at Wieland North America, Inc. in Granite City, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Mechanical Engineer
Job Location
US-IL-Granite City
ID
2024-2652
# of Openings
1
Posted Date
4 hours ago(5/21/2024 3:41 PM)
Overview
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Wieland is a global leader in copper and copper alloy manufacturing, processing, and distribution. We provide a large product and service portfolio including power, automotive, ammunition, coinage, construction materials, refrigeration, electronics and many other industries. To us, metal is more than material.
Wieland's Cultural Values
Wieland's culture is what makes for a fun and rewarding place to work! As a company, we benefit daily from our employees' knowledge and abilities. With our cultural vision, we place our core values at the heart of everything we do: safety, ambition, optimism, reliability, ownership, diversity, & respect.
Wieland Recycling - Granite City is hiring a Mechanical Engineer. This role is located in Granite City, IL. While this role is local, occasional travel to other Recycling locations will be required.
Role Purpose
Wieland Recycling purchases and processes a wide range of metals. The Mechanical Engineer supports Wieland Recycling in the execution of recycling strategies, specifically with our maintenance and operations teams to implement processes with practical solutions. Mechanical Engineers can expect to work on-site with employees at all levels to support recycling of a broad range of materials including metals, alloys, and electronic scrap.
The primary focus of this role is to specify and implement automation, operator interfaces, and safety systems in support of the manufacturing operations. Proficiency with legacy and cutting-edge technologies to ensure that the Company is leveraging the most effective platforms for increased productivity, safety, and profitability.
Lead in the mechanical and technical aspects of projects as assigned by the Engineering Manager. This includes, but is not limited to the design, build, and installation of various projects at the Granite City location. This role will also be responsible for setting project specifications and continual updating to attain and keep pace with business objectives.
Lead internal and external engineering and construction teams to successfully conceptualize, build and startup of projects at the Granite City operation, achieving cost and timeline requirements.
Our Culture
Our team at Granite City celebrate employees that thrive on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity, have a pioneering spirit to join forces with the greater team in finding solutions to support recycling of a broad range of materials including metals, alloys, and electronic scrap - and have fun all the way. We like to think of ourselves as a collaborative group of engineers, maintenance, operations, commercial, and many other team members who work together to create solutions to recycle products with the goal of creating a better future. All our engineering solutions are designed in house creating a blend of processes from several industries to ensure the best ROI. We pride ourselves on our ingenuity, collaboration and entrepreneurial mindset and are looking for a like minded individual.
Why work at Wieland?
Starting on day one, you will be part of a team that innovates and collaborates among the cross-functional teams to ensure the best solution is being utilized. If you enjoy creativity, being entrepreneurial and don't want every day to be the same, this is the perfect blend for engineers who are looking for opportunities to learn communicating and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
Our ideal hire would take charge from day one, taking control of a project from start to finish: learning the materials that we want to recycle, researching the best engineering solution keeping employee safety top of mind, analyzing the best ROI, and delivering the best solution to turn into production.
As part of a six-person team your skills, contributions, and personality matter. Our engineering team interacts with engineers in all disciplines worldwide at the different Wieland sites. As such, there are plenty of growth opportunities professionally - both in our recycling division and within the larger Wieland organization, financially, in skill, and in project focus - we want you to grow alongside the company.
Responsibilities
Mechanical Engineer Responsibilities:
Be a part of an engineering team from day one, collaborating with all levels of the business to add value by creating a more sustainable future.
Applies intensive and diversified knowledge of mechanical engineering principles and practices to create solutions for recycling various materials.
Work closely with the Industrial Process Engineer to identify areas of opportunity for improvement within various processes. This includes, but is not limited to, the creation and/or updating of existing... For full info follow application link.
