standards (what level of technical documentation is required?), assessment and buy in/feedback against schedule and timely alerting of any deviations to aid in department resourcing. Break-down the work into specific elements or work-packages, assign (or keep) responsibility. Take the design from concept through to detailed design, design reviews and release of production drawings and BOMS, and review this work when done by others.
• Conduct the relevant calculations typically with hand calcs, Excel spreadsheets, FEA and specialist software, and review this work when done by others.
• Support project management with client meetings, site surveys where required, technical or commercial queries and client design team comments & requests – challenging it as appropriate. Consideration of shipping & installation strategy to best guide the design. Processing any received-from-client materials and drawings, then handling updates from site red-lines, inspection – potentially including planning and supporting Site Acceptance Testing – preparation of complete project pack, formal compliance documents + O&M, labelling and signage, and final client sign-off.
• Support production department with respective handover meetings from design, technical or commercial queries, update from red-lines, inspection – potentially including planning and supporting internal and external Factory Acceptance Testing and inspection visits - and sign-off.
• Support legacy equipment (potentially designed by others - internal or external), via the support department or through other routes.
• Prepares work packages for the…