Mechanical Engineering Admin

IEM (Industrial Electric Manufacturing, Inc.) in Jacksonville, Fl. is the largest independent full-line manufacturer of custom electrical distribution and power quality equipment in North America. IEM has delivered customer-specific solutions to meet the ever-changing power requirements of growth industries in North America for over half a century. This position offers an exciting opportunity within an innovative, employee-oriented company offering a competitive salary with excellent benefits.

Job Summary:

Effectively provide administrative support for the respective Mechanical Design Engineering Managers and departments. Provide CAD support for the engineering team on an “as needed” basis for repeatable jobs.

Education & Qualifications:

• Technical institute certificate or equivalent professional experience preferred.
• Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suites (Excel, Word, Power Point, Teams, etc.).
• Must have experience 2D CAD software (AutoCAD Preferred)
• Strong Mechanical aptitude, attention to detail and sense of urgency.
• Ability to read and interpret 2D mechanical drawings.
• Experience in Engineering or Manufacturing environments.
• Strong understanding of production requirements and ability to effectively communicate with colleagues.

Responsibilities:

• Provide administrative support for on-boarding new engineers and admins.
• Create and update mechanical drawings/ fabrication documentation for switchgear and switchboard products, ensuring compliance with industry standards (e.g., IEEE, NEC, IEC, ANSI, UL, NEMA) as needed.
• Work within IEM systems to create Bill of materials to IEM best practices and industry standards.
• Collaborate with production planners to bring scheduling issues to Engineering.
• Generate reports from Mechanical Engineering dashboard at routine intervals for ME managers status meetings.
• Help maintain team project communication, schedules, and all aspects of the design cycle for moderately complex projects and customer orders.
• Ensure cross-functional team collaboration with production planners and manufacturing engineering department.
• Support the design-to-order (DTO) engineering process to help maintain customer lead time and quality expectations.

Preferred Competencies

• Experience with SolidWorks is preferred.
• Excellent written and oral communications skills to act as interface between production and the engineering team.
• Possess a high degree of interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal, fluent in English
• Desire to develop skills through on-the-job experience to advance manufacturing processes.