K-Line Trailers is looking for a Mechanical Designer / Mechanical Engineer to join our engineering team. We welcome applicants at various career stages, from experienced designers and technologists to senior engineers with strong new product development experience.

This hands-on role focuses on custom specialized heavy trailers, mobile equipment, and fabricated mechanical products. Your work will range from initial concept and product development through detailed design, fabrication, assembly, testing, and production support. Our custom manufacturing environment provides an opportunity to solve unique engineering problems, work directly with skilled trades, and see your designs come to life on the shop floor.

What You Will Do

- Design and develop new and existing mechanical products, components, and assemblies using AutoCAD Mechanical.
- Create and revise parts, assemblies, fabrication and assembly drawings, technical documentation, and bills of material (BOMs).
- Develop practical, production-ready designs using cutting, forming, machining, welding, fabrication, and assembly processes.
- Verify dimensions, fits, tolerances, clearances, materials, GD&T;, and drawing consistency before submitting work for review or production.
- Research and analyze design concepts for feasibility, performance, manufacturability, and cost-effectiveness.
- Support engineering calculations, including weight distribution, axle loading, centre of gravity, component sizing, and basic structural analysis.
- Work directly with production to resolve fabrication, fit-up, and assembly issues, then incorporate approved improvements into designs.
- Configure products for customer orders and prepare the related drawings and BOMs.
- Coordinate with engineering, sales, purchasing, customers, suppliers,



and production to clarify requirements and carry design changes through manufacturing.
- Help improve engineering standards, procedures, drawing practices, and design processes.
- Participate in design and peer reviews of models, drawings, calculations, and BOMs.

Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering preferred; or
- Diploma in Mechanical Engineering Technology or Engineering Design.

Core Skills and Experience

- Experience designing and drafting manufactured mechanical products.
- Proficiency with AutoCAD Mechanical; experience with Autodesk Inventor is an asset.
- Ability to prepare clear, accurate, production-ready fabrication and assembly drawings and BOMs.
- Practical knowledge of welding, fabrication, machining, forming, and assembly.
- Understanding of dimensions, fits, tolerances, clearances, materials, and manufacturing methods.
- Solid three-dimensional visualization, mechanical aptitude, analytical thinking, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
- A disciplined approach to checking work, maintaining revision control, and documenting design changes.
- Effective English communication skills and the ability to collaborate with engineering, production, sales, purchasing, customers, and suppliers.
- Willingness to work directly with shop-floor personnel to resolve design and manufacturing issues.

Senior-Level Candidates For a senior-level position,



we are seeking approximately five or more years of relevant mechanical product design experience, including demonstrated capability in new product development, complex mechanical systems, and design reviews.

Additional Experience We Value

Experience in any of the following areas is an asset:

- Trailers, mobile equipment, heavy equipment, industrial machinery, or other fabricated mechanical products.
- New product development and bottom-up mechanical design.
- Weight distribution, axle loading, and centre-of-gravity calculations.
- GD&T; and welding standards.
- Hydraulic, pneumatic, suspension, braking, steering, electrical.
- Mechanical inclination / aptitude is an asset

Why Join K-Line? At K-Line Trailers, engineers and designers do more than CAD work. They take ownership of projects from concept through manufacturing, collaborate directly with the skilled people building your designs, and solve practical engineering problems on equipment used all over North America. You will find K-Line offers a supportive, hands-on work environment.

If you enjoy mechanical design, manufacturing, problem-solving, and seeing your ideas become finished products, we would like to hear from you.

K-Line is a registered firm with EGBC and is OSSE certified, the company pays for your OGBC membership.

Position is open to those qualified for the position and that are legally allowed to work within Canada.

Pay: $70,000.00-$95,000.00 per year

Benefits

- Casual dress
- Company events
- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
- RRSP match
- Store discount
- Vision care
- Wellness program

Work Location: In person

📌 Mechanical Engineer / Mechanical Designer (Langley)
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