FULL DESCRIPTION: 

At MGS, we provide our team members with steady work, year-round, and opportunities to grow a lasting career while focusing on employee safety and promoting a healthy work environment.

In business since 1962, we build equipment that delivers well-engineered, reliable solutions for all kinds of transportation challenges. With a focus on superior quality and great people, we are proud to say we build things that last.

Summary:  The Engineer develops design information and documentation.  Independently evaluates, selects and applies standard engineering techniques, procedures, and criteria, using judgement in making moderate adaptations and modifications.  Independently resolves many design problems encountered by selecting and interpreting information from precedents, safety, regulations, manufacturer's catalogs, technical gudes, and knowledge of design intents. Assignments have clear and specified objectives and require the investigation of a moderate number of variables.  The Engineer reports directly to the VP of Engineering who screens assignments for unusual or difficult problems and assists in the selection of techniques and procedures to be applied for non-routine work.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES  include the following.  Other duties may be assigned.

• Creates and maintains clear, complete and accurate working plans, sketches and drawings of products components, proposals, characteristics and processes using Pro/ENGINEER and other CADD systems.
• Specifies, performs and documents various technical calculations to analyze design parameters, including cost estimates.  Determines feasibility of design requests.
• Participates on various MGS divisional, functional, design review and project teams, as assigned.
• Performs assignments designed to develop professional working knowledge and abilities.
• Interfaces with fellow employees, vendors, customers and business contacts.
• Communicates with customers as required to ensure products conform to customer requirements and meet customer needs.
• Ensures compliance with applicable quality system procedures, industry standards, safety regulations, standard engineering principles and practices, and design precedents to the extent of the employee's ability and expertise.
• Gathers all necessary information to develop a final design.  Performs research and experiments to solve specific design problems.
• Plans, schedules, coordinates and conducts detailed phases of engineering work for entire products.
• Creates and maintains Design Plans in order to complete design projects.
• Directs the work of Sr. Designers, and Designer / Drafters as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  the requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION & / OR EXPERIENCE

A two or four-year college or technical school degree in mechanical design and relevant technical design experience, or equivalent qualifications and experience.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports and legal documents.  Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community.  Ability to effectively present information to company personnel and customers.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to apply advanced mathematical concepts such as geometry, algebra, trigonometry, exponents, logarithms, quadratic equations, and permutations.  Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory, and factor analysis.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.  Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands and fingers; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.  The employee frequently is required to walk.  The employee is occasionally required to sit, climb or balance, and talk or hear.  The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision , color vision, (correctable with assistance of ADA engineering software), peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places.  The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.