Job Description
Position: Senior Mechanical Design Engineer
Sector: Mechanical Engineering
Location: Sheffield
Salary: £50,000 - £60,000
In this role, you will be responsible for product design, development, and detailing utilizing CAD software and other engineering skills/calculations. You will develop engineering solutions and coordinate a team of Designers, being responsible for specific areas of projects, machines, and technologies, while working closely with the Project Engineer to reach assigned targets.
Your responsibilities will include:
1. Accountable for the completion of 3D modelling, detail design, technical calculations, and product development as assigned by management utilizing the internal software and tools.
2. Responsible for assigned portions of the product design and development process, ensuring project schedules are maintained while following company standards.
3. Coordinate and mentor the Designer Engineers, maintaining responsibility for projects within specific areas, and working closely with Project Engineers to reach assigned targets.
4. Develop the layout of areas of equipment, proposal layout, and basic engineering of new mechanical equipment based on customer requests.
5. Carry out complex mechanical calculations.
6. Oversee Design Engineers during the detail engineering stage.
7. Participate in commercial/technical (basic and detail design) meetings worldwide, involving customer interaction and collaboration with other business units such as Civil, Piping, and Automation.
8. Assist Purchasing, Manufacturing, Erection, and Commissioning Departments during the handling of developed engineering where necessary.
9. Continuously monitor project progress, identify areas of concern, escalate where necessary, and manage customer expectations.
10. Support sales activities through drawing/document creation and on-site reverse engineering of products.
11. Liaise with representatives from suppliers during technical evaluations of project solutions.
12. Manage expectations, clarify requirements, and make requests, including submission deadline changes, as required.
About you:
* Degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent relevant experience.
* 3-5 years of experience in 2D and 3D CAD required (Autodesk Inventor an advantage but not essential) within an OEM-structured engineering department.
* Knowledge of metallurgy, material science, heat treatment; specific knowledge in cutting, welding, heat treatment, and machining.
* Proficiency in mechanical calculations (NX, MathCAD, Microsoft Excel).
* Ability to read design/technical documentation freely.
* Experience operating with international documentation: technical books, standards, catalogues, etc. (AutoCAD, Inventor).
* Ability to work in international groups with effective verbal and written communication skills in a worldwide team environment.
* Strong analytical and problem-solving ability, focusing on overall results and finer details.
* Ability to prioritize workload, deliver on-time results to company standards while managing multiple projects.
* Experience in structured writing in the form of technical reports.
* Available for regular business travel (worldwide).
* Basic product/plant understanding and know-how (knowledge of components and reference information).
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