Mechanical Design Engineer

ZipRecruiter; Silchester; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Mechanical Design Engineer to lead diverse projects in aerospace and defense. The role involves creating optimal design solutions, managing project delivery, and ensuring compliance with safety standards. Ideal candidates will have a degree in Mechanical Engineering and experience in safety-critical industries.

Qualifications

• Experience in the production of design documentation.
• Experience working in the nuclear or other safety critical industry.

Responsibilities

• Support / Lead the creation of optimal design solutions.
• Manage your projects' delivery against time, cost and quality requirements.
• Present your work to clients at formal reviews.

Skills

Creativity

Mechanical Engineering Principles

Education

Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Job Description

Mechanical Design Engineer

• Silchester, Reading (Hybrid)
• £30,000 - £50,000 + excellent bens.

**Please note we can only consider UK for this role due to security restrictions**

As a Mechanical Design Engineer in our 'Aerospace, Defence, Security and Technology' (ADS&T) business you will take the lead delivering a wide variety of projects, ranging from niche consultancy to large, high-profile programmes.

Whether it's the challenge of aircraft electrification or designing critical equipment to support the UK's Continuous at Sea Deterrent, you can take pride in the impact your contribution will make on advancing our world.

Your purpose: Mechanical Design Engineer

• Support / Lead the creation of optimal design solutions to address client requirements.
• Produce substantiation calculations and justifications to demonstrate design performance against requirements.
• Author and update technical documents.
• Manage your projects' delivery against time, cost and quality requirements.
• Support our quality assurance process through review or checking of colleagues’ work.
• Present your work to our clients at formal reviews.
• Work within project teams, these may include placements at clients’ sites.

What you can bring: Mechanical Design Engineer

• Degree (or equivalent) in Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline.
• Chartership with a relevant engineering institution or be progressing towards obtaining this.
• Sound understanding of mechanical engineering principles and their application to varied projects and domains.
• Creativity and experience across the design lifecycle including undertaking requirements capture, concept , development and down-selection.
• Familiarity with working to design codes and industry standards appropriate for a safety critical industry.
• Experience in the production of design documentation, including calculations, reports, specifications and requirements capture documents.
• Experience of leading teams to deliver mechanical engineering design projects.
• Experience working in the nuclear or other safety critical industry.