Mechanical Design Engineer

Mechanical Design Engineer

The Opportunity:

Working within the existing design team of this quality British designed and manufactured product, the Mechanical Design Engineer will be responsible for the adaption of existing designs on a really broad product range which is manufactured on site. In addition to your responsibilities as a Mechanical Design Engineer, you will work closely with the wider R&D team making recommendations for process improvements.

• Product design and development
  -Accountable for design updates of existing products from initial concept through to manufacture, ensuring designs meet customer, technical, functional, quality and cost requirements
• Design for manufacture
  - Ensure products are designed for efficient, repeatable and cost - effective manufacture and assembly
• Cross-functional collaboration
  - Work closely with new product development teams, Production Engineering, Quality, Purchasing and Marketing to ensure successful product design implementation
• Project support and delivery
  - Accountable for being the technical support for R&D initiative projects, ensuring that project deadlines are met, relevant stakeholders are involved and project progress is reported
• Design risk management
  - Identify, assess and mitigate design risks throughout existing product design updates
• Engineering standards
  - Ensure designs comply with engineering standards, legislation and company procedures, liaising with the new product development stakeholders
• Continuous improvement
  - Provide design support for manufacturing departments within the business for optimisation, continuous improvement and cost reduction projects

• 5 years experience in a sheet metal or manufacturing business as a Design Engineer
• Degree or HND in Mechanical Design or a related Engineering discipline
• A strong understanding of sheet metal manufacturing processes, materials and tolerances would be highly beneficial as some of the role will also involve process improvement.
• Proven experience of working with 3D CAD packages and generating 2D technical drawings (ideally a knowledge of Solid Edge).

• A competitive salary of £40000 dependent on experience
• Company Pension Scheme,5% contributory
• Salary Sacrifice scheme.