Mechanical Design Engineer Rushden, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom The Role – Mechanical Design Engineer As a successful candidate you will form part of a multi-disciplinary design team that is tasked with providing the processes and equipment that meet customer requirements, on time, to specification and within budget. Responsibilities • Take full responsibility for the detailed design of process plant elements within your remit. • To provide detailed design analysis from first principles, translate those designs into 3D CAD models, generate bills of material and create manufacturing drawings to supply to our own in-house manufacturing departments. • Can identify, analyse and resolve engineering problems but equally be ready to recognise the need for, and invoke, support from senior colleagues. • You will interact with colleagues at all levels in the business, together with suppliers and customers. Essential Experience required for this role • Experience in creating and maintaining CAD models and files (AutoCAD Inventor) • Experience of working in a design role for manufacturing/engineering environment • Be able to create and interpret engineering drawings to high standard. • Higher national Diploma (minimum) in Mechanical Engineering. • Experience in creating suitable working drawings for the following manufacturing departments. o Machine Shop o Press Shop o Fabrication/Welding Desirable Experience required for this role (Not essential) • P&IDs and Plant and Equipment Specification • Pressure Vessel design to PD5500/EN13445 • Some process knowledge would be an advantage Salary Competitive within Industry The Company – Wykes Engineering Ltd Based in Rushden, Northants, we are a leading edge engineering SME specialising in the manufacture of materials processing equipment and energy from food by-product power generation. As a highly innovative and progressive design and manufacturing company, we have our own in-house manufacturing facility as well as our own advanced anaerobic digestion plant and renewable energy power plant. Founded over 40 years ago, our engineering innovation has always been a fundamental part of our business. This has helped us to establish ourselves as a major player in our key areas of expertise, namely: • Design and manufacture of equipment for the food bi-products and renewable technologies • Processing bio-mass into energy • Renewable energy production Apply For This Job If you would like to apply for this position, please fill in the information below and submit it to us for consideration.