Mechanical Design Engineer

Mechanical Design Engineer – Telford – Permanent – £40,000 pa

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES

• To produce and assist in the production of practical new designs to tight timescales in a supportive team environment
• Generation of documentation within the production design office including, but not limited to, concept through to detailed manufacturing drawings & parts lists, technical qualifications and project supportive documentation to ensure internal and external deadlines are achieved
• Produce conceptual designs from functional specifications
• Layout design of mechanical / hydraulic machinery / electrical systems and sub systems
• To work in multi-discipline project teams on specific aspects of equipment design.
• Undertake component stress calculations and compile documented calculation packages for third party verification in order to comply varying international codes and standards.
• Produce / assist with equipment test specifications for use in house and at site.
• Liaison with other delivery team members to ensure design specifications are met within budget requirements
• Assistance to other departments notably Purchasing, Production, Project Management and Quality Assurance
• Contribution to the completion and implementation of concessions and alterations / amendments to drawings.
• Bid support, travel for technical input, customer liaison, input to sales proposals.
• Participation in, and contribution to, design reviews, contract reviews and other project-related activities
• Attendance at technical meetings (UK and Overseas)

SOFTWARE

AutoCAD
Inventor
Vault
Ansys
MS Office

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

Innovative mechanical background, a passion for engineering excellence with ideally a rounded background in the marine handling systems / lifting appliance industry. The result is a varied job with varying degrees of responsibility, differing types of tasks ranging from initial design to final sign off at SAT, supporting project management and/or customer visits but with practical design remaining central to the job

The successful candidate will:

• Have experience in structural steel fabrication design
• Be effective in carrying out detailed structural strength calculations for both structural and mechanical components
• Display a high degree of computing literacy on engineering design packages

The following is also desirable:

• BEng (Hons) Design Engineering or equivalent experience
• Chartered Engineer or working towards chartered status
• Familiar and confident with 3-D structural analysis
• Competent in Basic 3-D FEA techniques

Navis is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

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