Layout Design Engineer

Layout Design Engineer

£35,000 - £45,000 per annum

Office-based - NN14

Permanent | Full-time

32 Days Holiday Including Bank Holidays | Pension | Discretionary Bonus

Are you an Applications Engineer, Layout Engineer or Design Engineer with experience producing 3D layouts for machinery or engineering systems?

Do you enjoy taking a customer requirement and turning it into a practical engineering solution?

If yes, read on...

My client is a growing engineering and manufacturing business specialising in the design and manufacture of bespoke machinery and systems. Due to continued growth, they are looking for an Applications Engineer to join their commercial team.

This is a front-end engineering role where you will work closely with Sales and customers, taking initial enquiries and developing them into clear 3D concepts and plant layouts before projects are handed over to the Project Engineering team for detailed design.

• Produce 3D plant and machinery layouts using Solid Works.
• Take initial sales enquiries and understand the customer's technical requirements.
• Work with Sales and customers to develop the best overall engineering solution.
• Consider available space, equipment positioning, material flow and system footprint.
• Integrate company machinery alongside third-party equipment to create complete system layouts.
• Produce General Arrangement drawings, 3D views and technical concepts.
• Support the Sales team with tenders and technical information.
• Build and maintain a library of 3D machinery models.
• Identify potential engineering or installation issues early in the sales process.
• Work closely with Sales, Project Engineering, Projects, R&D and Production.
• Attend customer sites when required.
• Support ongoing product development and standardisation projects.

• Around 3+ years' experience within Applications Engineering, Mechanical Design or a similar engineering role.
• Experience producing 3D layouts or designs for machinery, equipment or engineering systems.
• Experience using Solid Works or similar 3D CAD software.
• Able to understand a customer's requirements and develop a practical technical solution.
• Experience working with Sales, customers and engineering teams.
• Comfortable looking at the overall system/layout, rather than simply designing individual components.
• Previous machinery, conveyors, automation, materials handling or similar experience would be advantageous.

• £35,000 - £45,000 per annum
• 32 days holiday including bank holidays
• Company pension
• Discretionary Christmas bonus based on company performance
• Full product and systems training
• Opportunity to work on a wide variety of bespoke engineering projects.
• Join a growing engineering business with continued investment and increasing headcount.