Your Title: Junior Mechanical Engineer

Job Location: Christchurch, New Zealand

Our Department: CCFS (Civil Construction Field Systems)

Are you interested in designing and testing mechanical designs for components on heavy earthmoving machinery, being part of the end-to-end hardware product development process, including all aspects from design through to manufacturing?

What You Will Do

As a Junior Mechanical Engineer with CCFS, you will work as part of a global design team as a key member of the hardware engineering team. You will use CAD software to create 3D models of your mechanical designs, and then work on realising those models and turning them into products.

• Contribute and collaborate into a global design team

• Conceptualize mechanical designs to meet marketing requirements

• Transform concepts into 3D models

• Support existing products

• Create documentation - assembly drawings and procedures, component drawings

• Perform fatigue and vibration analysis, FEA, bolt joint analysis

• Create design validation test plans and conduct testing on and off-site

• Work with suppliers and contract manufacturers.

What Skills & Experience You Should Bring

Along with your excellent problem-solving skills and ability to recognise improvement opportunities, you will have excellent analytical skills, verbal communication and technical writing competency. You will be a self-motivated team player who is schedule-conscious when performing multiple tasks. To be a successful applicant you will have:

• A Bachelor’s degree, diploma, or equivalent experience in mechanical engineering

• 1+ years of professional experience in mechanical engineering

• Hands-on workshop experience

• Confident using 3D CAD. Ideally ProE/Creo

• Familiar with using FEA and other analysis tools

About Your Location
Based at Trimble’s campus in Christchurch, New Zealand (handily located on the Little River Link Cycleway), enjoy free parking, securely covered bike sheds, and a great team environment where people love our outstanding culture, and you will appreciate our excellent employee benefits including medical and life insurance, an active social club, an on-site gym, fitness programs, and more.

At Trimble, you'll find the inspiration and opportunity to be yourself and thrive. The global community of Team Trimble, including more than 400 people in New Zealand, is passionate about bringing new ideas and innovations to life and building a better, more sustainable future.

Please Note: Only applicants legally entitled to work in New Zealand will be considered. 

About Our Civil Construction Field Systems Division

Our Civil Construction Field Systems division provides a wide range of hardware and software solutions to the construction industry. We also work closely with the CTCT division (a joint venture between Trimble and Caterpillar), creating world-leading grade control and automation products for customers in the paving, construction, landfill, and mining industries. Our products make operators of heavy equipment more productive, whether they’re working on a landscaping job in someone’s backyard, leveling a section for a house, building a subdivision or highway, or operating an 800-tonne excavator on a mine site.

Central to our success is accurate positioning. We utilise the latest in technology from our in-house developed positioning technologies utilising IMU, GNSS, Laser, Optical, and Sonic sensors, and some tech we can’t even talk about yet, to empower machine operators with clear and accurate guidance. In many cases we automate functions of the machine, so the operator can concentrate on other tasks.

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