Salary: £38,000 - £45,000
Bridgend
We are currently recruiting for a Mechanical Design Engineer to join an innovative and successful privately owned company in Bridgend that designs and manufactures hi-tech capital equipment for worldwide export.
As Mechanical Design Engineer you will support the team in new product development driven by company and market requirements; and provide mechanical engineering support for current products to enhance productivity, reliability and continuity of performance and build, ranging from small component designs to complex turnkey solutions.
As Mechanical Design Engineer you will:
- Work in collaboration with electrical, controls and software engineers - design and implement cost-effective equipment and solutions for engineering problems and help improve safety, reliability and throughput.
- Develop a project specification with colleagues, often including those from other engineering disciplines.
- Produce details of specifications and outline designs.
- Design robust solutions within a 3D environment, ensuring best practice modelling to minimise waste in the model and eliminate conflicting information between models and drawings.
- Discuss and solve complex problems with customers, internal departments, sub-contractors and suppliers, considering the implications of issues such as cost, safety and time constraints.
- Create documentation for the release of products to production, including but not limited to BoM, spares list, build instructions and assembly drawings.
- Assemble prototypes, recommending modifications following prototype test results.
- Prepare product documentation for service, publications, sales, and marketing.
- Create engineering drawings conforming to BS8888, ISO 9001 and internal company standards for presentation to various suppliers.
- Ensure designs conform to international standards and directives.
You will need be qualified to degree level in Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Science, Manufacturing Engineering or equivalent with experience in a product development environment specifically design for manufacture, assembly and service
You will also need experience of using Autodesk Inventor for part drawing and assembly creation. Other CAD packages would be considered. (Creo, Solidworks)
As well as a competitive salary, you will benefit from an excellent working environment, great variety and a number of interesting projects to be part of.
For immediate consideration, please forward our CV to Alex at Vibe Recruit today.
Vibe Recruit is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy
Salary description
£38000.00 - £45000.00 per year