Senior Mechanical Design Engineer
2 days ago
Billingham
Our clientOur client is a design-led, high-volume manufacturer based in Teesside, currently undergoing significant investment and growth. Engineering sits at the heart of the business, with a strong track record of bringing innovative, well-engineered products to market at scale. With ambitious plans for long-term market leadership, the company continues to invest heavily in product development capability, infrastructure, and people.The opportunity This is a senior-level mechanical design role with genuine influence across a busy and robust new product development pipeline. You will play a leading role in taking products from early concept through to manufacture, working from first principles and closely collaborating with a large, established Design & Engineering function. Key responsibilities include: • Leading mechanical design activities across multiple new product development projects, • Designing from first principles, producing robust 3D models, detailed 2D drawings, and engineering calculations, • Performing FEA analysis to validate and optimise designs, • Working closely with manufacturing, procurement, and suppliers to ensure design for manufacture and design for cost, • Supporting prototyping, testing, and validation using in-house facilities, • Creating and maintaining BOMs and supporting configuration tools to enable efficient manufacture, • Applying a strong understanding of manufacturing processes, • Playing a visible role in continuous improvement of engineering standards, processes, and best practice You are likely to have: • Significant experience in mechanical design for manufactured products, • Proven ability to design from first principles, • Strong proficiency in SolidWorks (or similar), including FEA and PDM, • High competence in GD&T and detailed drawing creation, • Experience designing components and assemblies for:, • Plastic injection moulding, • Aluminium or plastic extrusion, • Castings, • Sheet metal, • A solid understanding of materials selection and mechanical engineering fundamentals, • Experience of working in high-volume or industrialised manufacturing environments, • A degree or HNC/HND in an engineering discipline Apply now to start a confidential conversation and learn more about this opportunity in Teesside.