Mechanical Designer II (Engineer)

The Mechanical Designer (Engineer) II within our Production Engineering team is responsible for designing customer specified custom switchgear products to our G&W’s quality standard. This position will specialize in our entire catalog of overhead and underground switchgear products. G&W is excited to engage a self-motivated and results-oriented individual to join our fast-paced, collaborative work environment that offers consistent learning opportunities and problem-solving experience

• Lead and own team project communication, schedule, and all aspects of design cycle of moderately complex projects and customer orders
• Provide design competency to industry standards (IEEE, NEC, IEC, ANSI, UL, NEMA, etc.)
• Design products to internal engineering design standards and best practices within customer lead time and quality expectations
• Mentor, train, coach and maintain technical aptitude among design team members
• Participate in design feasibility contributions to customers and application experts
• Be a change agent in department and company by identifying and resolving root causes through problem solving activities
• Provide technical support for internal and external customers
• Collaborate cross-functionally to support and provide technical aptitude for company and departmental projects as needed (e.g. Product Development, Aftermarket Support, Application Engineering, Supply Chain, and Manufacturing)

• Holds a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering
• Has CAD experience
• Has at least 3 years of experience in mechanical design
• Ability to create innovative designs and solve complex problems
• Possesses excellent written and verbal communication skills and has demonstrated presentation skills to diverse audiences
• Has strong analytical design and quantitative problem-solving skills

• CREO CAD Software experience
• Leadership and Training
• Change Management experience
  • Continuous improvement initiatives
  • Root Cause Analysis / Problem-Solving strategies
• ISO Certified Manufacturing Environment experience
• Reliability Design Tools
  • Design For Manufacturability (DFM), Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA), Finite Element Analysis (FEA), Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerance (GD&T), Design of Experiments (DOE)
• Experience with Oracle J.D. Edwards Business System
• Experience with Industry Standards
• Related power distribution experience