Mechanical Design Engineer

Mechanical Design Engineer

Salary: £38,000 - £45,000
Bridgend

We are currently recruiting for a Mechanical Design Engineer to join an innovative and successful privately owned company in Bridgend that designs and manufactures hi‑tech capital equipment for worldwide export.

• Work in collaboration with electrical, controls and software engineers to design and implement cost‑effective equipment and solutions for engineering problems, helping improve safety, reliability and throughput.
• Develop project specifications with colleagues, often including those from other engineering disciplines.
• Produce details of specifications and outline designs.
• Design robust solutions within a 3D environment, ensuring best practice modelling to minimise waste in the model and eliminate conflicting information between models and drawings.
• Discuss and solve complex problems with customers, internal departments, sub‑contractors and suppliers, considering cost, safety and time constraints.
• Create documentation for the release of products to production, including BoM, spares list, build instructions and assembly drawings.
• Assemble prototypes, recommending modifications following prototype test results.
• Prepare product documentation for service, publications, sales and marketing.
• Create engineering drawings conforming to BS8888, ISO 9001 and internal company standards for presentation to various suppliers.
• Ensure designs conform to international standards and directives.

• Degree level in Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Science, Manufacturing Engineering or equivalent, with experience in a product development environment specifically design for manufacture, assembly and service.
• Experience using Autodesk Inventor for part drawing and assembly creation; other CAD packages such as Creo or Solidworks also considered.