Embarking on a career in the mechanical trade in Las Cruces, NM, often begins with an apprenticeship, blending practical experience with theoretical knowledge, enabling individuals to earn while they learn. Apprenticeships typically span three to four years, demanding extensive training under seasoned professionals. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are 2634 mechanical trade professionals in Las Cruces, with wages averaging around $832 per week. The job market is projected to grow, with an average annual overtime income of $4,338. Vocational schools, unions, and platforms like HireLevel facilitate apprenticeship opportunities, leading to a lucrative career with potential earnings often surpassing $42,000 annually for seasoned professionals.
Position Title: Mechanical Tech,Sr Employee Classification: Mechanical Tech,Sr College/Division: Engineering College Department: 360675-MANUFACTURING TECH AND ENG CTR Internal or External Search: External - Open to all applicants Location: Las Cruces Offsite Location (if applicable): Target Hourly/Salary Rate: $25.56 Appointment Full-time Equivalency: 1.0 Exempt or Non-Exempt: Non-Exempt Summary: Join our team and make a tangible impact on innovation and research! As a Mechanical Tech, Sr., you will play a pivotal role in supporting groundbreaking research initiatives and fostering economic development. Your expertise will be instrumental in guiding projects from concept to realization, ensuring the highest standards of craftsmanship and technical excellence. Classification Summary: Lays out, builds, tests, troubleshoots, repairs, designs, and modifies developmental and production parts, equipment, and systems. Applies principles and theories of engineering mathematics, and physics. Classification Standard Duties: Devise, fabricate, and assemble new or modified mechanical components for products such as industrial machinery or equipment, and measuring instruments. Assembles experimental or complete prototype models according to engineering instructions, technical manuals, and knowledge of systems and components. Discusses layout and assembly procedures and problems with engineers, researchers, or other professionals. Recommends changes or installation specifications to simplify assembly and maintenance. Sets up standard or complex test apparatus or devises test equipment to conduct functional, operational, environmental, and life tests to evaluate performance and reliability of prototype or production models. Performs hardware and software maintenance and assists in proper upkeep and utilization of systems. Analyzes and interprets test data. Adjusts, calibrates, aligns, and modifies parts and components and records effects on unit performance. Review project instructions and blueprints to ascertain test specifications, procedures, and objectives, and test nature of technical problems. Record test procedures and results, numerical and graphical data, and recommendations for changes in product or test methods. Maintains technical documentation; writes technical reports and develops charts, graphs, and schematics. May operate drill press, grinders, engine lathe, or other machines to modify parts tested or to fabricate experimental parts for testing. May check functioning of newly installed equipment to evaluate system performance under actual operating conditions. Required Education, Experience, Certification/License, Equivalency Required Education:Vocational/Technical certificate or an associate's degree.; Required Experience:Five (5) years of experience directly related to the standard duties as outlined.; Equivalency:None; Required Certification/License: Knowledge, Skills and Abilities KNOWLEDGE:Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. Knowledge of the practical application of science and technology. Knowledge of mechanical layouts, components and mechanical assembly procedures. Knowledge of computer aided design software. Knowledge of laboratory operations and/or procedures.; SKILLS:Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. Records maintenance skills.; ABILITIES:Ability to prepare field drawings of design proposals. Ability to perform preventive maintenance on hardware, machines, or equipment. Ability to write reports containing technical information. Ability to read and follow technical instructions and manuals. Ability to evaluate systems and Ability to prepare field drawings of design proposals. Ability to perform preventive maintenance on hardware, machines, or equipment. Ability to write reports containing technical information. Ability to read and follow technical instructions and manuals. Ability to evaluate systems and design specification modifications. Ability to communicate with and understand the requirements of professional staff in area of specialty. Ability to investigate and analyze information and draw conclusions. Ability to make adjustments and modifications to hardware, machines, or equipment. Ability to analyze operational data and develop graphic and/or written interpretations. Job Duties and Responsibilities • Provide support to student and faculty research initiatives, ensuring high-quality workmanship and standards across projects. • Collaborate with and support the Arrowhead Center’s economic development initiatives, to support students, faculty, industry partners, and entrepreneurs in advancing their concepts into manufacturingready products. • Bring specialized expertise as a Mechanical Technician to enhance the Aggie Innovation Space and Arrowhead Center’s capacity to guide projects from concept to completion. • Conduct microcredential courses in areas such as Coordinate Measuring Machines (CMM), Computer Numerical Control (CNC) operations, Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T), and other relevant skills. • Support the college-wide interdisciplinary capstone program by engaging with various project teams, offering hands-on manufacturing guidance and technical support for their capstone projects. Perform miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned. Preferred Qualifications Special Requirements of the Position Department Contact: Gabe Garcia, [email protected], 575-646-7749 Contingent Upon Funding: Contingent upon funding Bargaining Unit Eligibility: This is a bargaining unit position with American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME). Standard Work Schedule: Standard (M-F, 8-5) If Not a Standard Work Schedule: Working Conditions and Physical Effort Environment: Work involves moderate exposure to unusual elements, such as extreme temperatures, dirt, dust, fumes, smoke, unpleasant odors, and/or loud noises. Physical Effort: Moderate physical activity. Lifting Requirements: Requires handling of average-weight objects up to 25 pounds or standing and/or walking for more than four (4) hours per day. Risk: Work environment involves exposure to potentially dangerous materials and situations that require following extensive safety precautions and may include the use of protective equipment.
See More Details >>About Us When you work at Chugach Government Solutions (CGS), you join a proud legacy of supporting missions while sustaining culture. The federal division of Chugach Alaska Corporation, CGS has been supporting critical missions as a government contractor for over 25 years. Our focus is to support facility maintenance, IT/technical services, construction and education. We are proud to have built, and continue to foster, an incredibly talented team spanning across the globe in hundreds of different fields – each team member proud to serve our country with first-class business services, while also making a difference for our Chugach shareholders. At CGS, empowering employees is a part of our core, and that focus is one of the ways we build and foster high-performing teams. We empower our employees through competitive compensation and benefits package, professional growth opportunities, truthful communication, and more! If you are looking for an opportunity to serve something bigger than yourself; if you want your day job to be one that creates meaningful value; if you are looking for an environment that highly values employees and respects individual differences – then Chugach Government Solutions may be the right fit for you! Job Overview Provide engineering support in the design, construction, and maintenance for facilities at the NASA Johnson Space Center, White Sands Test Facility site, Las Cruces, NM. The Mechanical Engineer is responsible to review project specifications such as plan preparation, acceptance testing, evaluation of field conditions, design changes, & reports. Position will manage the mechanical design process and orchestrates the planning, design, cost estimating, and phased scheduling for projects. This exempt position is located at the NASA/White Sands Test Facility in Las Cruces NM. We offer a competitive wage, leave/health benefits, and 401K. We are looking to hire the right person in the right place! Consider joining our facilities team! Work Model: Onsite Responsibilities Essential Duties & Job Functions: • Works independently, or with minimal supervision relying heavily on prior professional experience and knowledge of state and local regulations. • Performs mechanical design and planning work for new construction, renovation, and improvement projects for a variety of real property facilities. • Primary deliverables include scopes of work, specifications documents, and cost estimates for future projects. • Responsible to prepare engineering design criteria documents, calculations, drawings, and specifications for mechanical systems including HVAC, pumps, pressure vessel systems (PVS), heating and cooling water piping system, compressed air systems, building automation systems, and various other special systems. Assess feasibility and completeness of proposed engineering tests, equipment, projects, and designs. • Provides engineering support for both preventative and corrective maintenance as well as trouble analysis. • Utilize professional knowledge of mechanical theory, standard engineering theory and techniques, and local regulations to perform requirements, determinations, technical assistance, and conventional design work. • Supports mechanical projects during construction, including coordinating answers to Requests for Information, Change Orders, and solving problems that arise in the field. • Actively participates in design review committees and processes. • Engages engineering support personnel for CADD and GIS support during project development. • Serves as mechanical engineer-of-record for design documents and reports. • Prepares and presents informal and formal presentations to the customers and management. • Supports and participates in the company safety program. • Performs other related duties as assigned. Job Requirements Mandatory: • Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from an ABET accredited university program. • Minimum of eight (8) years’ experience as a Design Engineer or Requirements Engineer in the field of mechanical engineering. • Skill in the use of MS Office products; Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Adobe Acrobat Standard/Pro at an intermediate level. • Ability to pass pre-hire background and drug screening as required on the contract. • Ability to obtain and maintain the required level clearance. • U.S. Citizenship. • Valid state driver’s license with acceptable driving record. Reasonable Accommodation: CGS will provide reasonable accommodations, according to applicable state and federal laws, to all qualified individuals with physical or mental disabilities. In compliance with the ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a position with Chugach Government Solutions or any if its subsidiaries, please email [email protected]. Equal Employment Opportunity: Chugach is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, disability, genetic factors, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
See More Details >>Title: Mechanical Engineering Intern Program Summary KBR is seeking a Mechanical Engineering Intern to join our team at our office in Las Cruces, NM. The Mechanical Engineering Intern will be responsible as a part-time college/university mechanical engineering student for beginning level engineering of mechanical systems. The selected candidate will support multiple projects from a mechanical engineering standpoint in an RF communications industry. Job Summary The Mechanical Engineering Intern will work in a collaborative and fast-paced environment amongst professionals within an engineering and manufacturing facility. Under the supervision and mentorship of a senior engineer, this intern will be introduced but not limited to processes, procedures, and tools to efficiently perform analysis on stress, strain, thermal management, hardware integration, component selection, and engineering documentation. Roles and Responsibilities • Learn details and functions within our cross-functional engineering team • Review and update drawings by utilizing appropriate design, revision, and procedures • Research and identify new mechanical parts, components, and materials • Support IR&D, general design analyses, and design validation efforts • Design documentation support and design review preparations • Provide support to engineering during onsite or remote system integration efforts • Manage data, including test results, Bills-of-Material, quotations, drawings, technical data sheets, etc. • Perform integration and equipment installations • Other duties as assigned Basic Qualifications • Must be a U.S. citizen • Must be currently enrolled in an undergraduate degree program at a four-year university, pursuing a degree in Mechanical and/or Aerospace Engineering Preferred Qualifications • Basic experience using Computer Aided Drafting (CAD) software • Possess excellent verbal and written communication skills • Maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.00 • Able to work a minimum 20 hours per week during the semester, 40 hours during the summer • Able to perform manufacturing tasks (hardware integration, equipment installations, assembly, etc.) KBR Benefits KBR offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits which could include 401K plan with company match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, flexible spending account, disability, paid time off, or flexible work schedule. We support career advancement through professional training and development. Belong, Connect and Grow at KBR At KBR, we are passionate about our people and our Zero Harm culture. These inform all that we do and are at the heart of our commitment to, and ongoing journey toward being a People First company. That commitment is central to our team of team’s philosophy and fosters an environment where everyone can Belong, Connect and Grow. We Deliver – Together. KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
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