Mechanical Design Engineer

My client, a leading Engineering company based in High Wycombe are looking to recruit an experienced Mechanical Design Engineer on a full time, permanent basis. Candidates must have a minimum of 5 years of experience of mechanical and hydraulic design and a sound knowledge of FEA. As part of the role, the Mechanical Design Engineer will have partial responsibility for the technical execution of multiple projects (Client projects and R&D projects) together with managing the design documentations to Clients and Production.

• Lead client driven projects with the assistance of the Senior Engineer and the support of other engineers within the team.
• Assist the project management team in converting client s engineering requirements into detailed defined instructions, identifying the key priorities for the procurement and production departments to complete a project.
• Conceive, research, and develop engineering designs from product ideas gathered by liaising with Clients, together with Sales, Projects, and Production departments.
• Evaluate all key factors including client requirements, use of the product, material selection, safety, legal requirements, and design for manufacture.
• Lead internal design reviews for new design with assistance from the Senior Engineer.
• Responsible for assigned design projects and delivering these projects within the required timescale.
• Create Design file for each project to ensure design criteria and design solution is captured on a document. Including any calculations and analysis performed to validate the solution.
• Check/approve engineering documentations (drawings, qualification, calculations, etc)
• Provide technical support to client with help from the Senior Engineer.
• Attend and contribute to associated project meetings as technical lead.
• Responsible for attending meetings/reviews and reacting to any issues to best serve the customer.
• Assist in the development of internal design guidelines.

• Associated Degree or minimum 5 years of experience mechanical design.
• Hydraulic design experience (desirable)
• Oil and Gas Industry experience. (desirable).
• Experience of working in an Engineer Role and working on multiple projects at the same time.
• Experience of pressure retaining components.
• Fully conversant with Solidworks, AutoCAD and Microsoft Office.
• Knowledge and understanding of Finite Element Analysis (FEA).
• Experience of ANSYS (desirable).
• Knowledge of British Standards for Engineering Draughting.
• Able to deal proactively with senior discipline representatives in the co–ordination of work.
• Excellent communication skills, the ability to present complex technical results in a clear and concise manner.
• Good organisational skills with ability to manage time effectively between multiple technically demanding projects.
• Flexibility in responding to critical deadlines.
• Good verbal communication skills.
• Good writing skills, with the ability to write technical reports and procedures for Clients.
• Good attention to detail.
• Strong communication skills are a must, both written and verbal.
• Efficient, well organised, and able to communicate at all level, Desire to work as a team with a result driven approach.

Hours of work are 07 30 Monday to Thursday and 07 30 on Fridays covering 40 hours a week.

An attractive salary is on offer dependent on your level of experience – up to GBP
48k per annum.