Mechanical Engineer - Level 2

About the role

Sunbelt Rentals strives to be the customer's first choice in the equipment rental industry, offering a vast fleet of pumps, scaffolding, and general construction tools paired with a friendly and knowledgeable staff. The company invests in its workforce with competitive benefits and extensive on‑the‑job training for eligible employees. The Mechanical Engineer 2 designs components and assemblies of prototype HVAC products, redesigns components and assemblies of current products, and may design entirely new prototype products. This role ensures that all drawings, specifications, production details, release information, product documentation, and any necessary design follow‑up for the assigned product are delivered and meet established production requirements and schedules. The engineer finishes incomplete designs, works within a team toward a common goal, performs independently with minimal supervision, and contributes strongly in a fast‑paced manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Creates working parameters and specification for new product concepts, new products, or improvements to existing products and ensures that all components are designed within specified parameters and are manufacturable
• Assists manufacturing and assembly during prototyping and production and performs follow‑up engineering, as necessary
• Ensures that the engineering design for new products and improvements to existing products meet market, safety, quality, performance, reliability, and durability requirements
• Leads engineering projects and coordinates with the design team to ensure that all elements of the project are integrated with production
• Designs and prepares prototypes that meet the needs of sales, marketing, manufacturing, and service
• Secures the assistance of consultants or internal specialists (i.e., computer‑aided engineering (CAE) analysis support engineers, manufacturing engineers, and/or vendor experts), when necessary
• Analyzes fault issues and solves engineering problems and investigates and employs the best technology available in the HVAC field
• Leads team design reviews, safety reviews, and cost manufacturing reviews throughout the project
• Ensures that all new and redesign development is engineered in accordance with all pertinent codes and specifications and that the designs reflect that engineering
• Works with manufacturing engineers, technical support engineers, and others to determine if engineering changes are needed to meet production or performance constraints
• Reviews product documentation and ensures it is complete and correct
• Confirms system and product capabilities by developing feasibility and testing methods and suitable parameters
• Performs miscellaneous duties as may be requested

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related field, plus 3 years of experience in the field

Skills

• Superior computer skills, with solid experience in CAD, CAM, and MATLAB/LabVIEW programs
• Proficient in Inventor or equivalent
• Demonstrates excellent mechanical, mathematical, and technical skills and abstract thinking and reasoning skills
• Possesses knowledge and understanding of manufacturing processes and systems, engineering systems, and product coding
• Bilingual English/Spanish competence a plus
• Experience/Know