Senior Mechanical Design Engineer
8 days ago
Rotherham
A global engineering leader is strengthening its senior design capability on large-scale, bespoke mechanical systems used worldwide. High technical challenge, proper CAD/analysis ownership, and the stability of long-term capital projects — away from short-cycle, low-impact design work. Accountability and Responsibility: • Accountable for the completion of 3D modelling, detail design, technical calculations, and product development as assigned by management utilizing the internal software and tools., • Responsible for assigned portion of product design and development process, ensuring project schedules are maintained while following the Company standards., • Coordinate and mentor the Designer Engineers, whilst maintaining responsibility for Projects within specific areas, working closely with Project Engineers to reach assigned target, • Develop the layout of areas of equipment, proposal layout, basic engineering of new mechanical equipment based on Customer requests, • Carry out complex mechanical calculations, • Oversee Design Engineers during detail engineering stage, • Participate in commercial / technical (basic and detail design) meetings worldwide. This will involve customer interaction and other business units such as Civil, Piping, Automation, • Assist Purchasing, Manufacturing, Erection and Commissioning Departments during handling of developed engineering where necessary, • Continuous monitoring on project progress, identify any areas of concern, escalate where necessary and manage customer expectations, • Coordinate inputs to ensure a winning strategy is clearly communicated and documented., • On time delivery of technical documents; in the desired medium (portal upload and/or electronic/hard copies, etc)., • Ensure technical documents, relevant project related information, MoMs, etc, are recorded and filed correctly on the server., • Support sales activities through drawing/document creation and on-site reverse engineering of products., • Liaison with representatives from suppliers during technical evaluations of project solutions., • Manage expectations, clarify requirements and make requests, including submission deadline changes, as required., • Degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent relevant experience., • Minimum of 7 years’ experience in 2D and 3D CAD required (Autodesk Inventor an advantage but not essential) within an OEM structured engineering department, • Metallurgy, material science, heat treatment; specific knowledge in cutting, welding, heat treatment and machining, • Mechanical calculations (NX, MathCAD, Microsoft Excel), • Free reading of design/technical documentation, • To operate freely with international documentation: technical books, standards, catalogues etc, • (AutoCAD, Inventor), • Work in international groups with ability to communicate both verbally and written and work within a worldwide team environment., • Strong analytical and problem-solving ability looking at overall results and finer details., • Ability to prioritise workload, on-time delivery and deliver on-time results to Company standards whilst working on multiple projects., • Experience undertaking structured writing in the form of technical reports., • Available for regular business travel (worldwide), • Basic product/plant understanding and know-how (what pieces go where and how to find reference information).