Engineering - Designer II

Job Overview

Location: Franklin, PA 

This position requires personal interaction with others to work effectively as part of a team to achieve desired results, and the integrity to place emphasis on how results were achieved as well as the results themselves. Desired personal qualities include a willingness to seek out challenges and new experiences, and a passion for achieving established goals. Success in this position demands a positive attitude toward change and a willingness to embrace best practices. Self-awareness is important to understand one’s own strengths and weaknesses as well as one’s impact on others.

Key Job Responsibilities

• Perform in engineering projects to develop, maintain, and support components, products and/or services per market demands, as well as for continual process improvements.
• Learn to perform or conduct engineering evaluations including investigations, basic calculations and tests that have well defined and broadly defined requirements and desired outcomes.
• Participate in provided Learning and Development opportunities, both inside and outside of the organization, to benefit oneself and the overall organization.
• Work as part of a team, Under the direction of an Engineer or Designer, to complete well defined and broadly defined work on-time and to specifications.
• Under the direction of an Engineer or Designer, engage in effective communication of engineering issues to ensure compliance with well-defined and broadly defined global standards and engineering best practices.
• Participate in and support improvements to streamline engineering processes used to design, develop, maintain, and support components, products, and/or services.
• Perform product support tasks with cross-functional business partners in Sales, Service, Supply Chain, Operations, and Quality.

Predominant Tasks

• Under the direction of an Engineer or Designer, prepare design layouts, models, and other engineering specifications to satisfy well defined and broadly defined requirements.
• Under direction of an Engineer or Designer, set-up and perform engineering tests as directed to satisfy well-defined and broadly defined requirements.
• Under direction of an Engineer or Designer, perform basic engineering calculations that are relevant to design modifications and new developments.
• Take responsibility for one's own learning and development for the mutual benefit of oneself and the organization.
• Work as part of a team supporting projects for orders or development projects.
• Under the direction of an Engineer, learn to apply and check global regulations and safety compliance requirements for designs originating from oneself.
• Provide information as directed for creation of Technical Reports and Service Bulletins
• Make field trips to manufacturing facilities to observe machines during the build process. Provide technical assistance to manufacturing with respect to specification originating from self.

Qualifications/Requirements

• Certification in Technology or equivalent relevant discipline, required.
• 3 years’ experience in machine design, machine application, mining industry, desired.
• Proficient in the use of computer-aided design (CAD) tools, desired.
• Participation in implementing Lean Engineering principles, desired.
• Participation in effective Change Management implementation, desired.
• Experience in focused team assignment(s), desired.
• Subscription to CAD related technical publications, beneficial.

Key Skills – Required by Komatsu

COLLABORATION

Working together with one or more people to complete a project or task or develop ideas or processes.

ADAPTABILITY

Having the ability to adjust to changes in their environment.  

HUNTER MENTALITY

A combination of traits that can help someone achieve their goals with consistency and precision.

BUSINESS ACCUMEN

Having the ability to understand business situations and make sound decisions that lead to successful outcomes.

APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE 

Being able to use what you’ve learned to make decisions and complete tasks in different situations.

LEADERSHIP  

The ability to guide, influence or lead others to accomplish a shared goal.