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Mechanical Design Engineer

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An excellent opportunity for an Experienced Vehicle Mounted Lifting Equipment Design Engineer to join a well-established company.


Increase your chances of an interview by reading the following overview of this role before making an application.

Job Type: Full-Time, Permanent.

Salary: Competitive Salary, Negotiable Depending upon Experience.

Location: Clowne, Chesterfield S43.

Schedule: 40hrs/week Mon – Fri + Overtime (As Required).

Benefits: 24 days holiday + bank holidays. Company Bonus, Company pension, Opportunities for personal development.

About The Company:

They are a well-established and thriving firm with a 50-year which has recently become employee owned. The company designs, manufactures, installs and services cranes, goods lifts, tyre presses, lighting winch systems, forklift trucks and bespoke machinery for the nuclear decommissioning industry. Its products tend to be unique in the marketplace due to the deliberate strategy of finding innovative designs to solve customer problems.

The Company sells worldwide and holds a Royal Warrant of Appointment to The King. As an employee-owned business its focus is on sustainability and long-term commitments to customers, staff and suppliers. As a successful and growing business, it has recently been recognised in the LSE Group’s ‘1000 Companies to Inspire Britain’ list

About The Role:

An opportunity has arisen within their division specialising in the design and manufacture of vehicle mounted cranes and lifting platforms. The company is a highly regarded brand to customers such as Ford, VW, BT, Severn Trent and Network Rail. The successful candidate will work within a specialist team and support a wide variety of unique and high-quality projects for customers at home and abroad. The role will not be limited to vehicle mounted equipment and so the candidate must be prepared to be flexible within the team.

They are looking for a Mechanical Design Engineer to be integrated within their team and to perform the following roles.

Duties:

  • Produce innovative design solutions to meet customer requirements

  • Develop designs using Autodesk Inventor and produce drawings suitable for manufacture, including machining and fabrication drawings

  • Have due regard to legislation and British Standards

  • Liaise with the client on designs

  • Fully cost designs and produce a bill of materials

  • Trouble shoot production problems

  • Produce system layouts and module assemblies

  • Work alongside the production team to ensure a successful delivery

  • Produce operation and service manuals

Candidate Requirements:

  • Formal Mechanical Engineering qualification

  • Good working knowledge of 3D CAD packages – ideally Autodesk Inventor

  • An interest and knowledge of machinery and fabrication design

  • A basic understanding of the design of electrical control circuits would be an advantage

  • Fully proficient in Microsoft Office

  • Experience of offering project support in terms of collating and presenting documentation

  • Willingness to learn new skills and expand existing knowledge

  • Good verbal, visual and written communication skills

  • Prepared to be flexible on working hours to meet deadlines

  • A full driving licence that permits you to drive in the UK

If you feel that you have the relative skills/attributes to fulfil this role then please apply now for immediate consideration.

The employer fully supports Equality in Employment. xrnqpay All employment is decided based on qualifications, merit and business need.

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