
Senior Project Mechanical Engineer
New Ulm, MNFull-time$90–105K/yrSeen 1 day agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago
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Job overview
The Senior Project Mechanical Engineer completes mechanical design work for mobile equipment, including structural, fluid power, and powertrain systems. The role manages complex design and development projects and may direct other engineers. Work includes component selection, CAD design, FEA and other analysis, bills of materials, and manuals, while coordinating with engineering, manufacturing, and project management to deliver projects on time, on budget, and safely.
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Job Duties
The Senior Project Mechanical Engineer completes mechanical design work for mobile equipment that includes structural, fluid power and powertrain systems, manages complex design and development projects and manages and/or provides work direction for other engineers. You will perform component selection, CAD design work, analysis including FEA, detailed BOM and Operator and User Manuals. The Engineer collaborates with other SpecSys engineers and manufacturing along with project managers to ensure the On Time - On Budget - Done Right - Done Safely aspects of the project assigned.
RESPONSIBILITIES AND ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
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Verifying the design meets performance and configuration specifications
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Contract management to verify the project is completed on time and on budget
vCustomer management to understand expectations and standards
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Providing work instructions for engineers, designers and drafters
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Coordinating resources of project teams
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Developing and updating project timelines
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Providing performance and status of projects in timely fashion to management
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Performing engineering calculations to verify compliance with design requirements
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Providing technical data to the client, engineers, designers, drafters, operations and management
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Overseeing requisite project analysis to verify qualitative integrity
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Directing preparation and presentation of progress reports for the customer
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Preparing project review booklets and present to the customer
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Specifying and sourcing purchase components to be used
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Specifying materials to be used in design
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Developing design concepts to perform project function reviews
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Working on multiple CAD packages
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Reviewing CAD models for completeness, interferences, and manufacturability
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Reviewing detail drawings for completeness, accuracy, and client standards
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Reviewing and update model and drawing tolerances
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Generating and reviewing bill of materials for completeness
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Updating and tracking action / issue items
JOB REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS:
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Leadership skills and the ability to guide and manage other engineers
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Strong mechanical aptitude
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Well organized
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Experience with design of mobile equipment systems and heavy machinery required
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Ability to interact at a management level with Manufacturing Operations, Sales, Clients, and Quality
Minimum Education Required
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BS or MS engineering degree in mechanical, agriculture, electrical or aerospace engineering disciplines
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Has an MBA, MS in engineering, or other advance degree is appreciated and valued, but not required
Minimum Experience Required
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8+ years of proven project experience
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Or has any combination of education and experience that would provide the required skill and knowledge for successful performance
Shift
First (Day)
Number of Openings
1
Veterans Encouraged to Apply
Yes
Physical Required
No
Compensation
$90,000.00 - $105,000.00 / Annually
Postal Code
56073
Job Type
Full Time
Place of Work
On-site
Requisition ID
1876716
Job Benefits
BENEFITS & PERKS: Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance; HSA/FSA options; Accident & Critical Illness Insurance; Short- and Long-Term Disability; 401(k) with Employer Match; Term Life Insurance; Employee Assistance Program; Employee-of-the-Month and Year; Onsite Welding Training and Certifications; RITALKA University; Employee Luncheons; Community Volunteering
How this job compares
Set against the 7,601 open Mechanical Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$90–105K/yr
- Minnesota median$91–130K/yr116 salary ranges
- US median$106–160K/yr4,548 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $98K, is 15% below the Minnesota median midpoint ($115K) — in the middle half of Mechanical Engineer salary ranges in Minnesota.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 203 open Mechanical Engineer jobs in Minnesota and 7,601 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Minnesota
- ManpowerGroup68 open
- Actalent9 open
- Polaris Industries7 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience — more than three in four Mechanical Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 6,308 postings).
- Education
- 5,231 of the 7,601 open Mechanical Engineer jobs (69%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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