Mechanical Engineer

Chiltern Park Recruitment
Royal Leamington Spa
1 month ago
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An exciting opening with the UK's top technology design consultancy covering various industry sectors including: medical, aerospace, renewable energy, automotive, consumer products etc. they have a fresh new opening for a Mechanical Engineer to join their multidisciplinary team. This friendly company are looking for a really exceptional ambitious mechanical engineer with product development experience to join their very successful and dynamic, enthusiastic technical team.


OUTSTANDING BENEFITS

Salary: 30K to 40K including pension, bupa, bonuses, overtime and profit related pay schemes, regular development training, career progression and many social activities including adventure sports and clubs outside of work, which are subsidised by the company, always half day on Friday's!!!


THE COMPANY

They operate in multi-functional project teams and our mechanical engineers need to work closely with designers, electronics and software engineers and other skill teams to integrate the visual and functional aspects of a product.


THE ROLE

The role is a completely varied mechanical engineering design role, you could be working on vastly different projects in a whole of array of functions and sectors and this could change from week to week or over many months depending on nature of the project. Hence you will need a really strong fundamental knowledge of mechanical engineering principles as these will all come into play. i.e.. stress analysis, dynamics, mechanics, design, materials etc....


KEY REQUIREMENTS

You will need a 1st or Upper 2nd degree in mechanical engineering from a university with a strong engineering reputation, or an equivalent broad based technical qualification.


You will have at least 2 years solid mechanical design experience. You should have worked in a product design or development environment, applying Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) tools and computational techniques to develop product solutions, ideally utilising a wide range of manufacturing process and materials, including plastic injection moulding.


You must be a creative problem-solver, able to generate innovative solutions to engineering problems.


You will need to assimilate new information and learn new skills very quickly in a dynamic consultancy environment.


You will be expected to take responsibility for your technical work, although senior engineers will be available to advise you and undertake formal checking.


You may be called upon to lead specific work packages and advise and support the work of more junior engineers.


You must be a good verbal and written communicator.


You will need to be enthusiastic, hard-working and proud of your work. We are passionate about the creation and delivery of new products.


APPLY NOW!!!


Interested and feel you match up to the qualifications and experience required, please apply now, and we will recommend you!


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