Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

We're an R&D focussed manufacturer of special purpose machinery and equipment. You'll be an experienced Mechanical Design Engineer who has designed some form of industrial machinery and/or equipment/sub-systems. Based in Rutland, we want you to become an expert on our product range. Join us and you'll be heavily involved in NPD and re-engineering.

BASIC SALARY: Up to GBP48,000 dependant on your relevant experience

BENEFITS:

1. 24 Days Holiday to start (rising with service) + 8 Bank Holidays
2. Pension
3. Half Day Fridays

LOCATION: Rutland

COMMUTABLE LOCATIONS: Melton Mowbray, Oakham, Corby, Peterborough, Grantham, Stamford, Market Harborough, Leicester, Kettering

Why you should join us:

1. Our parent company is a multibillion turnover global organisation who have supported us to double our turnover in the last eight years.
2. We're an OEM who design and manufacture our own niche machinery & equipment, so you'll be challenged with 70% NPD (some blank page concept) and 30% re-engineering projects and machinery upgrades to keep your job interesting.
3. Be involved in the innovation of electric vehicle and electric machines.

JOB DESCRIPTION: Senior Mechanical Design Engineer - 3D modelling, CREO

Our current Design team of five is made up of three experienced Design Engineers - including the Design Manager (who joined us as a Design Engineer and was promoted internally). You'll also be supported by a Design Administrator from a BOM's & CAD point of view.

The existing Design team are very experienced engineers with a real passion for R&D & a flair for innovation - you can help us to stay ahead of our competition as we develop new machinery and re-engineer our existing machinery and product portfolio.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. The mechanical design of machinery, equipment, sub-systems, and sub-assemblies with about 70% new product development (NPD). Some of our products are petrol or battery driven.
2. Material selection including stainless steel, aluminium, sheet-metal, mild steel etc.
3. Your experience will be utilised on a range of small machinery/equipment that will include gear boxes, belt drives, motors, hydraulics, and pneumatics.
4. You'll have a true passion for innovation and new technologies, maybe you have knowledge of 3D printing too?

YOUR BACKGROUND:

1. It goes without saying you'll have existing mechanical design experience and a design portfolio to demonstrate your work.
2. You'll have designed a range of parts/components/sub-assemblies which are machined, welded, or fabricated.
3. You'll understand designing in various materials such as: stainless steel, aluminium, sheet-metal, mild steel etc.
4. You'll have 3D modelled using CREO/Pro-Engineer or similar such as AutoCAD or SolidWorks.

You may have a B.Eng or an M.Eng in Mechanical Engineering or similar; but we're equally happy if you come from an ONC/HNC apprentice background.

We welcome a variety of mechanical engineering design backgrounds such as stand-alone machinery, pneumatic equipment, trailers, vehicle design, chassis, body in white, hydraulics etc.

THE COMPANY:

We design and develop our own electro-mechanical special purpose machines and associated equipment utilised in the power and utilities sectors. We supply to the National Grid/Power Grid & smaller energy contractors. We also supply into multiple industry sectors such as civil engineering & telecoms.

PROSPECTS:

You should expect career progression like your Manager, into a more senior role within the business. From there, you may want to concentrate on mechanical design or be more involved with project engineering, supporting your Line Manager.

It is highly likely you will have worked in any of the following roles and/or markets, and worked with the following products and/or services: Mechanical Design Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, Design Engineer - motor, machine, machinery, control systems, inverters, equipment, CAD, 3D modelling, motor control, electric vehicle, EV, hydraulics, pneumatics, structural, CREO, SolidWorks, AutoCAD, NPD, steel, aluminium, winch, hoist, trailer.

INTERESTED? Please click apply. You will receive an acknowledgement of your application.

Please Note: Wallace Hind Selection have been chosen as the retained recruitment partner of our client and therefore any direct applications to our client from candidates or agencies will be forwarded on to us direct.

REF: JAC17942, Wallace Hind Selection