Design Manager / Senior Mechanical Design Engineer Location: Bolton Salary: Negotiable pension 25 holidays training & career progression Hours: 36 hours per week Monday – Friday / early finish Friday A great opportunity for a senior design engineer or a design manager. The role is to replace a retiring manager after 20 years service. There will be a 12 month handover to fully integrate the new engineer. A great opportunity to become a vital pillar in the company. The Person: * Experience of designing special purpose machinery * Knowledge of mechanical engineering, and experience producing designs for manufacture. * 2D and 3D experience (AutoCAD, Solidworks etc) * Understand motor and gearbox power, material and equipment throughput rates. * ATEX or PED understanding would be useful. * Designing machinery for food or chemical process would be an advantage The Role: * Evaluate and assess customer specifications / calculations and convert into machine for manufacture. * Collaborate and interact with technical sales engineers. * Working on projects from concept to completion * Create manufacturing drawings. To apply send CV to Tim Fawcett at Control Recruitment Solutions or call the office number. NO VISA SPONSORSHIP Key: Design engineer; design manager; senior design engineer, lead design engineer; solidworks autocad; Design engineer; senior design engineer, mechanical design engineer, senior mechanical design engineer, senior mechanical designer, helical, conveyor, confectionary; solids handling; biomass; chemical process, food, atex, ped, pressure, thermodynamics, confectionary, biomass, lead design engineer; inventor; nuclear; glovebox, defence; aerospace; pharmaceutical; solidworks autocad; creo; Mechanical Engineers; Principal Engineers, Senior Mechanical Engineers, Principal Engineer, Principal mechanical engineer