Senior Mechanical Engineer

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

Machine Design Precision Engineering Global Industrial Equipment

Portsmouth (Hybrid)

Are you an experienced Mechanical Design Engineer who thrives on designing real machinery, not just systems on paper?

This is an opportunity to join a globally active engineering business where you will design specialist industrial equipment used in demanding environments worldwide, from shipyards to power plants.

If you enjoy working on mechanisms, moving parts and fully functioning machines, this role will put your skills to the test.

You will be designing machines and mechanical systems that move, cut, drive and perform in heavy industrial markets.

Your work will include:

• Mechanical assemblies and complex machinery
• Gearboxes, drive systems and power transmission
• Linkages, slides and precision mechanisms
• Clamping, fixturing, and structural frames
• Equipment designed for portable, real–world industrial use

You will take ownership from concept through to build and real–world application.

We are specifically seeking engineers with true machine design experience.

• Experience designing mechanical machinery or special purpose equipment
• Strong knowledge of:
  • Assemblies and mechanisms
  • Gear systems / rotating equipment
  • Structural components under load
• Proven ability to take designs from concept to manufacture
• CAD experience (Solid Works, Inventor or similar)
• A practical mindset comfortable solving real engineering problems

• Special purpose machinery
• Machine tools / industrial equipment
• Portable or modular machinery
• Heavy engineering or capital equipment

This is more than just a design role it s a chance to work on engineering that matters.

End–to–end ownership see your designs built and used in the field

Technical challenge solve real problems in demanding environments

Global impact equipment used across international industries

Hands–on involvement testing, validation, and real–world application

Collaborative culture work with experienced engineers in a practical environment

Career progression growing business with opportunities to develop