Mechanical Designer I

POSITION TITLE           Mechanical Designer I

LOCATION                     New Orleans, LA

MANAGER                     Systems Design Manager

POSITION TYPE            Full-Time/Non-Exempt

SALARY                         $22 - $31/Hour

MAIN DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

The Mechanical Designer I is responsible for:

• Meets daily with design team to identify and escalate roadblocks to remove barriers.
• Creator of Engineering Change Notifications to formally define design data.
• Initiates Engineering Change Requests when improvements, modifications, or errors are identified in released designs.
• Coordinates with sub-contractor 3D models and associated 2D drawing and schematics in accordance with company, industry, and project standards.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of the department by creating work instructions for best practices for modeling, metadata inputting, and establishing procedures and processes.
• Partner with project teams, contractors, suppliers, and other stakeholders to ensure procedure procedures and work processes contain the required level of information.
• Closely managed and tasks are limited in complexity.

QUALIFICATIONS & ATTRIBUTES

• Minimum of 0-2 years’ experience as a marine designer with extensive experience in 3D modeling of ship systems and structures.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite including Word, Excel, Project, and Access.
• Able to work unsupervised efficiently and effectively.
• Excellent communication, teamwork, leadership, conflict management, and critical thinking skills.
• Experience working with and leading small teams of Engineers and Designers.
• Familiarity with ABS regulations, USCG CFR’s, and typical shipbuilding industry standards such as ASME, ASNE, and ISO.
• Experience with compliance for ASME and ANSI drafting standards.
• Experience using ShipConstructor and MarineDraftingm.

HEALTH, SAFETY, ENVIRONMENTAL AND QUALITY (HSEQ) OBLIGATIONS

• Ensure task risk assessments are conducted to carry out all work safely.
• Commitment to a focus on safety and a culture of hazard identification and control.
• Compliance with company policies and procedures to protect themselves, work colleagues and the environment.
• Report all incidents, hazards and near misses, including environmental cases.
• Follow all quality control and assurance systems in place.
• Take part in annual performance appraisals.
• Participate and follow any fitness for work or recover at work plans implemented for the individual.

WORKING CONDITIONS

• Working conditions are normal for a Manufacturing environment where exposure to dust, fumes and airborne particles, temperature extremes and elevated noise level.
• Employees must regularly lift and or move up to 25 pounds and frequently lift and or move more than 50 pounds.
• While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to stand, stoop, kneel, climb, crouch, talk and hear.
• Position requires use of computer, telephones, and other office equipment, reading, writing, standing, sitting, walking, repetitive motions, bending, climbing, listening, and hearing ability and visual acuity.
• Position occasionally requires ability to work in a manufacturing environment and boats from the beginning of production through the sea trails. This includes mobility to work in and around incomplete aluminium hull structures.