Project Engineer

Birchley Consultancy Limited; Wealden; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mechanical engineering consultancy is seeking a Mechanical Project Engineer to join their team in East Sussex. You'll be integral in designing and estimating mechanical projects, with opportunities for career development in a hybrid working environment. This role requires strong experience in 3D CAD and a background in mechanical engineering or fabrication, offering excellent benefits and a competitive salary package.

Benefits

Hybrid working model

Career development opportunities

Excellent benefits & package

Bonus

Qualifications

• 3D CAD experience is essential.
• Experience in mechanical engineering, fabrication, or steel construction.
• Familiarity with surveys, CAD drawings, quotations, and estimates.

Responsibilities

• Producing designs, estimates, quotations, and CAD drawings for mechanical projects.
• Supporting project managers and manufacturing teams.
• Working on bespoke projects to meet customer requirements.

Skills

3D CAD

Mechanical Engineering

Estimates

Project Proposals

Tools

Inventor

SolidWorks

Job description

35,000 – 45,000 (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 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 quotations 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 3D CAD experience and come from a mechanical engineering, fabrication, steel, light structural steel, mechanical fabrication / weld manufacturing or similar sector.

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 you CAN'T MISS.