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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
