Mechanical Design Engineer

Salary: £48,000 – £54,000 per year

My client are a leading designer and manufacturer of purpose built and bespoke machinery for the food and FMCG sectors. Based in Norfolk, they are synonymous with quality of both design and service, and as such have an enviable reputation in their sector. With growth across sales leading to investment in capacity and capability, they work closely with their customers to develop and supply modern solutions to a variety of engineering and production problems.

With their own manufacturing and production facility, my client is able to produce a huge amount of their designs and components onsite, giving the successful candidate the ideal opportunity to work closely with development and build teams in producing highly innovative concepts and designs for their customers situated around Europe.

Your role as Design Engineer will see you being responsible for carrying out a variety of engineering duties including designing, researching and prototyping new products, whilst working closely with the wider design and project teams on specifying hardware and parts for the manufacture of the overall system. 

Responsibilities include, but not limited to:

– Produce draft blueprints, engineering plans and graphics for new and existing products

– Develop test prototypes and sub systems

– Analyse design proposals and technical information and assess feasibility or suggest alternatives

– Estimate cost limits

– Use design software to develop models and drawings

– Up date design records accordingly

Ideally you will be qualified to at least HND in an engineering or design discipline, with 3-5 year’s experience in a similar role within the machinery or special purpose systems sector. Experience in using 3D CAD software such as inventor or solidworks is essential, working knowledge of CAE or CAM software is advantageous. A background in modern design processes such as FMEA and DfM is preferred, alongside solid project management and communication skills.

If you are interested in this role, please apply below, or call Kris Feaviour at Revision Recruitment