Feed Rite Automation Inc. Looking for Mechanical Designer at Burlington, Ontario, Canada Full Time

About us:

Our company was established in 1999 and the team at Feed Rite Automation Inc is led by Todd Cadeau. In order to satisfy our customer needs, Todd has assembled experienced associates, from the Automation, Material handling, and High production environments.

All our activities are customer driven and our inventive group embraces the challenges of solving your production requirements. This is our philosophy from the Design concept and Machine development stages, all the way to the final installation of your production equipment. We constantly work to ensure that the latest techniques and materials are used, while still maintaining the overall strength and reliability of the equipment, so that maximum uptime is achieved.

We are the experts you can rely on for quality bowl feeders & other parts feeding equipment. Our in-house design experts offer 20+ years of experience building orientating equipment for the Food, Drug, and Automotive industry.

 Our facility accommodates every aspect of the design and manufacture of all our automated products; from engineering to machining, fabrication, electrical and assembly.

Basic:

We are looking for a full time designer to join our team

Our ideal candidate will undertake all the normal design activities for our products and services. During this time you will be asked to design, update, and document projects that come in or have already begun. Ideally, it would be great if the successful candidate would be able to start prior to our designer’s leave so that a warm handoff can be made. 

Duties:

·        Design new CAD models and detailed drawings for new projects within Solidworks.

·        Update existing designs or make small modifications to existing models and drawings.

·        Create Step files and Bill of materials for each job/assembly.

·        Ensure the correct processes are followed to ensure that you are creating the highest quality designs

·        Development of mechanical drawings in 2D and 3D environments.

·        Produce relevant deliverables such as design drawings

·        Deliver design drawings according to project-specific design criteria.

·        Maintain consistent design drawings across projects in accordance with office and industry standards.

Position Requirements:

·        Prior experience designing products in Solidworks is required.

·        Outstanding communication

·        Excellent organizational and leadership skills

·        Able to source and use vendor data, drawings, and information to develop designs.

·        Well-developed written and oral skills.

·        Excellent communication skills, be detailed-oriented, self-starter, organized, be able to work independently to produce drawings within deadlines.

·        Proven experience in Industrial projects is a must.