If youre an experienced Mechanical Design Engineer with a background in process equipment or special purpose machinery, you might want to keep reading Were developing a new area of our business to specialise in thermal capital machinery for bakery systems at our site in Greater Manchester. As our Mechanical Design Engineer, youll take ownership of delivering bespoke industrial ovens and ancillary equipment to multiple food manufacturing sectors UK and globally.
BASIC SALARY: Up to A GBP 50,000
BENEFITS:
A 5 Employer pension
A Life Assurance
A 33 Days Holiday (including 8 Bank Holidays)
A 39 hour working week
A Office /remote working split for you
LOCATION: Wigan, Greater Manchester
COMMUTABLE LOCATIONS: Warrington, Bolton, St Helens, Runcorn, Widnes, Altrincham, Manchester, Liverpool, Blackburn, Preston, Bury, Leigh, Lymm, Haydock, Newton:le:Willows, Skelmersdale
Why you should apply:
A We are expanding : by creating a new Thermal Design Centre we are increasing our capabilities : there is plenty of scope for your personal development
A An opportunity for you to work internally within our global group
A Growth : well be looking for a Design Engineer to develop with us into a Senior Design Engineer and take on more responsibility, to train and mentor junior engineers
JOB DESCRIPTION: Mechanical Design Engineer : R and D, Bakery Systems, Thermal design, food process machinery
Day to day, as our Mechanical Design Engineer, youll work in an experienced design engineering team on custom:built machinery for the industrial bakery industry.
Working on the design of new machinery, new concepts, ongoing improvements / enhancements to our existing designs, and being a problem solver this role is varied.
Your strong mechanical engineering background will have been gained from within the machine building industry. The role will be predominately office based, but with opportunities to visit manufacturing and customers sites for testing, problem solving and technical support and some hybrid flexibility for you.
You will join an existing experienced design team based in the UK and India that provide bespoke industrial bakery solutions to customers, based on their specific requirements.
YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES: Mechanical Design Engineer : R and D, Bakery Systems, Thermal design, food process machinery
As our Mechanical Design Engineer you will:
A Design new machines, some from concept, some ongoing engineering improvements to existing designs : mechanically and thermally using AUTOCAD Inventor and/or SolidWorks and produce an accurate bills of materials
A Collaborate with team members, sales, Applications Engineers, production and the controls team to achieve a complete engineered solution.
A Producing drawing packs to production standards
A Working within the Safety of Machinery regulations
If you are currently, or have previously designed industrial ovens and ancillary equipment (proving and cooling equipment) for the food industry, then we would love to hear from you.
But, we are happy to consider any mechanical engineering design background from process equipment, special purpose machinery, conveyors, materials handling into the food, pharmaceutical, chemical, cosmetics or distribution sectors or similar etc. You might be working within the PPMA, BARA or Automate UK already.
YOUR BACKGROUND: Mechanical Design Engineer : R and D, Bakery Systems, Thermal design, food process machinery, PPMMA, Automate
Ideally, to be successful in your application, you will have :
A Designed machinery in sheet metal, structural steel framework, and / or machined parts : large assembly experience is useful as there are lots of components involved with our machines
A Appreciation of machine safety / standards and drawing/tolerance standards
A 3D CAD SolidWorks / Inventor experience is ideal, but you might have experience of another similar 3D package? and ideally comfortable using AUTOCAD f