Project Engineer

Birchley Consultancy Limited; Eastbourne; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A market leading mechanical engineering fabrication company in East Sussex is seeking a Mechanical Project Engineer. This role requires CAD expertise and mechanical engineering experience, with responsibilities in project design and estimates. The company offers a hybrid working model, excellent benefits, and career development opportunities.

Benefits

Excellent Benefits & Package

Industry leading career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in CAD, particularly in mechanical engineering, fabrication, or steel sectors.
• Background in producing surveys, drawings, and project proposals.
• Experience in construction or engineering markets is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Producing designs, estimates, and CAD drawings for bespoke mechanical projects.
• Supporting project managers and other technical staff.
• Ensuring projects meet specifications and customer requirements.

Skills

CAD experience

Mechanical engineering awareness

Quotations

Estimates

Tools

Inventor

SolidWorks

Job description

35,000 – 40,000 (negotiable)
+ Bonus
+ Excellent Benefits & Package
+ Industry leading career development opportunities
+ All the benefits that come with working for a UK market leading organisation with global presence

Location:
This permanent position is based in the Technical Drawing & Engineering Office in East Sussex. Easy commutable locations include Eastbourne, Polegate, Brighton, Lewes, Hailsham, Bexhill, Hastings, Uckfield, Horam, Heathfield and other local areas.

The Role:
Working for a market leading mechanical engineering fabrication and light structural steel manufacturing company that supply into UK and European construction, civil engineering and industrial sectors, as a Mechanical Project Engineer you will play a vital role producing designs, estimates, quotations and CAD drawings for large and small bespoke mechanical projects.

Based from the UK Technical HQ in the Eastbourne / East Sussex region, you will work on a variety of projects which are bespoke to customer requirements. With this in mind, you will employ your mechanical engineering awareness and experience, to produce projects which are fit for spec.

Supporting Project Managers, manufacturing teams and other technical engineering staff, you will be a integral part of the engineering and technical department. This really is an interesting, challenging and progressive project engineering role not to be missed.

A hybrid working model of 4 days in the office with 1 day working from home is on offer; alongside an amazing benefits package, basic salary and career development opportunities.

Candidate Requirements:
Essentially you will have CAD experience and come from a mechanical engineering, fabrication, steel, light structural steel, mechanical fabrication / weld manufacturing or similar sector. We will also consider people from the construction industry in general if they have good CAD skills.

You will have experience working with surveys, drawings, quotations, CAD, estimates and project proposals; ideally from within mechanical engineering, steel fabrication or similar related field.

Any experience within construction, engineering or steel fabrication markets would be very advantageous. Also, working knowledge of Inventor and/or SolidWorks would be of benefit.

If you are a mechanical project engineer, CAD engineer, design engineer, CAD technician, drawing office professional or mechanically biased engineer with experience in fabrication, light structures or similar, this really is the one job not to be missed.