Design Engineer Solidworks

JTH Recruitment Ltd; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Overtime

Pension scheme

Private health care

Training and development

Job summary

JTH Recruitment Ltd is seeking an experienced Design CAD Engineer to join our engineering client in Peterborough, offering a competitive salary, overtime, a pension scheme and private health care.

The role focuses on inception to completion design and draughting for food processing lines, developing models, sheet-metal formations, and hygienic design standards, with occasional UK/foreign site surveys.

Qualifications

• 3D SolidWorks proficiency with industrial fabrication drawings.
• Experience in equipment & steelwork design and fabrication.
• Min 3 years industrial experience.
• HNC / HND in engineering.
• Willing to travel UK/overseas.
• Commercial awareness and value engineering.
• Excellent people skills and clear communication.

Responsibilities

• Design and draughting for food processing lines.
• Develop models and fabrication drawings for sheet-metal and structural steelwork.
• Ensure hygienic, food-safe design standards are met.
• Conduct site surveys and liaise with project teams as needed.

Skills

3D SolidWorks

Teamwork & communication

Travel readiness

Commercial awareness

Education

HNC / HND in Engineering

Tools

SolidWorks

AutoCAD

Job description

Design Engineer

JTH Recruitment have an excellent opportunity for an experienced Design CAD Engineer to join our well established and reputable engineering client based in Peterborough. My client are offering a competitive salary, overtime, a pension scheme and private health care and ongoing training and development.

The Role

Working under own initiative, with support from our close-knit Project Engineering team, fulfilling “inception to completion” design and draughting requirements for food processing lines. Developing models and fabrication drawings. Sheet-metal formations and structural steelwork. Working to and delivering highly hygienic (food safe) design standards.

Candidate (minimum) Attributes

• 3D SolidWorks trained and competent – industrial fabrication drawings
• Previous experience in equipment & steelwork design and fabrication techniques
• Minimum 3 years industrial experience
• HNC / HND qualification in engineering
• Dynamic, enthusiastic and flexible approach
• Willing to travel (occasional need for UK and foreign site surveys)
• Commercial awareness applied to designing - value engineering approach
• Excellent people skills and clear communicator with the ability to form strong team bonds

Computer literate with working knowledge of the following:-

• SolidWorks (Weldments, sheet-metal, part modelling, piping, stress analysis)
• AutoCAD

The ideal candidate will have experience in:-

• Food machinery design
• Hygienic food-safe solutions
• Fabrication processes
• CE marking, machinery directive and guarding requirements
• Conversant with 2D & 3D

Delivering the wider project needs includes:-

• Site survey of operating areas
• Steelwork design, load bearing calculations, fabrication drawings.
• Access walkways and staircase design and fabrication drawings.
• Documented risk assessments for the specific solutions and the interacting layout.
• Process layout refinement and design of interconnecting transfer chutes etc.
• Identify foot-loadings for interaction with construction companies.
• Identify utility connection points for the process layout.
• Receive “as installed” layouts from the installing engineer and update as necessary

This position is based in Peterborough within an easy commute of Hampton, Werrington, Wisbech, Stamford, Orton, Kings Lynn, Spalding, Grantham, Corby, Northampton