Mechanical Engineer

Job Title: Mechanical Engineer 
Location: Clearwater, FL
Duration: 3 Month Contract
Work Mode: Onsite
Pay: $42.00 per hour, W2

Summary:

• Contract position only for 13 weeks - Full-time employee on medical leave.
• Working Hours: Monday-Friday 8AM to 5PM (1 hr lunch).

Responsibilities:

• Design functional, reliable, and cost-effective heavy-duty vehicle components.
• Perform engineering analysis and design or redesign, and development of components into existing and new vehicles.
• Under close supervision, perform basic engineering calculations, investigations, and tasks as assigned according to company as well as general industry engineering standards and processes.
• Support senior engineers in the preparation of basic plans, designs, computation methods, and/or reporting.
• Work on projects of limited complexity in a support role under close supervision.
• Collaborate as needed with other engineering or business support disciplines internally as well as suppliers externally.
• 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. Ensure that 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 non-complex technical assistance for production support.
• Analyze and resolve issues reported to Engineering via verbal or written communication.
• Prepare technical proposals, quotations, reports, and presentations.
• Utilize analytical and mathematical approaches to calculate or model system performance and optimize designs.
• Analyze and resolve issues reported to Engineering and communicate status via verbal or written communication.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Regular attendance is required.

Requirements:

• Accredited Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field along with internship experience or six (6) or more months of related work 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.
• Custom modular aluminum body experience is a huge plus.
• SolidWorks proficiency.
• AutoCAD/DraftSight familiarity.
• Aluminum sheet metal and extrusion weldments.