Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

White Label Recruitment; Blackburn; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

4-day working week

25 days holiday + 8 bank holidays

Flexible working hours

Phone and Laptop provided

Death in service benefit

Health cash plan

Salary sacrifice pension

Job summary

A leading manufacturing company near Blackburn is searching for a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer to join their design department. This role offers a unique 4-day work week and promotes excellent employee retention. The ideal candidate will possess 5–7 years of machinery design experience and have proficiency in 3D design software like Inventor. The organization is committed to innovation and employee investment, making it a great opportunity for the right individual.

Qualifications

• 5–7+ years’ machinery design experience is required.
• Proficiency in Inventor or similar 3D design software is preferred.
• Solid grounding in tolerancing, GD&T, DfM/DfA is necessary.
• Ability to lead a small design team.
• Experience across conceptual to prototyping stages.
• Knowledge of Machinery Directive compliance.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design process from concept through to prototyping and testing.
• Ensure compliance with Machinery Directive for new products.
• Ensure compliance with Machinery Directive.
• Deliver robust, manufacturable design solutions.
• Support production during integration and testing.

Skills

Machinery design experience

3D design software proficiency

Tolerancing and GD&T knowledge

Ability to lead sub-assembly design

Machine design aspects from conceptual to testing

Education

Degree in Mechanical Engineering or relevant field

Tools

Autodesk Inventor

Other 3D design software

Job description

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MD at White Label Recruitment - Helping you to retain staff and grow your Engineering or Manufacturing business

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

About the Company

White label Recruitment are pleased to be working with an extremely reputable and market leading manufacturing company who have been established for over 100 years. Our exclusive client manufactures complex bespoke special purpose machinery and are based close to Blackburn. The reason for this hire is that my client is experiencing a huge amount of growth at the moment, due to an ever-growing order book and the development of new products.

About the Role

The company is recruiting Senior Mechanical Design Engineer for their busy and growing design dept. One of the greatest selling points of this business is their brilliant staff retention levels, most of the people at the business have been there for over 10 years, which is rather unheard of these days. Additionally, they offer a 4 day week!

Pay range and compensation package

• Benefits: 4 day working week (Monday to Thursday)! 4.5 day week if this works better for you.
• 25 days holiday + 8 bank holidays
• 38 hours per week. Very flexible on working hours (some start as early as 6.30AM)
• Phone and Laptop provided
• Death in service benefit 3 x annual salary
• Health cash plan
• Salary sacrifice pension

Responsibilities

• 5–7+ years’ machinery design experience
• Inventor preferred; Other 3D acceptable if the rest of the profile is strong
• Solid grounding in tolerancing, GD&T, DfM/DfA
• Able to lead sub-assembly design and coordinate with a small team
• Ability to undertake all aspects of machine design from conceptual and detailed design to prototyping and testing
• Ensure that any new products and features are designed in accordance with Machinery Directive.

Qualifications

5–7+ years’ machinery design experience

Required Skills

• Inventor preferred; Other 3D acceptable if the rest of the profile is strong
• Solid grounding in tolerancing, GD&T, DfM/DfA
• Able to lead sub-assembly design and coordinate with a small team
• Ability to undertake all aspects of machine design from conceptual and detailed design to prototyping and testing

Preferred Skills

• Experience with Machinery Directive compliance

Pay range and compensation package

• Benefits: 4 day working week (Monday to Thursday)! 4.5 day week if this works better for you.
• 25 days holiday + 8 bank holidays
• 38 hours per week. Very flexible on working hours (some start as early as 6.30AM)
• Phone and Laptop provided
• Death in service benefit 3 x annual salary
• Health cash plan
• Salary sacrifice pension

Equal Opportunity Statement

This is an exciting opportunity to work with a great team who invest heavily in their employees! Are you interested or do you know anyone who might be? We do offer high street vouchers up to £250 in value for referred candidates who are successfully placed into roles! Please Apply with a copy of your up-to-date CV if you are interested in this position and I will call you to discuss in further detail if you are a match. Looking forward to hearing from you.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Design

• Industries

  Industrial Machinery Manufacturing, Automation Machinery Manufacturing, and Machinery Manufacturing

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