Job Title: Mechanical Design Engineer
Location: Leicester
Salary: 40k - 50k
Job Type: Full Time / Permanent / Onsite
Due to recent growth my client is looking for an experienced Mechanical Design Engineer to join their existing team.
Duties and responsibilities:
- To design and oversee special purpose machine projects from order acceptance to customer hand over
- To be responsible for the design and detailing of projects
- To communicate effectively with customers, suppliers and team members
- To be part of a team dedicated to delivering projects to plan and to budget
- To visit customer sites as appropriate to fully understand their requirements
- To assess and improve design concepts along with a team at sales quotation stage to reduce risks, costs and lead times
- To conduct project reviews with customers on a periodic basis
- To negotiate with external suppliers and obtain the most cost-efficient materials in line with project budgets and time plans
- Degree qualified / HNC / HND or equivalent in Mechanical Engineering or closely related discipline
- Experience in mechanical design role ideally related to automation machinery
- Competence in mechanical design, robotics, automation, design of mechanical mechanisms and pneumatic systems would be an advantage
- Expert user of ideally Solid-edge however use of Solid-works, Inventor, Creo etc would also be considered
- Demonstrate a proven track record of successfully delivering mechanical design projects to required timescale and budget
- Knowledge and understanding of the various national and international standards for machine design and machine safety systems and requirements to CE mark machine systems
