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MECHANICAL PROJECT DESIGNER

Augusta

Job Details

  • Job Location: Augusta Plant – Augusta, GA
  • Position Type: Full-Time
  • Education Level: Associates
  • Travel Percentage: Negligible
  • Job Shift: Monday – Friday
  • Job Category: Engineering

Description

Summary:

Completes Design Change Package for Mechanical, Piping and Civil Discipline as well as support outside engineering services when necessary. Perform computer aided design (CAD) tasks using AutoCAD. Perform technical work in support of capital projects and/or in updating plant infrastructure. Experience with mechanical systems including piping design, plant/equipment layouts, minor structural design, and machine design is required. Assures that designs can be manufactured and will achieve the desired result as dictated by the scope work or problem presented. Verifies own work, checking dimensions, and making mathematical calculations as necessary. Must have knowledge of ASME piping code and basic geometric dimensioning and tolerancing skills. Serve as the technical lead for the project to which they are assigned.

Essential Responsibilities & Functions include the following, others may be assigned.

Individual responsible for managing delivery of services in a discipline necessary to support the project scope and deliverables. Accountable from a technical, quality, schedule, and cost (managing to budgeted hours) perspective for the project(s) to which they are assigned.

Project based responsibilities include coordination and interface with client, contractor, and Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) otherwise determined as the customer. Also responsible for coordination with internal customers.

Develop and communicate a complete Design Change Package (DCP) for proposed efforts and change orders to the PM and Project Lead.

Coordinate with the Project Lead (PL) as needed when additional technical resources are required to support the project.

Attend project meetings as requested and engage additional discipline team members as needed.

Manage discipline effort according to the staffing plan and inform PL and/or PM as staffing needs change. This includes monitoring project reporting to determine if staffing mix is in line with the original plan regarding the utilization.

Determines the need for contract resources to accomplish certain project tasks and coordinates with the contractor to arrange for resources. Evaluates contract resource job completion and provides feedback to contract and Prayon Project Management.

Participate in project lessons learned sessions and relay information to other discipline support staff on the project.

Supports maintenance efforts as required to ensure reliable and correct operation of equipment.

Maintains safe and clean working environment by enforcing procedures, rules, and regulations.

Trains others in areas of proficiency or expertise.

Understands and follows all organizational policies, procedures and rules, ensuring that all laws are obeyed and equal employment, safety and environmental protection are practiced.

Must be able to work more than eight hours per day or forty hours per week on any shift or travel as needed. Must be available for call-in as needed to support 24-hour/7 day per week operational requirements.

Consistently demonstrates prompt, regular, and reliable attendance.

Communicates development and career goals to immediate supervisor and takes ownership of personal development plan.

Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

Supervisory Responsibilities & Functions

No direct reports. Although individual will work with the Engineering & Construction Manager to determine work priorities for multi-discipline Designers and several contractors.

Qualifications

Minimum

  • Education: 2yr Associate Degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology
  • Experience: 5 years mechanical design, proficient in AutoCAD 2002, knowledgeable of ASME piping code, and understands basic geometric dimensioning and tolerancing.

Preferred

  • Education: Bachelor’s degree in related engineering discipline.
  • Experience: 10 years mechanical design, proficient in AutoCAD 2002 and 3D modeling
  • Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: Autodesk CAD Certificates

Language Skills

Reading/comprehension, speaking and writing at required education equivalency level. Ability to read, analyze and interpret general business correspondence, technical/product information, policies/procedures or government regulations. Ability to complete written forms and write routine to complex procedures, reports and correspondence. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions in a group or individual setting.

Mathematical Skills

Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio and percent. Ability must be consistent with required educational equivalency level.

Computer Skills

Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint and other Office 365 applications.

AutoCAD and 3D Modeling

Complexity

The work includes varied duties requiring many different and unrelated processes and methods be applied to a broad range of activities and/or substantial depth of analysis within a particular area. Decisions include areas of uncertainty in approach, methodology, interpretation or evaluation resulting from such elements as continuing changes, technical developments, unknown phenomena or conflicting requirements. The work requires originating new techniques, establishing criteria, or developing new information.

Physical Demands

The work requires both sedentary and limited physical exertion to include sitting; walking; standing; bending; traversing of stairs, carrying of light items such as papers, books or small parts; driving an automobile, forklift, etc. Work routinely requires speaking and hearing (expression or exchanging ideas by means of spoken words and perceiving sounds by ear).

Work Environment

The work environment requires normal safety precautions typical of such places as offices, meeting and training rooms, personal or commercial transportation methods. Requires use of safe work practices with office equipment, avoidance of trips and falls, observance of fire regulations and traffic signals, etc. Generally, the work area is well lighted, heated and ventilated. The work environment also includes outside work and work in the production areas which may be hot or cold, and work that requires special safety precautions such as working around moving parts, machinery in operation or working with irritant or hazardous chemicals. Employee may be required to use protective clothing or gear such as masks, gowns, coats, safety shoes, boots, goggles, gloves, safety glasses or shields and noise protection.

Location

About working at Augusta

Located in Augusta, Georgia, the site is Prayon’s only US production location. It is primarily oriented towards the food sector, but also maintains a strong presence in the health and dental care, as well as technical markets.

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Why work at Prayon?

A fascinating job in an international Group

Phosphorus is an essential nutrient for the health of both humans and plants, and the life of the planet. It is part of our DNA. The core of our company is our people, their values and their shared vision, and the sustainable technologies that help them to enrich everyone’s every day.

Working in locations around the globe, each and every one of our experts brings their unique skills and infectious dynamism to bear by improving the quality and effectiveness of the products we offer. It is thanks to them that we stay on top of the market and can develop the technologies of tomorrow. But, in order to keep our place as a leader in our sector, we always stay on the lookout for talented individuals.

Are you ready to join us and make the difference?
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Key figures for the Prayon group

Production sites

7
Active in more than

Countries

100
Technology used in over

Phosphoric acid plants

130
Worldwide

Employees

1,500
In billion euros

Group turnover

1.1
In the world

R&D centers

3
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