Senior Mechanical Engineer

Education: The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

• BS in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering or similar, OR equivalent combination work experience including machinery development, procurement, production process engineering, and/or project engineering.

Essential 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, skill, and/or ability required.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Experience in electro-mechanical process engineering
• Experience working with particulate wood or similarwood-based production (MDF, HDF, Particle Board, Mulch,etc) preferred
• Experience withcapital equipment optimization and implementation
• Experience sourcingandspecifyingautomation and sensing technologies
• Experience analyzing and diagnosing machine failures.
• Experiencescoping, developing, and leading large capital projects across a multi-year horizon.
• Working knowledge of industry standards for machinery design for safety and guarding
• Analytical, with attention to detail and accuracy
• Problem solving, system and methods improvement skills
• Hands-on mechanical 3D CAD (Inventor or SolidWorks) software experience
• MS Office suite and ERP/MRP software
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to prepare and deliver clear, concise reports that are understandable by the target audience
• Ability to prioritize tasks and escalate them when appropriate
• Abilityto meet deadlines in a fast-paced quickly changing environment
• Time management skills

• Ability to read, write, and speak English

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 employeeis regularly required totalk or hear.
• Required to stand, walk, and use hands to finger, handle, feel, reach with hands and arms,

stoop, kneel, crouch, climb or crawl.

• Ability to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• May require more than40 hoursper week to perform the essential duties of the position.
• The individualpossessesfine handmanipulation (keyboarding)skills.

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.

• This position worksin amanufacturingsetting.
• Must be able to adapt to the noise level of amanufacturingsetting, which is usually moderate

to heavy.

• This roleroutinely uses standard office equipment such as a computer, phone, printer/scanner, and filing cabinets.
• The temperature will vary from hot to cold, depending on the weather.