£40000 - £45000 per annum + BenefitsCambridge, Cambridgeshire
Mechanical Design Engineer
Mechanical Design Engineer
Cambridge Area (SG19)
Commutable from Cambridge, Bedford, St. Neots, Huntingdon, Sandy, Royston, Hitchin
£40,000 – £45,000
Our client is a leading design and manufacturer of full turnkey projects for food processing & packaging machinery. With a reputation for product quality which is second to none and industry leading standards. They are looking for a Mechanical Design Engineer to join their expanding team.
Role & Responsibilities:
1. Working within a team of design engineers, designing a comprehensive range of food processing and packaging machinery for manufacture
2. Create designs using Autodesk Inventor & Solidworks design software packages
3. Carry out concept designs of machinery & systems
4. Deal directly with suppliers to obtain prices & delivery times
5. Create BOM’s, price reviews and liaise with project engineers throughout design process
6. Work on own initiative and as part of a team daily
Knowledge, Skills & Experience:
7. Must have experience of conducting design work for food processing & packaging machinery
8. Ideally degree qualified or able to show a natural progression route
9. An experienced mechanical design engineer
10. Beneficial to be apprentice served, with shop floor machining & fabrication experience
11. Working knowledge of steam systems, fluid systems, pumps, pneumatics, stress calculations, sheet metal development and sizing of motor/gearboxes for applications
12. Must be able to use Autodesk Inventor, Solidworks and AutoCAD design packages
13. Flexible to travel to meet with customers/clients when needed in UK and sometimes overseas
14. Strong communicator – dealing with customers, project engineers and shop floor personnel
15. A proactive, enthusiastic and driven character
16. Will not consider relocators – must live commutable to the Cambridge area
Job Reference No: SE33267 / 610