Mechanical Design Engineer

Wintech International, LLC; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the healthcare sector is seeking a Mechanical Design Engineer to join their skilled team in Manchester. This role offers the chance to work on innovative projects that blend technical expertise with creativity, focusing on the design and development of healthcare and pharmaceutical equipment. Candidates should possess strong design skills, familiarity with regulatory standards, and a commitment to high-quality deliverables. The position includes a competitive salary, hybrid working options, and opportunities for career development.

Benefits

Competitive salary and benefits package

Collaborative team culture

Career development opportunities

Hybrid working model with flexibility

Early finish on Fridays

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a technical designer in pharmaceuticals.
• Working knowledge of cGMP, ISO, FDA standards.
• Ability to translate complex engineering concepts into functional products.

Responsibilities

• Create conceptual drawings and advance 3D models using Solidworks.
• Collaborate with regulatory teams to ensure compliance.
• Maintain version control and implement drawing control systems.

Skills

Attention to detail

Technical design expertise

Strong communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences, Engineering, or related discipline

Tools

Solidworks

FMEA analysis

PDM

Airflow modelling

Job description

Beehive Recruitment is on the lookout for a Mechanical Design Engineer in the North Manchester area.

An exciting opportunity to join a market leader in its sector, and a skilled team working on cross discipline Healthcare, Laboratory and Pharmaceutical equipment. This permanent role involves the design, development, integration, and supporting systems.

Job Description

Seeking a skilled and detail-oriented Technical Designer with a strong foundation in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries. This role combines deep technical design expertise with a vision for product evolution to meet clients current and future needs. This is ideally suited to candidates who have worked as design engineers for a number of years and have a deep understanding of engineering principles including calculations for airflow, pressures, structural, fan & filter selections, in addition to creativity in design balancing functionality with sophisticated technologies.

The successful candidate will be responsible for developing and maintaining various equipment designs as standard product ranges, including the selection of components, bill of materials and working with the other engineers in the team to ensure alignment. Familiarity with pharmaceutical manufacturing processes, healthcare regulations, and technical product lifecycles is essential.

This role will focus on supporting the Research & Development team in the creation and launch of a new healthcare product range. Responsibilities during this phase will include the creation of conceptual designs, arrangements, detail designs, assembly diagrams and instructions and support the technical documentation team providing illustrations and instructions for the equipment.

As the product range is established and goes to market, the role will evolve to either continuing the R&D development of further products, continuous improvement of those product standards and/or supporting live order designs with customers.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Design

Create conceptual drawings working to the defined scope. Advance full 3D modelling using Solidworks, detail design drawings for manufacture, exploded views and illustrations to aid assembly and manual instructions.

Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and regulatory teams to ensure content accuracy and compliance with industry standards (e.g., FDA, MHRA, ISO, PICS).

Selection of components and working with the other engineering team disciplines to create the full bill of materials. Working with Production and contracts to have all information entered into the Production management software.

Calculations to support the system design and component selections. This may also include airflow modelling and FMEA Analysis.

Participation in design reviews and provide input on design and additional documentation requirements.

Process & Quality Control

Ensure all drawings and documentation complies with internal quality standards, regulatory guidelines, and customer expectations.

Maintain version control and implement drawings control systems. This may include the use of Solidworks PDM. Working within a gated R&D process.

Continuously review and update designs to reflect product changes, regulatory updates, or customer feedback.

Required Skills And Experience

Proven experience as a technical designer in the pharmaceutical and Biopharmaceutical sectors, specifically Aseptic and Non-Aseptic Containment Systems.

Working knowledge of cGMP, ISO, FDA and other relevant compliance standards.

Ability to understand complex scientific and engineering concepts and translate them into real-world reliable, functional products.

Proficiency in design tools, such as Solidworks, PDM, FMEA analysis, Visualize rendering software and Airflow modelling.

Strong communication skills

Desirable Qualifications

Bachelor's degree or higher in Life Sciences, Engineering, Technical Communication, or related discipline.

Previous experience in the design of Containment systems. H2O2 gassing systems and a working knowledge of calculations needed for the design of systems and component selections.

Knowledge of ERP systems beneficial, but not essential

Personal Attributes

Attention to detail and commitment to high-quality deliverables.

Comfortable working cross-functionally in a fast-paced, regulated environment.

Strong customer focus and commercial awareness.

Adaptable, proactive, and a team player with a passion for clarity and precision.

Flexibility and adaptability to work on multiple projects simultaneously and meet deadlines

Why Join Them?

Be part of a company driving innovation in the pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors.

Rapidly expanding and continuously developing company.

Collaborative team culture and career development opportunities.

Competitive salary and benefits package.

Hybrid working model with flexibility to work from home and the office with early finish on Fridays.

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