MECHANICAL DESIGN ENGINEER

We are recruiting an exciting opportunity for a Mechanical Design Engineer to join a manufacturing, design and innovation business in the West Midlands area : 

JOB TITLE 

Mechanical Design Engineer

SALARY

£45,000 - £55,000

LOCATION

Wolverhampton

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Joining an evolving engineering team you will report to the Design Manager and be working in a dynamic, global and multi-project environment.

• You will be responsible for the technical delivery of new strategic product developments whilst working alongside the design engineering team.

• You will work on technical customer requests and projects which the business has decided to commit to when they arise.

• Ensuring the specific key product characteristics and technical specification of the product are correctly defined with the teams from the start of product developments

• Working through engineering design problems from first principles for optimal design and FMEA checks ensuring quality/technical standards are being met.

• Working with international manufacturing and launch teams to ensure tooling designs are appropriate for the product and its projected volume plans

• You will be a contributor to the continuous improvement and development of engineering processes, applying lessons learned and ensuring lean project delivery.

• Be comfortable with fast paced change management scenarios, custom product development project setups and flexible scoping of work.

• Collaborate with the Design Manager to uphold high standards for drawing and engineering integrity.

EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Technical degree in an Accredited Engineering related subject.

• At least 3 years’ experience working in product development engineering for intended production · Strong 2D&3D CAD skills (Ideally Solidworks but will consider other CAD packages)

• Experienced with Mechanical Product & Component Design

• A proactive, adaptable and approachable engineer with excellent internal/external client facing communication skills to ensure optimised design viability in projects

• Comfortable designing & developing new products off of a given design brief and then running feasibility checks prior to concept development

This job description is not exhaustive, and the job holder will be required to carry out from time to time tasks in addition to the above that will be both reasonable and within their capabilities. 

Reference ID: 574356