Mechanical Engineer

Mechanical Engineer

Pope Scientific | Saukville, WI | On-site | Full-time

At Pope Scientific, we build custom wiped-film distillation systems and pressure vessels for industrial processes. Many are designed from a blank page around one customer’s needs. As a Mechanical Engineer on our team, you’ll work closely with our Director of Engineering. You’ll take tough process challenges and turn them into safe, buildable, efficient designs, then watch them come to life on our shop floor.

This role is a great fit for an engineer with a few years of real-world design experience who’s ready for more ownership. You’ll lead projects from kickoff through fabrication, testing, and delivery, make design decisions with confidence, and see the direct impact of your work.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design of custom solutions for complex industrial processes from the ground up
• Create and own CAD drawings, bills of material, and revisions for customer approval, vendor quotes, sales proposals, and in-house fabrication
• Drive improvements to existing products, reduce costs, and develop new components
• Work with Operations to set and track critical project dates, and flag issues early
• Source and requisition non-stock components, and inspect incoming parts for quality
• Provide cost estimates to Sales for special components and fabrications
• Take an active role in design reviews, kickoff meetings, equipment testing, and inspections
• Get hands-on in the shop when production needs your help (about 20% of your time)
• Work directly with customers to answer technical questions and guide design decisions
• Help QC pull together documentation for customer manuals

Preferred Qualifications

• B.S. in Mechanical Engineering
• 3–5 years of mechanical design experience, ideally in custom equipment, process systems, or fabrication
• Proficiency in 3D CAD and creating production-ready drawings and BOMs
• A solid grasp of mechanisms and a proven instinct for designs that are practical to build
• Experience managing projects and working directly with vendors and customers
• Familiarity with pressure vessels, ASME code, or process equipment is a plus
• Strong organization: you keep project files clean and follow engineering protocol
• Innovative, focused, and trustworthy

Comprehensive benefits offered, including:

• Health, dental, and vision coverage
• Employer-paid group term life, short-term, and long-term disability coverage
• 401(k) plan
• Paid vacation and sick leave
• 7 paid holidays

Why Pope

Small team, big variety: your designs ship to industries such as pharma, food and flavors, specialty chemicals, polymers, and emerging technologies.

The details

• About 80% office, 20% manufacturing floor
• Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs
• Comfortable with deadlines and vendor coordination

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position. This list describes the principal functions of the role and is not exhaustive.

Please submit resumes to:

Pope Scientific, Inc.

Attention: Human Resources Department

351 N Dekora Woods Blvd

• Saukville, WI 53080