Are you an experienced Mechanical Engineer that is self-motivated and looking for an opportunity that provides career growth, challenge, and job satisfaction? Are you looking for the chance to join a team that is actively involved in the design and technology of industry-leading machines?

If you answered yes to each of these, we would like to talk to you. We are looking to add experienced professionals to our Engineering team at the Springfield, MO office. We are looking for individuals with the confidence to work within a team environment to provide the best product to our customers. We are growing quickly, and we are looking for someone with a strong level of commitment and professionalism to join our current team. Come help us engineer and design cutting-edge, state-of-the-art food processing equipment for an industry-leading company.

What are we looking for?

• Experienced Design Engineer with a background in Solidworks and AutoCAD (primary responsibilities being in Solidworks).
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or Engineering Technology or equivalent experience.
• 2+ years of engineering design experience with industrial products or machines preferred.
• Experience with the development, design, and evaluation of heat exchangers a plus.
• Experience with stainless steel, sheet metal, or food processing equipment a plus.
• Strong English written and oral communication abilities are a must.
• Ability to work on multiple tasks with little supervision in a fast-paced environment.
• Initiative to perform duties beyond assignment-specific responsibilities.

What will you be doing here?

• Engineer, design, and develop new products.
• Provide support and engineer & design updates for existing machines
• Developing and determining equipment specifications and performance parameters.
• Creating and contributing to information that production teams, service teams, sales teams and customers will use to produce, apply, service, and operate the equipment.
• Generating bills of material
• Create shop drawings – primarily in Solidworks, limited exposure to AutoCAD
• Responsible for reviewing sales orders and customer specifications.
• Partner with fellow Engineers and Production team(s) to evaluate cost efficiency, safety & manufacturability of products, providing technical support to production as needed, to ensure design changes are implemented, as necessary.
• Responsible to meet design & engineering schedule milestones to support customer expectations.
• Design of hydraulic and pneumatic circuits including selection and specification of components, and creation of schematics.
• Sizing and specification of power train components such as motors, reducers, belts, pulleys and gears.
• Some use of Heat Transfer, Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics

Nothum Manufacturing Company is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based race, creed, color, religion, sex, gender, pregnancy status, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability, marital status, genetic information, or any other legally protected status.

Nothum Food Processing Systems provides an excellent benefits package including up to 100% paid medical insurance, dental coverage, vision coverage, Life insurance and disability insurance. We also offer a competitive retirement plan, including a company match & an extremely generous paid time off plan.

The company is not looking to sponsor applicants for work visas.