Job Description

Description

About Key Technology:

Key Technology has been providing innovative solutions to the food industry since 1948. We are a global leader in the design and manufacture of food processing technology. Products range from conveying, digital sorting, and process automation technology. Our ongoing innovations provide increased control, continuous processing and longer machine life – in processed fruits and vegetables, nuts, dried fruit, fresh-cut produce and more. At Key, we continually strive to find and fulfill our customers’ growing needs.

Key Technology in seeking a Project Engineering Technician  to support our customer integrations team.  The Project Engineering Technician designs, modifies, and creates equipment and structures in which they integrate into customer solutions.

Essential Skills and Responsibilities

• Reviews rough sketches, drawings, specifications, and other engineering data received from Design Engineers, Engineering Technicians, and/or Project Engineers.
• Drafts detailed drawings of all necessary elements of a required design including but not limited to assemblies, sub-assemblies, weldments, sheet metal flat patterns, and installation drawings.
• Computes weights of components, center of gravity, speed, and stroke using computer aided design tools.
• Create assemblies with multiple pieces of equipment, at least 3 to 5 pieces of equipment.
• Develops detailed Bills of Materials.
• Works in cooperation with Sales Engineers, Customer Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Manufacturing, External Customers, and Vendors as required.
• Must recognize areas of technical requirements that need the advice and/or attention of qualified personnel.
• Create layouts / assemblies with 15 or more pieces of equipment.
• Own the layout of a single area in a processing plant.
• Participate with others in resolving customer issues.

Education and Experience

• Level 3: Associate's degree (A. A.) in Mechanical Engineering Technology or equivalent from two-year college, a minimum of seven years CAD drafting experience and a minimum of seven years of related machine design experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to work with mathematical fundamentals of plane, solid, descriptive geometry and trigonometry. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• AutoCAD, Solidworks, Navisworks, Adobe, are the primary software packages used by this position, as well as MS Office products. 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to communicate. The employee is frequently required to stand, sit, kneel, crawl and climb. The employee occasionally works at heights and is frequently required to walk and reach with hands and arms. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and color vision. The work environment includes manufacturing. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to high. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. 

Why Work at Key?

Key Technology offers a competitive benefits package for all full-time employees, including the following:

• Medical coverage through your choice of a high deductible health plan or a PPO plan. All plans include prescription drug coverage. Dental and vision coverage also offered, and Flexible spending accounts or Health Savings Accounts when allowed by tax laws. Our HSA includes a match up to $1,000 annually
• Paid life insurance and disability insurance, and options to purchase additional coverage
• Paid Maternity Leave
• Optional coverages include Long-term Care, Accident Insurance, and Critical Illness Insurance
• 401k plan with match 
• Educational Assistance reimbursement
• Accrued paid time off (PTO) 
• 10 paid holidays annually

Work Environment

Key Technology maintains a drug-free workplace is an equal employment opportunity (EEO) employer that evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, and other characteristics protected by law. Individuals who need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process should contact the Key Technology Human Resources Department to request accommodation. In addition to federal law requirements, Key Technology complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the Company has facilities. Candidates must satisfactorily pass background check and post-offer drug screen prior to employment. Key Technology participates in E-Verify.