Mechanical Design Engineer

You’re a Mechanical Engineer first and a Design Engineer second. As our new Mechanical Design Engineer, you’ll work on R&D projects from concept through to completion, not just in the design office but hands-on with production and machinery testing. You don’t want to just sit in front of a computer; you want to broaden your horizons in a smaller business, where you will make a real difference.

Based in Bedford, we develop special purpose machinery for a variety of industry sectors.

• 23 days holiday plus bank holidays
• 6% company pension

Luton, Biggleswade, Sandy, Hitchin, Ampthill, Flitwick, Woburn, Cranfield, Milton Keynes, Newport Pagnell, St Neots, Huntingdon, Rushden, Wellingborough

• There is a hands on, experienced and supportive engineering team to support you
• You can work on design projects from start to finish – not just parts of them
• You can be hands on as a mechanical engineer getting involved on the shop floor with production, assembly and machine / factory acceptance testing
• You can develop your engineering skills to diverse your knowledge of electrical and software too if you wish

Reporting to our Engineering Manager, as a Mechanical Design Engineer you’ll be involved with a variety of existing projects from the get-go. Our projects range from existing machinery modifications through to blank page NPD / innovation. Largely low volume.

Rather than being confined to a design office, you’ll be encouraged to be shop floor and customer-facing, building on your project experience and working closely with the team on the shop floor in production.

You’ll need the ability to juggle several projects (maybe 2-3) at different stages, which will challenge you as a Mechanical Design Engineer. Innovation and quality are at the core of what we do here.

• Detailed mechanical design of new machines from cradle to grave
• Re-engineer existing machinery to enhance design, manufacturing efficiency, durability, cost down, GD&T and weights and balance etc
• Prototype testing
• Internal stakeholder management with production and sales

You’ll be an experienced Mechanical Design Engineer, educated to likely have an HND or

B.ENG in Mechanical Engineering.

• Working on design projects from concept through to completion
• Competent using Solid Works as your primary 3D modeling package or similar and willing to learn
• Worked closely with production and test (DfMA)
• BOM’s, materials selection to include stainless steel, aluminum and mild steel

A privately owned, UK manufacturer of special purpose machinery servicing the FMCG sectors.

It is highly likely you will have worked in any of the following roles and/or markets, and worked with the following products and/or services:
Mechanical Design, Design Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, Equipment, Tooling, Industrial, Converting, Rewinding, Spooling, Hydraulics, Solid Works, DfMA, DFMAE, FEA, DFM, DFA

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