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Mechanical Design Engineer
Job Posted: 13 hours ago
Salary: £ 40,000 - 45,000 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: South East
Expire in: a month
Job Description
Mechanical Design Engineer £c40-45k Base + Benefits
South East | Ref: ABJ7663
Join a leading R&D team as Mechanical Design Engineer where you will be responsible for producing manufacturing packages of mechanical ‘System Elements’ comprising of General Assembly drawings (GA’s), detail manufacturing drawings, Bills of Materials (BoM’s) (‘System Elements’ are typically Actuators, Solenoid control manifolds, Cardan Bearings and Load cells). As Mechanical Design Engineer with some experience will lead the project and manage work to deliver it on time, to specification and to cost resolving scope / specification queries, tracking progress and working with supply chain and project management to agree the supply route / manufacturing method, and checking the manufacturing package before release.
Key Responsibilities
* Work as part of a mechanical team which designs mechanical assemblies for bespoke motions control simulation systems.
* Design moderately complex ‘System Elements’ and produce the manufacturing packages along with the hydraulic schematics to allow procurement. Many system elements will be adapted from existing designs.
* Ensure designs satisfy functional performance requirements, legislative requirements such as the Machinery Directive, Pressure Equipment Directive to facilitate UKCA or CE compliance.
* Working under the guidance of senior engineers may design innovative / new designs of ‘System Elements’ or layout a complete new mechanical system, and installation including the ring main, and power pack for Projects, and Sales proposals.
* Embrace ‘Design for manufacture and assembly practise’ (DFMA) for ‘System Elements’ and test rig hardware.
* Be conversant with the companies MRP system to input BOM’s.
* Hold design reviews to convey / exchange ideas between stakeholders and be capable of steering decisions to move designs forward to the next phase.
* Creation of assembly procedures and design of test rig verification hardware to support production.
* Compiling Design guidelines to capture knowledge into the mechanical library.
* When acting as ‘Lead’ Engineer, maintain an up to date ‘Mechanical Project tracker’ to show progress of releasing components and log issues to be resolved.
* Creation and maintenance of ‘Technical construction file’ to capture for example project scope changes, demonstration of compliance, calculations, and source data relied on.
* Assist Project engineers or Production in the build and / or test of motion control simulation systems as and when necessary, and feedback lessons learnt to enhance machine designs.
Qualifications & Experience
* HND or degree in mechanical engineering or a related field.
* Practical experience gained from working with heavy plant machinery, welded structures, pipework, and
/ or having served a mechanical engineering apprenticeship.
* Attention to detail with excellent data management and configuration control.
* In-depth ability utilising 3D Modelling packages, ideally SolidWorks.
* Thorough understanding of producing manufacturing drawings of machined and fabricated components in accordance to BS 8888.
* Thorough understanding of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) to BS 8888 and BS 4500.
* Conducting tolerance analysis to verify the assembled design functions under the variability of the manufacturing process.
* Knowledge of Draftsight desirable for updating 2D legacy work.
* Understand principle of operation of the various ‘System Elements’ i.e., Actuators etc.
* Understand design parameters which influence the performance of these ‘System Elements’.
* Proficient in conducting basic stress analysis and selecting material on ‘System Elements’ to check machinery is safe in operation such as assessing the stresses in the cylinder (using FEA), checking loadings on bearing head bolts, sizing cardan bearings.
* Able to use ACE 5 in-house software to select valves - Able to size snubbers using in house software
Full-time | Permanent | Competitive base salary | Flexible benefits package. To Apply: Contact Alison Basson on (phone number removed) / (phone number removed) Email: | Ref: ABJ7663Before You Apply
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