Job title: Mechanical Design Engineer
Location: Market Harborough (LE16)
Salary: Dependant on experience
Additional benefits: 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays, Company Pension, Free parking, Employee Assistance Programme, Life Assurance, Discretionary Bonus.
Contract Type: Permanent
The Company:
The King Group of Companies has been providing transport equipment solutions for more than 60 years, now part of the Martin Group of Companies. King’s client base includes blue chip companies in the defence, energy, and highways sectors.
Reporting to the Group Technical Director, the successful candidate will take responsibility for the technical specifications and design for trailers and their ancillary equipment.
The Role:
* Working within the Engineering team to provide technical information to other departments to achieve the required specification and quality at best price.
* Ensure all legislative and safety criteria are met and adhered to.
* Producing technical CAD models and drawings using 3D software.
* Producing technical calculations to justify the design and decision-making process.
* Playing a major role in new product development, providing support in terms of design, manufacture and ensuring coherence to current legislation.
* Produce concepts and designs of steel structural, Sheetmetal and mechanism.
Key skills/experience:
* Proficient in the use of Solidworks 3D CAD software.
* Goods vehicle produ...