Fluidrive Engineer

Hello Recruitment Associates; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Fluidrive Engineer to join their team in South London. This permanent, full-time position involves creating and revising manufacturing drawings, ensuring compliance with engineering standards, and supporting a diverse range of clients across various sectors. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in mechanical engineering, with at least 10 years of experience in manufacturing and design. This role offers an exciting opportunity to work with innovative drive technology and systems, providing high efficiency and reliability to clients. Join a forward-thinking company that values adaptability and teamwork, and contribute to impactful engineering solutions.

Benefits

Annual Bonus

25 Days Holiday

Pension Scheme

Life Assurance

Private Health Care

Dental Health Care

Cycle to Work Scheme

Qualifications

• 10+ years in manufacturing and design, with a focus on mechanical engineering.
• Hands-on, flexible, and proactive approach to support junior engineers.

Responsibilities

• Create and revise manufacturing drawings, ensuring compliance with standards.
• Liaise with customers and support field service engineers on technical queries.

Skills

Mechanical Engineering

AUTO-CAD

Siemens Nx

Team Centre

Engineering Change Control

BS 8888 Technical Documentation

Non-Ferrous Metal Casting

Power Transmissions

Manufacturing Processes

ISO 9001:2015 Quality System

Education

HND in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

AUTO-CAD

Team Centre

Job description

Fluidrive Engineer - South London - GBP50,000 - GBP60,000 + Benefits

Hello Recruitment is pleased to be hiring for a prestigious engineering company in South London. Our client is a specialist for intelligent drive technology and systems as well as tailor-made services. With its innovative and smart products, our client offers high efficiency and reliability to customers from highly diverse industries such as oil and gas, energy, mining and mechanical engineering, ship technology, rail, and commercial vehicles.

Our client is based in South London and supports our customers in these diverse sectors for the UK and Ireland markets. As well as developing new build solutions with OEMs, our client offers full aftermarket support to our customers by way of spare parts supply as well as repair and overhaul services at our local workshop or at the customer location via our highly skilled workshop and field service workforce.

We are recruiting for a Fluidrive Engineer, on a permanent full-time contract, this is a site-based position.

Must be able and willing to work in various and sometimes challenging environments. Candidate must be adaptable and open minded, able to engage with diverse teams constructively and should face new challenges as a learning and growth opportunity always seeking positive outcomes.

Professional Experience, Education & Skills

1. Minimum 10 years experience in manufacturing and design function.
2. Mechanical engineering qualification to minimum HND level.
3. Experience of AUTO-CAD / Siemens Nx and Team Centre.
4. Knowledge of Engineering change and document control.
5. Good understanding and application of BS 8888 technical product documentation and specification.
6. Should have a HANDS-ON, flexible, positive, adaptable, and proactive approach, which can be used to support junior engineers.
7. Understanding of non-ferrous metal casting process.
8. Fluent with technical and conversational English.
9. Experience in power transmissions and rotating equipment.
10. Commercial awareness understanding the impact of engineering actions and decisions on current contracts and future business.
11. Understanding of Manufacturing processes.
12. Knowledge of the ISO 9001:2015 quality system.
13. An ability to self-learn.
14. Team player.
15. Excellent communication skills on a technical level with both internal and external customers.
16. Genuine enthusiasm for Mechanical Engineering.

Core Responsibilities

1. Create new and revise old manufacturing drawings.
2. Ensuring all drawings created, modified, or scanned are checked approved and uploaded into Team Centre.
3. Ensure all drawings are drawn to suitable standards and in accordance with BS8888.
4. Maintain the current CAD system and drawing repository.
5. Maintain technical product records, manuals, and description.
6. Liaise/support workshop staff on technical queries.
7. Evaluate and interpret customer technical requests.
8. Perform design changes to existing designs as and when required.
9. Update drawings to the correct standard to ensure they are fit for current manufacturing processes.
10. Support Sales Managers and Sales admin staff.
11. Liaise with customers in UK and overseas.
12. Liaise with parent company in Germany.
13. Support Field Service engineers on products overhauled or manufactured by Voith.
14. To be the owner of Fluidrive technical related NCRs.
15. Visit suppliers that manufacture, machine and cast major components to assist and support their in-house processes.
16. To support both Purchasing and quality to approve and qualify new suppliers.

Package Details:

1. Permanent Contract
2. Monday Thursday, 8:30am to 16:30pm, Friday 8:30am 15:30pm a 36.5-hour working week.
3. GBP50k GBP60k (dependent on experience)
4. Annual Bonus (pro rata on year of joining)
5. 25 days holiday (pro rata on joining)
6. Pensions 3% EE and 6% ER
7. Life Assurance
8. Salary/Bonus Sacrifice
9. Private Health Care
10. Dental Health Care
11. Cycle to work scheme.