Mechanical Engineer

Date: Apr 5, 2024

Location:

Lexington, KY, US, 40511

Req ID: 29266

Onsite or Remote: Hybrid Position

Komatsu is an indispensable partner to the construction, mining, forestry, forklift, and industrial machinery markets, maximizing value for customers through innovative solutions. With a diverse line of products supported by our advanced IoT technologies, regional distribution channels, and a global service network, we tap into the power of data and technology to enhance safety and productivity while optimizing performance. Komatsu supports a myriad of markets, including housing, infrastructure, water, pipeline, minerals, automobile, aerospace, electronics and medical, through its many brands and subsidiaries, including TimberPro, Joy, P&H, Montabert, Modular Mining Systems, Hensley Industries, NTC, and Gigaphoton.

Job Overview

This position requires problem solving skills with the ability to provide conceptual and strategic solutions. Desired personal qualities include a willingness to seek out challenges and new experiences, and a passion for achieving established goals. This position requires personal interaction with others to achieve desired results, and the integrity to place emphasis on how results were achieved as well as the results themselves. Success in this position demands a positive attitude toward change and a willingness to embrace best practices. This position is also a part of a team, which strives to perform and succeed as a unit. Individual contributions to the team success are crucial.

Key Job Responsibilities

1. Perform in engineering projects to develop, maintain and support components, products and/or services per market demands, as well as for continual process improvements.

2. Perform or conduct engineering evaluations including investigations, basic calculations and tests that have well defined requirements and desired outcomes.

3. Provide conceptual and strategic solutions to solve problems that are associated with engineering projects or evaluations.

4. Take responsibility for one's own learning and development for the mutual benefit of one's self and the organization.

5. Act as a group leader for those who are supporting components, products and/or services as well as continual improvements in engineering processes.

6. Participate in and support programs for effective communication of engineering issues to ensure compliance with global standards for design and safety of products and services, as well as engineering best practices.

7. Participate in and support improvements to streamline engineering processes used to design, develop, maintain and support components, products, and/or services.

8. Participate in effective Change Management to achieve the desired organizational outcomes by successfully changing individual behaviors as needed.

9. Perform necessary calculations and create supporting data to validate equipment designs and functions.

Qualifications/Requirements

1. Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent relevant discipline, required.

2. 2+ years’ experience in engineering design, machine application, mining industry, desired.

3. Experienced in the use of computer-aided design (CAD) tools, desired.

4. Participation in implementing Lean Engineering principles, desired.

5. Participation in effective Change Management implementation, desired.

6. Experience in cross-functional team assignment(s), highly desired.

7. Certifications or demonstrated project management, desired.

8. Professional registration and/or membership in committees and/or technical societies, beneficial.

9. Additional experience in Power Transmission, Structural Design and Hydraulics are all beneficial.

Komatsu is an Equal Opportunity Workplace and an Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.