Mechanical Design Engineer - 9 Month FTC

Modine; Leeds; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Modine is seeking a Mechanical Design Engineer for a 9-month fixed-term contract in Leeds. The role involves developing new standard HVAC products and maintaining the existing portfolio within a cross-disciplinary Product Development team.

You will contribute to design briefs, performance predictions, cost targets and manufacturing-friendly designs. Collaboration with suppliers and internal teams is essential to deliver high-quality solutions on schedule.

Qualifications

• Degree qualified in engineering or relevant science field.
• Experience with thermodynamics and fluid mechanics.
• Ability to work under own initiative and in a team.

Responsibilities

• Develop new product designs from concept to launch within APQP guidelines.
• Collaborate with mechanical, electrical, controls, manufacturing and quality teams.
• Communicate with suppliers and drive select components to meet cost targets.

Skills

Initiative

Teamwork

Learning agility

Effective communication

Thermodynamics

Fluid mechanics

Project management

Problem solving

Design optimization

3D modelling

Education

Engineering degree or related science

3D modelling and 2D drafting experience

Tools

Solid Edge

AutoCAD 2D

SAP

MS Office (Word/Excel)

VBA

Job description

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Job Posting Location: Leeds Posting Start Date: 10/13/26 Req Id: 10861 Required Travel: 0 - 10% Remote, Onsite or Hybrid?: Onsite

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Trusted as The Critical Cooling Specialists, Airedale by Modine has decades of experience providing efficient, flexible end-to-end cooling solutions that work smarter, not harder, to deliver more cooling for less power. With manufacturing facilities in Canada, Spain, the UK, and the U.S., we’re scaling up across the world to support an ever-growing demand for our solutions. That’s where you come in….

Position Description

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Mechanical Design Engineer to work in the Product Development team on a 9 month fixed term contract. It involves working closely with a team of mechanical, electrical, controls, manufacturing and quality engineers to design and develop new standard HVAC products whilst maintaining the existing portfolio.

Key Responsibilities

The role consists of working as part of a team to develop new product design projects in accordance with APQP (Advanced Product Quality Planning) and relevant SOM guidelines from concept through to full product launch. You will aid the Lead Mechanical engineer where necessary and as a team will be responsible for creating design briefs for company wide approval, performance predictions, hitting cost targets, designing products with manufacturing and assembly in mind to allow labour targets to be met, project timescales, technical features, training and all critical deliverables.

Supplier technology plays an important part of new designs so it is anticipated that supplier and purchasing communication will be frequent. Preferred suppliers will be used wherever possible in a manner that ensures high quality products are available using most efficient manufacturing processes. Comparisons with competitor’s products will be expected as projects require.

Required Education & Qualifications

• Carrying out engineering calculations
• Creating performance prediction programs
• Acoustic performance calculations
• Selecting and specifying critical components to fulfil a design brief
• Water system design and pump selection
• Air system design and fan selection
• Refrigeration system design and component selection
• Heat exchanger optimisation including fin and tube coil design
• Interface with Electrical Design, Controls, Research and Laboratory teams
  Creating 3D models, layout drawings and schematics
  Structuring Bills of Material
  Implementing component upgrades on existing standard product ranges
  Working to deadlines & cost requirements

Skills & experience:

• Degree Qualified in an Engineering discipline or relevant Science based subject
• Good theoretical and practical understanding of thermodynamics
• Good theoretical and practical understanding of fluid mechan
• Be able to work under own initiative
• Be able to learn quickly and think laterally
• Be able to work in a team and manage projects to completion
• Be able to communicate effectively at all levels
• Experience of 3D modelling and 2D drafting

Ideally experience of the following software:

MS Word, Excel and VBA
o Solid Edge ST9 and later
o Autocad 2D
o SAP

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