Mechanical Engineer

Mechanical Engineer

John Crane, a business of Smiths Group, is a global leader in mission-critical flow control solutions for energy and process industries that enable efficient and sustainable operations. Our products include mechanical seals and systems, couplings, bearings, filtration systems, and predictive digital monitoring technologies.

We have a global network of more than 200 sites in over 50 countries and employ more than 6,000 people worldwide. We partner with our customers to help them keep their operations safe, reduce downtime, improve efficiency, and meet the latest environmental standards.

John Crane is part of Smiths Group. For over 170 years, Smiths has been pioneering progress by engineering for a better future. We serve millions of people every year, helping to create a safer, more efficient, productive, and better-connected world across four global markets: energy, security & defence, space & aerospace, and general industrial. Listed on the London Stock Exchange, Smiths employs approximately 16,000 colleagues in over 50 countries.

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Mechanical Engineer to join the Wet Seals team reporting to the Engineering Manager of High Duty. As a Mechanical Engineer, you will either be under direct supervision performs a variety of engineering and design tasks requiring application of standard techniques and procedures & using engineering judgement and responsibilities to resolve customer inquiries. This role will also offer guidance and support to other engineers within the team.

PRIMARY DUTIES (Applications):

• Review & processing of Application Requests
• Following standard techniques and procedures, select / apply standard or special products to meet customers' needs, including seals, fluid control products, couplings, filters, bearings
• Generation of engineering proposals / specifications for standard or special products, including determining cost-effective materials for production
• Advanced Seal calculations (including leakage calculations, heat generation, balance temp, flow rates etc.)
• Advanced use of CSTEDY & similar tools for in-depth design analysis, including approval of others' basic CSTEDY reports
• Fluid control calculations as required
• Advanced Couplings calculations as required
• Other engineering calculations as required
• Provide applications direction and approval to CAD personnel to complete layout (GA) and detail drawings
• Prepare material and other relevant product specifications for internal and external use
• In-depth field troubleshooting, including analysis of problems / recommendation & implementation of appropriate solutions, lead meetings with customers in plant or at customer's site to resolve satisfactorily
• Detailed failure analysis activities, including full investigation / reporting / resolution with customer with necessary commercial awareness
• Approve / reject purchase or manufacture of fabricated parts not to drawing specification ('quality clinics')
• Create / assist in the creation of application software, analysis programs or selection criteria, for new or existing products

PRIMARY DUTIES (Product Development):

• Develop and implement clear plans for new products and enhancements in co-operation with PLM where appropriate
• Project manage development programmes to plan and budget
• Support the transition of a product from development into production
• Perform and monitor the testing of mechanical seal designs, whether as part of product development or for customer-specific tests
• Build prototype models for test and evaluation
• Assist Marketing with design, performance, and application criteria on existing designs or product enhancements

PRIMARY DUTIES (other):

• Detailed technical presentations to customers in order to support sales
• Deliver detailed technical training externally to customers as required
• Manage and report personal workload, forecast job lead-times to meet customer and departmental objectives
• Raise / process / approve Engineering Change Notice (GCN) requests
• Create new or update existing standards to control design criteria, application of products, and procedures
• Create & distribute technical bulletins, articles, or papers dealing with…