JBT Food Tech

Mechanical Engineer II

JBT Food Tech$75K — $95K *
Food & Beverages
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent experience
  • 5+ years in automatic, industrial food processing equipment or similar product development
  • Proficiency in CAD systems (AutoCAD, Inventor, Creo, etc.)
  • Experience in multicultural and multi-discipline environments
  • Demonstrated mechanical aptitude with hands-on design, testing, or troubleshooting experience
  • Knowledge of relevant production techniques, materials, and components
  • Familiarity with lifecycle management of design data

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with teams to develop, test, and verify mechanical designs
  • Ensure designs meet function, reliability, and safety standards
  • Prepare assembly and detail drawings along with part lists
  • Deliver mechanical outputs on schedule according to company plans
  • Adhere to company guidelines (MEDS) and international standards
  • Delegate tasks appropriately to engineering partners

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance from day one
  • Life insurance and short-term/long-term disability coverage
  • Family leave policy
  • Matched 401(k) plan
Full Job Description
You will report to the Innovation Team Lead

The Opportunity

At JBT Marel, we're looking for a Mechanical Engineer to design and test mechanical systems for food equipment machinery. You'll work with cross-functional teams to define customer needs, develop new features, and ensure designs meet specifications. Important responsibilities include CAD layouts, DFMEA, cost estimations, and solving mechanical field problems. You'll also collaborate with manufacturing, sourcing, and suppliers to increase the cost/value relationship of our designs.

This position is located within Kingston, NY.

Responsibilities:

Main Tasks
  • Work in teams on the development of concepts, testing, investigation and verification of designs
  • Pay attention to the implementation of the function, cleaning aspects, reliability, safety, production technologies and cost price
  • To build the maintenance and mechanical design of machinery, layouts, assemblies and components, to fulfill the design and requirements, to prepare assembly/detail drawings and part lists
  • Work on the mechanical deliverables according to plan
  • Make sure that the work is carried out following Company guidelines (MEDS) and international standards
  • Part of the role can be to delegate tasks to engineering partners


Skills and Abilities
  • Knowledge of relevant production technics, materials and components
  • Knowledge of the food processing industry requirements
  • Experience with mechanics and industrial automation
  • Understand the value of the reuse of others' ideas, standardization and modularization
  • work with customers, vendors and co-workers in a courteous and tactful manner
  • You will works well under time constraints and with possible production setbacks
  • Enjoy learning and researching
  • Ability and interest in working with a multicultural company.
  • Is a team player that enjoys working with people and deals well with feedback


Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or Diploma in Mechanical Technology or comparable work experience
  • Experience with or knowledge of 3D design tools
  • Experience with and comfort working in multicultural, multi-discipline organization
  • 5+ years of experience in automatic, industrial food processing equipment or similar fields in product development is a.
  • Proficiency in CAD systems such as AutoCAD, Inventor, Creo, or similar.
  • Demonstrated mechanical aptitude through hands-on experience in design, testing, or troubleshooting.
  • Experience with mechanical design principles and product development processes.
  • Apply advanced mathematical concepts and engineering principles.
  • Familiarity with lifecycle management of design data, including CAD models, drawings, and ECNs.

Travel & Location
  • You will be onsite in Kingston, NY and travel as needed to customers and JBT Marel sites.

Benefits: JBT Marel offers benefits on day 1 of your employment. Including: Medical, Dental, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability, family leave, vision coverage, and a matched 401(k) plan.

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About JBT Food Tech

JBT FoodTech is a subsidiary of JBT Corporation, a leading global technology solutions provider to high-value segments of the food and beverage industry. JBT FoodTech designs, manufactures, and services technologically sophisticated food processing systems for the preparation of meat, seafood, poultry, dairy, fruit, vegetable, and bakery products. The company's equipment is used in the production of frozen food products, canned foods, and ready-to-eat meals. JBT FoodTech operates in more than 25 countries and has a customer base that includes multinational food processing companies, small and medium-sized enterprises, and government agencies. The company was founded in 1884 as the John Bean Spray Pump Company and is headquartered in Lombard, Illinois.
Learn more about JBT Food Tech
Size
4,000 employees
Industry
Founded
1894

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