Senior Engineer

About the role

Location: Oshkosh, WI
Duration: 6 Months
Work Mode: In office; hybrid is possible. Local candidates only.
Schedule: 7:30am-4pm (flexible)

Responsibilities

• Perform engineering calculations, investigations, and tasks as assigned according to company and general industry engineering standards and processes.
• Support more senior engineers in the preparation of plans, designs, computation methods, and/or reporting.
• Responsible for a project or part of a project of limited complexity.
• Collaborate as needed with other engineering or business support disciplines internally as well as suppliers externally.
• Provide guidance or mentorship to entry level engineers, designers, or technicians.
• Maintain effective communication with suppliers, internal and external customers, and outside resources concerning technical issues.
• Enforce the proper use of engineering criteria and drawing standards, ensuring technical issues are conducted within the framework of company policies and procedures.
• Evaluate designs for performance, safety, and reliability.
• Perform and direct preparation of layouts, drawings, specifications, and bills of material.
• Perform engineering analysis to support the selection of parts, components, and materials that meet requirements.
• Provide technical assistance for production support.
• Analyze and resolve issues reported to Engineering via verbal or written communication.
• Prepare technical proposals, quotations, reports, and presentations.
• Create and maintain project documentation for analysis, research, and historical records.
• Utilize analytical and mathematical approaches to calculate or model system performance and optimize designs.
• Regular attendance is required.

Requirements

Accredited Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field with a minimum of 3 years of related experience.

Preferred Skills

• Accredited Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering
• Mechanical knowledge of automotive or heavy-vehicle equipment and related systems
• Experience with a high-level CAD system

Core Competencies

• Internal Contacts: Contact with peers and others involving explanation of information and the gathering of factual information.
• External Contacts: Limited external contact to gather information, answer queries, or ask assistance.
• Communication Skills: Ability to read, write and comprehend instructions, correspondence, and memos; interpret safety rules, operating/maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Decision-Making: Regularly makes decisions of responsibility, involving evaluation of information.
• Complexity, Judgment and Problem Solving: Requires judgment in the adaptation and interpretation of established practices and procedures.
• Supervisory/Managerial: General instructing, scheduling, and reviewing the work of others performing the same or directly related work. Acts as “lead worker”.

Working Conditions

• Physical Demands: Frequent standing, walking/running, sitting, reaching, hearing, talking, visual, typing.
• Non-Physical Demands: Frequent analysis/reasoning, communication/interpretation, math/mental computation, reading, sustained mental activity, writing.
• Environmental Demands: Frequent work alone, frequent task changes, tedious/exacting work.
• Work Schedule: Routine shift hours with infrequent overtime, weekend, or shift rotation.
• Demands/Deadlines: High volume and variable work demands and deadlines impose strain on routine basis or considerable stress intermittently.