Mechanical Design Engineer

Mechanical Design Engineer, Exeter, Devon. With an annual salary of £36,500 - £38,500 DOE, plus excellent benefits
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Full Time, Permanent. This will be working Monday to Friday 08:30 – 17:00 or 08:00 – 14:30.

Benefits of working within this company

A Flexi‑Time Policy, Electric Vehicle lease scheme or Cycle to Work Scheme, Employee Assistance Programme for a range of health, life and work issues, along with generous staff discount on their products. You will also have access to discounts for supermarkets, cinemas, gifts and a wide range of other items. They offer 6.4 weeks of holiday that will rise with length of service.

Due to exciting growth, we are seeking an experienced Mechanical Design Engineer for one of our fast‑growing clients. This role will see you responsible for the design, engineering and specification of all new products alongside the existing product range. You will also Seit expected to generate production‑ready designs and help ensure they are completed within agreed timescales.

• Work in conjunction with other departments to take products from conception to detailed engineering drawings for manufacture.
• Determine manufacturing methods for engineering designs.
• Work alongside other departments involved in New Product Development, ensuring design for manufacture is implemented prior to product handover.
• Ensure that tolerance analysis is carried out during the design process to aid manufacturing and assembly, eliminating potential tolerance build‑up issues.
• Optimize designs to reduce costs, increase efficiency and maintain product quality.
• Carry out DFMEA at the start of each project, monitoring completion of actions identified and identifying product design failure modes.
• Generate bill of materials spreadsheets during the design process to estimate manufacturing costs.

• Either degree‑educated or proven engineering background with a strong bias to mechanical engineering.
• Proven experience within product development from initial prototype to mass production.
• Sheet metal manufacturing experience or knowledge of processes.
• Proven experience working with Solid Edge (Solid Works experience will be considered).
• Able to create 2D production drawings.
• Folding simulation software experience would be advantageous.
• Strong Microsoft Office package skills and ability to work within set standards and procedures in an ISO 9001:2015 registered company.

If youнор saying yes to the above, then we would love to hear from you. Please apply via this job board or contact Wise Employment Plymouth.

To achieve the higher salary, you will need to demonstrate your ability to meet the key criteria of the role by past experience and during the interview process.