Mechanical Design Engineer

Elev8; Bury St Edmunds; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stable established business

Full project ownership

On-site workshop

Job summary

A stable engineering company in Bury St Edmunds seeks a Mechanical Design Engineer who will own projects from conception to production. This role entails hands-on engineering where you'll design bespoke machinery and equipment using SolidWorks. Collaboration with production teams ensures that your designs come to life, offering genuine variety in your projects. Ideal candidates should enjoy solving practical problems and prefer an environment prioritizing common sense over corporate processes.

Qualifications

• Experience with SolidWorks is mandatory.
• Ability to turn ideas into manufacturable designs.
• Willingness to solve practical engineering challenges.

Responsibilities

• Design full systems and machinery.
• Work closely with workshop and production teams.
• Take ownership of projects from concept to production.

Skills

SolidWorks

Hands-on engineering

Problem-solving

Tools

SolidWorks

Job description

Mechanical Design Engineer

Elev8 Bury St Edmunds, England, United Kingdom

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Base pay range

Tired of designing kit that never leaves the drawing board?

You know how it goes – weeks of modelling, refinement, reviews… then the project quietly dies because someone changed their mind or kicked it into “phase two” limbo. All that effort, wasted.

Here’s what’s different:

They actually build what you design. Proper engineering, proper output. This is a good old-fashioned British engineering business where everything’s done in-house – design, manufacture, assembly, test. No layers of corporate nonsense, no watching your work disappear into a void.

The reality:

You’ll be designing full systems – special purpose machinery, lifting solutions, bespoke engineered equipment. SolidWorks is your daily tool. You’ll work shoulder‑to‑shoulder with the workshop, electrical, and production teams to get things built right. Expect real engineering challenges, not endless status meetings.

What you get:

• Full project ownership
• A stable, established engineering business that backs its people
• A workshop on‑site, so you can actually see your designs come to life
• Genuine variety – every project is different

You’ll love this if you:

• Prefer hands‑on engineering over corporate ceremony
• Have SolidWorks experience and can turn ideas into manufacturable reality
• Enjoy solving real‑world problems with practical constraints
• Like working somewhere where common sense actually wins

Based in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.

Apply now!