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Who is GAST Manufacturing?

As a business unit of IDEX Corporation, GAST Manufacturing has a long history of being the leader in design and manufacturing of quality air-moving products. We specialize in offering cost effective solutions for a wide variety of industries including industrial manufacturing, healthcare, and environmental cleanup applications. We are looking to add more talent to our team.

SCOPE OF ROLE: Support Gast engineering team by executing all 3D modeling needs spanning from new product development to updates and changes to existing 3D models and engineering documentation. Level and pay commensurate with experience and skills.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

Create new product and component designs in SolidWorks with proper modeling, detailing and design intent.

• Achieve 90% OTD to design activities (able to hit timeline targets)
• Achieve modeling integrity and detailing capability for design function, manufacturability and serviceability
• Prepares supporting documentation including modified prints and engineering standards per engineer's requests.
• Apply/ interpret basic GD&T (datum placement, position/profile, runout)

Modify existing product and component designs in SolidWorks with proper modeling, detailing and design intent.

• Achieve 1wk average turn around time on redraws, CIPs, ECRs and NMPRs.
• Maintains, coordinates and processes routine engineering change documentation and perform other miscellaneous duties as required

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS OR EQUIVALENCIES:

• Associates Degree in Design or a technically related field OR at least four (4) years product design experience
  • Advanced Candidates will have bachelor's degree and/or 10+ years product design experience
• Fluency in SOLIDWORKS with strong component and assembly modeling
  • Inventor, Fusion 360 or Creo may be considered
  • Demonstrated ability in the basic sketch functions, extrude and revolve functions, the application of mates/constraints, and how to apply tolerancing
  • Advanced candidates must know how to use sheet metal functions in Solidworks

• Engineering Design knowledge
  • General mechanical aptitude required. Natural curiosity - asks questions to comprehend issues, actively seeks understanding challenges and identifies multiple solutions. Pneumatics experience a plus
  • Understanding of basic tolerancing (linear/angular), including the meaning, impact and implications the tolerances
  • Design for manufacturing knowledge:
  • Casting/molding, machining, sheet metal - Required
  • Advanced candidates: Powdered metal, 3D printing, welding, stamping/forming, tool design

PHYSICAL/MENTAL/ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Self Direction
  • Must be able to function responsibly with minimal active oversight.
  • Successful candidate will be faced with multiple tasks and will need to prioritize these tasks.
  • Successful candidate will need to actively seek proper input if answers are unclear.
• Integrity, Trust and Teamwork
  • Must be comfortable working within a team/network.
  • Gast Engineering is a collaborative environment, people will help you, people will ask for help from you.
  • Ask for help when you need it.
  • Provide help if you are able; be clear when you are unable

GAST Manufacturing, a Unit of IDEX Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to workforce diversity.

The intent of this job description is to provide a representative summary of the essential duties and responsibilities performed by incumbents of this job. Incumbents may be requested to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented.

Are you ready to join a different kind of company where our people, our culture, and our commitments are centered around providing trusted solutions that improve lives around the world?

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