Mechanical Design Engineer

The Role

White Label have partnered with a leading engineering company in Halifax who are looking to recruit a Mechanical Design Engineer due to company growth and increased project work.

Are you interested in working for a company where you can really make a difference? Are you looking to advance your mechanical engineering skillset further? Our client will offer you the opportunity to get involved in special purpose machinery design from cradle to grave.

• Concept, design and development of new machines and products
• Review current workload with a view to improving planning, prioritising and delegating work.
• Place emphasis on cost of the design and cost down on established products.
• Work closely & manage the small existing design team to fully understand the customers’ needs and performance requirements.
• Design with cost in mind using cost effective decisions.
• Hands on production & R&D machine build
• Create and maintain machine technical files
• Working on existing designs, overcome mechanical problems, providing evidence, 3D models and fully details drawings (Solidworks CAD).
• Vault experience required
• Be able to work with the team but also individually on new projects from concept to production ensuring designs are robustly engineered.
• Liaising with a multi-disciplined team during development and also with suppliers to ensure correct materials and parts are sourced.
• Knowledge of BOM configurations (Sage system).
• Presenting designs throughout the project and holding design reviews to peers.
• Completing ECN work on existing designs.
• Be able to identify ISO standards which have a direct impact on the design.
• Knowledge of machining methods and sheet metal designs.
• Have some experience in industrial design to ensure the company produces aesthetically pleasing solutions to design briefs.

Person profile

• Educated to Degree level in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent
• Minimum 3 years engineering design experience
• 3 years 3D CAD and PDM experience (ideally Solidworks), also have experience in AutoCAD
• Experience in general machine design and build.
• Hands on build experience.
• Experience working with gears, drives and motors.

Our client is offering a salary of £38,000-£40,000.

• 37.5 hours per week.
• Pension
• Lunch time finish on Fridays

Please apply for immediate consideration