Mechanical Design Engineer
Location: Walsingham, Norfolk
Salary: £35,000 - £40,000 Per Annum
Our client is looking for a Mechanical Design Engineer who is a strong team player and can work using their own initiative.
Joining our client's design team, the successful candidate will play a key role in the design and development of projects. You’ll be tasked with providing effective and innovative product design solutions to ensure our client remains a market leader.
Your daily responsibilities will include carrying out mechanical design tasks from concept through to production drawings to meet business and customer specified requirements, while providing a high level of commercial awareness to ensure design solutions are delivered in a cost-effective manner. You’ll ensure all schedules are understood and your workload is efficiently managed.
You’ll support specific projects, ensuring timescales and budget requirements are achieved, and utilise third-party and supplier software to calculate specific requirements.
You’ll be in constant communication with the director to relay information about the status of a project, and you’ll also be asked to provide expert input to ensure that the most economical and advantageous design strategy is adopted through collaboration.
Key Responsibilities:
* Carry out mechanical design to meet business and customer specified requirements
* Provide a high level of commercial awareness to ensure design solutions are delivered in a cost-effective manner
* Ensure schedules are understood and workload is managed to meet objectives
* Effectively communicate project status to the Technical Director/Head of Engineering/Technical lead
* Produce mechanical designs from concept to production drawings in line with customer needs and business objectives
* Support specific projects ensuring timescales and budget requirements are achieved
* Utilise third-party/supplier software to calculate specific requirements
* Implement company and external standards
* Ensure data is input into the company’s database
* Understanding of BS/ISO application
* Check work done by others
* Conduct risk assessments of machinery
* Provide expert input to ensure that the most economical/advantageous design strategy is adopted through collaboration
* Undertake additional responsibilities and tasks as required
* Ensure innovative processes are implemented
Key Skills / Experience:
* Experience within a similar role
* Good understanding of conveyor systems or automation machinery
* Possess a good understanding of mechanical engineering principles
* Competent and confident in all technical aspects of mechanical design and development of special purpose machinery
* Experience in delivering solutions to technical problems
* Experience of undertaking technical calculations
* Experience of working within a multi-skilled environment
* 2D CAD design experience (AutoCAD) desirable
* 3D CAD design experience (SolidWorks) essential
* Ability to provide quality information within deadlines
* Empathy with other functions and projects
* Proactive interaction with other functions
* Team-player and ability to work on own initiative
* Strong PC skills
Working Hours: 08:30 - 17:30 Monday - Friday
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