Job Title
Apprentice R&D Engineer
Job Description
POSTION SUMMARY:
Vanderlande’s Technology Department is responsible for the design, specification and commissioning of material handling systems for our customers. In this position you will work in a multi-disciplinary, collaborative customer-focused environment to determine and translate customer needs into simple and effective design solutions, provide accurate time estimates, produce manufacturing and assembly drawings, manage documentation, and create BOMs.
In our team we develop and maintain our Lineal Sortation portfolio for our Distribution customers like Amazon, DHL, UPS, FedEX, Correos.
Essential Functions (Job Duties and Responsibilities):
- Translate concepts into realized alternatives, with a focus on own discipline, taking into account the functionality, feasibility, quality, manufacturability, costs, and completion time.
- Takes into account other relevant disciplines. Makes optimum use of team members’ expertise
- Responsible for maintaining VI Equipment Product lines, including supporting documentation
- Estimates the workload and lead time and communicates to relevant colleagues about changes and risks pro-actively. Adapts to changes and is solution oriented
- Finalizes a design and its deliverables, according to our processes, in order to guarantee a smooth transitions to the relevant stakeholders
- Be a resource for coordinating technical details with VI Supply Chain
- Make improvements to existing equipment designs
- Support the start-ups and the rest of the departments that require their support, as well as ensure that safety and quality standards are met.
Required Education:
- Bachelor's degree in engineering or engineering technology or close to end (Mechanical or Electrical).
- Knowledge of E-Plan, AutoCAD and SolidWorks is a high plus.
- Knowledge of Office Suite.
Knowledge-Skills-Abilities (Competencies):
- Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written skills
- Creative problem-solving skills
- Self-motivated
- A self starter who likes to take initiatives and innovate;
- Excellent organizational skills, with strong attention to detail.
Furthermore, as a team player with a strong analytical mindset, you are/have:
- A self-starter who likes to take initiatives and innovate;
- Recognized for your organizational abilities and for being result-oriented;
- Good communication and project management skills.
- Excellent organizational skills, with strong attention to detail.
- Driven to success, eager to improve every day and demonstrate a desire to be challenged.
Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:
This is a part-time position, Monday through Friday.
Supervisory Responsibility:
This position has no supervisory responsibilities