Mechanical Design Engineer-Automation

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67Job Description:

Mechanical Design Engineer

Full-time, permanent

Location: Cheltenham/ Tewkesbury.

 

Client:

This ‘Queens Award’ winning business is trusted globally (from start-ups through to multinational powerhouses) to improve efficiency and production capabilities, by typically automating end-of-line, repeatable labour-intensive processes at speed, through the design and building of bespoke machinery, integrating robotics and vision inspection.

 Opportunity:

As Mechanical Design Engineer you will be bringing customers’ automation aspirations to life. Working across a variety of industry sectors (predominantly food & beverage and plastic container handling), you will be designing special purpose machinery and working on some truly ground-breaking projects from scratch. These projects range from solutions as a single unit but more often as part of larger / complete turnkey automation solution.

Mechanical Design Engineer Responsibilities:

• Project management incorporating ownership from concept, through design and build to customer sign off.
• Design and development of new and existing components/products incorporating conceptual design and conceptualizing new automation solutions.
• Detailing existing designs, site layout design and associated BoMs.

You:

• Suitably qualified (mechanical engineering degree or equivalent preferred) and/or 3+ years practical experience (preferably with special purpose machinery), with a solid understanding of manufacturing and its processes.
• Working in 3D primarily (Auto Desk Inventor preferred).
• Confident to work on own initiative, but equally to collaboration as part of a wider team.
• Confident in liaising with clients.
• A keen eye for detail and able to work to strict timescales.
• Own driving licence required due to site not being covered by public transport.
• Ability to travel when required (domestically/ internationally).
• UK/EU passport holder.

In return for the above you will receive:

• £competitive salary

• Private healthcare including partner/child dependents & Contributory pension.
• Contributory pension
• Cycle to work scheme

 

 

 

Location: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire