Job Information
Candour Talent are recruiting a Mechanical Design Engineer to join their client's team in Bridgend.
Employment Type: Full Time/Permanent
Working Hours: Mon-Fri (early Friday finish)
Salary: £38-45k + performance bonus + employer pension
Role
* From a top-level brief, and working in collaboration with electrical, controls, and software engineers - design and implement cost‑effective equipment and solutions for engineering problems and help improve safety, reliability and throughput.
* Developing a project specification with colleagues, often including those from other engineering disciplines.
* Producing details of specifications and outline designs.
* Designing robust solutions within a 3D environment, ensuring best practice modelling to minimise waste in the model and eliminate conflicting information between models and drawings.
* Discussing and solving complex problems with customers, internal departments, sub‑contractors, and suppliers, considering the implications of issues such as cost, safety and time constraints.
* Creation of documentation for the release of products to production, including but not limited to BoM, spares list, build instructions and assembly drawings.
* Assembly of prototypes, recommending modifications following prototype test results.
* Preparing product documentation for service, publications, sales, and marketing.
* Creating engineering drawings conforming to BS8888, ISO 9001 and internal company standards for presentation to various suppliers.
* Ensuring designs conform to international standards and directives.
* Undertaking any other projects and duties as requested which are within the competence of the job holder.
Ideal Candidate
* Qualified to degree level in Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Science, Manufacturing Engineering or equivalent previous experience in a manufacturing environment or similar.
* A minimum 3 years’ experience in a product development environment; an understanding of UK Import/Export legislative and regulatory requirements and licence goods.
* Experience of Autodesk Inventor for part drawing and assembly creation. (Other CAD packages would be considered, such as Creo, Solidworks etc.)
* Experience of BoM creation and control within CAD package.
* Experience of Vault or other PLM software.
* Able to interpret and evaluate both mechanical and electrical drawings.
* Knowledge and experience of working within a formal ECN process to maintain clear and accurate records of changes within drawings.
* Time and resource management skills and able to prioritise tasks.
* Able to travel and undertake customer visits when required.
* Strong verbal and precise written communication skills to engage with internal and external contacts, effectively gather information and express instructions clearly.
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