Mechanical Design Engineer

Wallace Hind Selection LTD; Warrington; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering recruitment firm is seeking a Mechanical Design Engineer to develop bespoke thermal machinery for the food industry. The role involves designing new equipment, improving current models, and collaborating with an engineering team. The ideal candidate has strong skills in CAD software like SolidWorks and AutoCAD, along with a background in mechanical design and thermal machinery. Competitive salary up to £50,000 and flexible working options are offered.

Benefits

5% Employer pension

Life Assurance

33 Days Holiday (including 8 Bank Holidays)

39 hour working week

Office/remote working split

Qualifications

• Experience designing machinery in the food industry, especially ovens and ancillary equipment.
• Familiarity with sheet metal and structural steel framework.
• Understanding of safety regulations and drawing standards.

Responsibilities

• Design new machines and enhance existing designs.
• Collaborate across departments to deliver engineered solutions.
• Produce accurate drawing packs and bill of materials.

Skills

3D CAD SolidWorks

Mechanical design

Thermal design

Problem-solving

Team collaboration

Machine safety standards

Education

B.Eng / HND / HNC or equivalent experience

Tools

AutoCAD

Inventor

Job description

If you're an experienced Mechanical Design Engineer with a background in process equipment or special purpose machinery, you might want to keep reading! We re developing a new area of our business to specialise in thermal capital machinery for bakery systems at our site in Greater Manchester. As our Mechanical Design Engineer, you ll take ownership of delivering bespoke industrial ovens and ancillary equipment to multiple food manufacturing sectors UK and globally.

BASIC SALARY: Up to GBP50,000

BENEFITS

• 5% Employer pension
• Life Assurance
• 33 Days Holiday (including 8 Bank Holidays)
• 39 hour working week
• Office /remote working split for you

LOCATION: Wigan, Greater Manchester

COMMUTABLE LOCATIONS: Warrington, Bolton, St Helens, Runcorn, Widnes, Altrincham, Manchester, Liverpool, Blackburn, Preston, Bury, Leigh, Lymm, Haydock, Newton–le–Willows, Skelmersdale

Why you should apply

• We are expanding by creating a new Thermal Design Centre we are increasing our capabilities – there is plenty of scope for your personal development
• An opportunity for you to work internally within our global group
• Growth – we'll be looking for a Design Engineer to develop with us into a Senior Design Engineer & take on more responsibility, to train and mentor junior engineers

JOB DESCRIPTION

Mechanical Design Engineer R&D, Bakery Systems, Thermal design, food process machinery

Day to day, as our Mechanical Design Engineer, you ll work in an experienced design engineering team on custom–built machinery for the industrial bakery industry.

Working on the design of new machinery, new concepts, ongoing improvements / enhancements to our existing designs, and being a problem solver this role is varied.

Your strong mechanical engineering background will have been gained from within the machine building industry. The role will be predominately office based, but with opportunities to visit manufacturing and customer s sites for testing, problem solving and technical support and some hybrid flexibility for you.

You will join an existing experienced design team based in the UK and India that provide bespoke industrial bakery solutions to customers, based on their specific requirements.

YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design new machines, some from concept, some ongoing engineering improvements to existing designs – mechanically and thermally using AUTOCAD Inventor and/or SolidWorks and produce an accurate bills of materials
• Collaborate with team members, sales, Applications Engineers, production & the controls team to achieve a complete engineered solution.
• Producing drawing packs to production standards
• Working within the Safety of Machinery regulations

If you are currently, or have previously designed industrial ovens and ancillary equipment (proving and cooling equipment) for the food industry, then we would love to hear from you.

But, we are happy to consider any mechanical engineering design background from process equipment, special purpose machinery, conveyors, materials handling into the food, pharmaceutical, chemical, cosmetics or distribution sectors or similar etc. You might be working within the PPMA, BARA or Automate UK already.

YOUR BACKGROUND

Mechanical Design Engineer R&D, Bakery Systems, Thermal design, food process machinery, PPMMA, Automate

• Designed machinery in sheet metal, structural steel framework, and / or machined parts – large assembly experience is useful as there are lots of components involved with our machines
• Appreciation of machine safety / standards and drawing/tolerance standards
• 3D CAD SolidWorks / Inventor experience is ideal, but you might have experience of another similar 3D package? and ideally comfortable using AUTOCAD for our 2D layout
• Experience of thermal machinery, FEA or CFD simulation would be advantageous as would specific knowledge of Ducting / HVAC, pneumatics, steam and drive systems – but we can teach you the above if needed.
• You might be higher educated to a B.Eng / HND / HNC, we don’t mind, but at this stage we will not disregard candidates qualified by experience alone.

THE COMPANY

We are part of a Global Manufacturer of industrial baking machinery and commercial cooking equipment and boast such customers as Mondelez, Kellanova & Pladis.

We provide a bespoke engineering solution in biscuit, crisped bread, cookie and pet food lines, supplying into a variety of manufacturers within food industry, and offer much more than an "off the shelf" product & system.

It is highly likely you will have worked in any of the following roles and/or markets and worked with the following products and/or services: Draughtsman, Design Engineer, SolidWorks, Inventor, food, packaging, Project Engineer, mechanical design, mechanical engineer, machine building, capital machinery, AutoCAD, SolidWorks, Inventor, special purpose machinery, machine design, FEA, CFD, sheet metal, stainless steel, Thermal design, bakery systems.

INTERESTED?

Please click apply. You will receive an acknowledgement of your application.

Wallace Hind Selection, alongside our client embrace diversity, champion equality, and foster inclusion to create a work environment where everyone belongs and thrives.

Please Note

Wallace Hind Selection have been chosen as the retained recruitment partner of our client and therefore any direct applications to our client from candidates or agencies will be forwarded on to us direct.

REF: JAC18026, Wallace Hind Selection