About The Company
My client an established design and manufacturer of bespoke, turnkey industrial machinery and subcontract services are currently looking to recruit a Mechanical Design Engineer or Draughtsperson. As a Design Engineer or Draughtsperson, you will be responsible for undertaking a variety engineering tasks, including designing, researching and prototyping new products. The successful candidate should have hands-on experience of using CAD and CAE software, such as SolidWorks and/or Inventor.
Design Engineer / Draughtsman - Key Responsibilities
*Modelling & Reproducing Drawings of Parts/Assemblies from Customer Drawings / Sketches in AutoCAD / SolidWorks / Inventor while applying correct tolerances and or Geometric Tolerancing
*Measuring Supplied Parts / Samples and producing Drawings, including Reverse Engineering
*Site Visits for Surveying & Engineered Solutions Purposes
*Liaising with customers regarding requirement and technical details
*Sourcing Engineering Technical data (Seals, Bearings, Bought in Parts, Materials Etc)
*Engineering Calculations (Density of materials Etc, Motor requirements, Sealing solutions)
*Providing 3D CAM model Data to Machine Shop
*Issuing drawings / jobs to Machine shop
*Performing measuring Checks on machined parts
*Data entry (logging of orders on database, Work Scheduler)
*Producing DXF Drawings from customer drawings, sketches and templates for use by profiling (laser / Waterjet)
*Reverse engineering parts from customer samples
*Producing Folding Drawings for Press operators
*Calculating material requirements for rolled parts
*Converting Drawing formats for laser department
Design Engineer Draughtsman - Experience Requirements
*Ideally educated to a minimum HND level in Mechanical Engineering (Degree would be preferred)
*An excellent grasp of engineering and design principles
*A creative, logical approach for generating new ideas and solutions, with the ability to transition these through to part development
*A sound knowledge of SolidWorks and/or Inventor CAD, technical drawings and 3D modelling
*A good knowledge and understanding of the qualities of metals, materials and components
*Strong analytical and numeracy skills