Mechanical Design Engineer / Draughtsperson

About The Company

My client an established design and manufacturer of bespoke, turnkey industrial machinery and subcontract services are currently looking to recruit a Mechanical Design Engineer or Draughtsperson. As a Design Engineer or Draughtsperson, you will be responsible for undertaking a variety engineering tasks, including designing, researching and prototyping new products. The successful candidate should have hands-on experience of using CAD and CAE software, such as SolidWorks and/or Inventor.

Design Engineer / Draughtsman - Key Responsibilities

• Modelling & Reproducing Drawings of Parts/Assemblies from Customer Drawings / Sketches in AutoCAD / SolidWorks / Inventor while applying correct tolerances and or Geometric Tolerancing
• Measuring Supplied Parts / Samples and producing Drawings, including Reverse Engineering
• Site Visits for Surveying & Engineered Solutions Purposes
• Liaising with customers regarding requirement and technical details
• Sourcing Engineering Technical data (Seals, Bearings, Bought in Parts, Materials Etc)
• Engineering Calculations (Density of materials Etc, Motor requirements, Sealing solutions)
• Providing 3D CAM model Data to Machine Shop
• Issuing drawings / jobs to Machine shop
• Performing measuring Checks on machined parts
• Data entry (logging of orders on database, Work Scheduler)
• Producing DXF Drawings from customer drawings, sketches and templates for use by profiling (laser / Waterjet)
• Reverse engineering parts from customer samples
• Producing Folding Drawings for Press operators
• Calculating material requirements for rolled parts
• Converting Drawing formats for laser department

Design Engineer Draughtsman - Experience Requirements

• Ideally educated to a minimum HND level in Mechanical Engineering (Degree would be preferred)
• An excellent grasp of engineering and design principles
• A creative, logical approach for generating new ideas and solutions, with the ability to transition these through to part development
• A sound knowledge of SolidWorks and/or Inventor CAD, technical drawings and 3D modelling
• A good knowledge and understanding of the qualities of metals, materials and components
• Strong analytical and numeracy skills