Harsco is recognized for technical leadership and worldwide experience in virtually all major aspects of railway track maintenance.  We enable railroads to operate at peak efficiency over smooth, precisely aligned track that increases railway safety while reducing fuel consumption and other key operating costs. Our broad array of equipment and services support every type of railway operator, from major national and international railway systems, to short lines and high-speed urban transit networks.

Design, document, and support standard and custom rail service equipment, functional systems, and manufacturing.

• Work with the Systems Engineers and Product Engineers to develop/create engineering concepts/designs in CAD system for new and modified mechanical and hydraulic systems on current production machines, equipment under development, and any custom-built equipment.
• Serving as part of the Designer team, ensure that the designs on all new and modified products meet all requirements and applicable internal or external standards.
• Improve upon current Mechanical/Hydraulic/Pneumatic designs by reducing cost and increasing robustness and reliability.
• May work individually or as part of a team to produce full documentation for new product introduction (NPI) or current product offerings.
• Communicate project status through group meetings, presentations and design reviews.
• Meet deadlines to ensure projects are completed within acceptable time and cost targets.
• Must make design trade-offs to ensure lowest overall cost, highest reliability and best in class performance.
• Work with manufacturers/vendors to source and evaluate purchased components and with manufacturing to produce or assemble manufactured components and assemblies.
• Support external and internal customers in their requests
• Collaborate with colleagues in the design process; collaborate with other departments to provide a “best in class” quality product
• Identify, develop and deliver design/drafting related training to improve the overall organization’s development
• Contribute to mechanical systems-related troubleshooting and problem solving
• Prepare detailed drawings and material requirements from verbal information, sketches, specifications, and standard layouts
• Revise and release existing drawings as required by Engineering ChangeRequest or project redline/markups with minimal amount of direction.
• Design and release parts/assembly/drafts with efficiency and manufacturability in mind
• Coordinate development of documentation packages with both internal resources and external partners
• Meet deadlines to ensure projects are completed within time and cost targets.
• Identify opportunities and drive re-use of systems/components
• Perform other reasonably related tasks as assigned by management

Basic Required Qualifications: 

• Associates degree in Engineering Technology, Design or similar field of study
• Minimum of 10 years of design experience.
• Working experience in manufacturing or engineering services firm.
• 10+ years of experience working on 3D CAD systems and PLM Software
• Experience designing to ASME (Material and Drafting) standards.

Preferred Qualifications:

Education or Experience

• Experience with the use of Creo 4.0+, SolidWorks or Solid Edge/NX.
• Experience with PLM software. Teamcenter experience ideal.
• Good understanding of mechanical systems
• Understanding of manufacturing processes and principles for custom product assembly.
• Experience in design/documentation of machined parts, formed sheet metal, and complex assemblies/weldments.
• Knowledge of DFM, DFA, and Design to Cost
• Experience designing heavy mobile equipment
• Knowledge of ferrous materials’ properties and characteristics
• Knowledge of welding principles, practices and design of weldments
• Possess good problem-solving skills, and the ability to develop innovative solutions.
• Desire and motivation to further knowledge and abilities.
• Must have ability to work autonomously with little direction.
• Must have excellent communication skills, verbal and written.
• Must have the ability to manage several tasks at once.

Interpersonal Skills

• Must have excellent English communication skills, verbal and written.
• Must interact well in a multi-discipline, multi-location engineering team environment.

Technical Skills

• The ability to read and understand basic design documents, hydraulic and electrical schematics, symbols, and related product drawings
• Proficiency using basic functions of Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)

We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or genetics. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

If you have a difficulty applying for any job posted on Harsco Rail’s website because a disability prevents you from using the online system, Harsco Rail offers the following alternate application procedure: Contact Brittany Brown, HR Generalist, at 803-822-7440 and Harsco Rail will arrange for an alternate method of applying and will consider your application together with all other applications received for the job.  Please call only for disability application.All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.