Facilities Crane Mechanical Engineer (Mid-Level or Senior)

Facilities Crane Mechanical Engineer (Mid-Level or Senior)

Company:

The Boeing Company

Job ID:

00000435725

Date Posted:

2025-01-14

Location:

USA - Auburn, WA

Job Description Qualifications:

Our Boeing Global Real Estate and Facilities (GREF) organization is seeking a Facilities Crane Mechanical Engineer at a Mid-Level or Senior Level specializing in cranes to join our Facilities Engineering team. This role supports the design, development, procurement, and modification of overhead crane systems at our Auburn & Fredrickson Boeing sites. You will be located in Auburn, Washington (with occasional travel to Puyallup, Washington).

Individuals with a passion for safe & reliable facilities systems and equipment will excel in this role. You will collaborate with other skilled engineering, maintenance, and operations teams to maintain & improve our crane systems and develop long range plans to ensure system sustainability.

Up to 15% travel required to Boeing sites in Puget Sound area as needed.

Position Responsibilities:

• Provide mechanical engineering guidance in the design, development, procurement, modification, and maintenance of overhead crane and hoisting systems

• Partner and collaborate closely with other engineering, maintenance, operations, and project management teams

• Develop conceptual designs, rough cost estimates, and preliminary project schedules to meet the needs of customers, engineering partners, facility standards, outside consultants, and regulatory/government agencies

• Review, approve, and verify crane mechanical system designs & installs to ensure compliance with requirements & regulations

• Support accuracy of system documentation and drawing libraries through internal and external projects

• Create CAD drawings and documentation aligned to facility standards; review contractor control drawing redline submittals after construction is complete; verify redlines are incorporated into as-built drawings

• Provide input to strategic, short term, and long term infrastructure planning, continuously recommending improvements

• Work with both internal & external partners to identify and assess alternatives and impacts; use proactive, forward-thinking approaches to daily work

• Determine causes of asset failures or reduction of capability using reliability tools & methods (e.g., lifecycle analysis, condition-based maintenance, mean time between failures, fault tree analysis, etc.)

• Demonstrate daily commitment to safety and operational excellence

This position is expected to be 100% onsite.  The selected candidate will be required to work onsite at one of the listed location options.

This position must meet export control compliance requirements. To meet export control compliance requirements, a “U.S. Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.15 is required.  “U.S. Person” includes U.S. Citizen, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee. 

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in mechanical engineering or related engineering field

• 5+ years of experience in an engineering role

• 3+ years of experience maintaining mechanical cranes and hoisting systems including cables, chain sheaves and hooks

• Experience reading & understanding engineering drawings, schematics, and specifications

• Ability to perform work at heights up to 50 feet above ground level with appropriate safety gear

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• 5+ years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience

• Experience in safety processes related to crane systems

• Experience applying Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA), or similar problem/analysis/resolution processes to engineering development & manufacturing/production efforts

• Experience working with industrial automation systems for cranes (i.e., reading standard PLC programming languages such as ladder logic, function block diagrams & statement lists)

• Experience using Autodesk AutoCAD

Typical Education & Experience: 

Mid-Level (Level 3): Education/experience typically acquired through advanced technical education from an accredited course of study in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics or chemistry (e