mechanical design engineer

Job Title:Mechanical Design Engineer

Location: Gloucester

Shift: Monday – Thursday 08:00am – 17:00pm and Fridays 8:00am – 14:00pm

 

Pay Rate: £45-50K P.A

 

Why Apply

A position has become available for an Experienced Mechanical Design Engineer

This is a permanent position offering the following:

 

Our Client is looking for another Mechanical Design Engineer to our team. Reporting to the engineering

director, you will be bringing our customers’ automation aspirations to life, de-signing special purpose

machinery and working across a variety of industry sectors (predominantly in food and beverage and plastic

container handling) and working on some truly groundbreaking projects.

Working as part of a closely-knit team, you will be based in-house but should ex-pect occasional travel to our

customers’ sites – mainly around the UK, Ireland but also Europe and USA. You will be designing from scratch,

new solutions as single units but more often as part of larger / complete turnkey automation solutions.

We’re open to accepting applications from recent graduates through to those who have finely honed their

craft! What’s important is the energy and attitude you bring to the role. We’re busy and growing rapidly so

this is an exciting time to join us and work with a great bunch of people!

 

• A competitive salary, depending on experience
• Opportunity to earn spot bonuses/awards for outstanding contributions
• Contributory Pension Scheme (after probationary period)
• 21 days holiday per annum plus statutory holidays
• Additional holiday for long service
• Private Health Insurance for you, your partner and children (after probationary period)
• Cycle to work scheme (after probationary period)
• Great colleagues!

 

 

 

As a person you will need the following qualities and experience:

• Have a great attitude – divas need not apply!
• Hold a mechanical engineering degree / similar or minimum 3 years CAD Draughtsman experience
• Have good working knowledge of Autodesk Inventor / other Autodesk program’s
• Have a good eye for detail
• Self-starter with an inquisitive mind
• Able to work autonomously and as part of a team
• Be a great problem solver and be tenacious
• Be fluent in English (second language is a plus)
• Presentable and articulate
• Be eligible to work and live in the UK
• Design and development of new and existing components/products
• Conceptual Design
• Conceptualising new automation solutions
• Detailing existing designs
• Site layout design
• Producing BoMs to accompany all designs
• Project management
• Ownership of certain customers projects from conception, design, build, customer delight!
• Ensuring all projects are delivered to the highest possible standards and in a timely fashion
• Special purpose machinery design (ideally)
• Manufacturing industries / processes
• Liaising with customers/suppliers
• Working in 3D primarily (Autodesk Inventor)

 

What next?

Apply and we will be in touch.

 

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