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Provectus Recruitment are currently seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer, to join a leading international instrumentation manufacturing business, as they upgrade and optimise their Design and New Product Development functions across the business, due to continuous growth and requirements for their products. This business employs around 700 people across the UK, Europe and North America & focus entirely on high-tech sensor-based technology development for high-demand markets, such as Oil & Gas, Petrochem, Food & Beverage etc.

You will be joining a business that is going through change, growth, and modernising of engineering practises across the business.

As a Senior Mechanical Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in coordinating engineering requirements, focusing on design for excellence, innovation, quality and engineering efficiency.

Key Responsibilities

This role will be primarily focused on the design and development of complex mechanical systems and components within various instrumentation and sensor-based applications.

  • Design and Development of complex mechanical systems

  • Project Management: Support project timelines, budgets, and deliverables, ensuring projects meet quality standards and deadlines.

  • Provide technical guidance and mentorship across cross-functional teams.

  • Create detailed mechanical designs and documentation packages, including CAD models and engineering drawings.

  • Conduct thermal and structural analysis, prototype testing, and validation to ensure designs meet performance requirements.

  • Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, integrating input from Electronic Engineers, Physicists, Materials Scientists, Manufacturing and Quality Assurance into mechanical designs and overall product development.

  • Implement tools & processes such as: DfM, DfA, DFMEA, 8D, BS8888 and GD&T, tolerance analysis to generate ‘Right First Time’ product designs.

    We are looking for

    We are looking for a seasoned Mechanical Engineer with a wealth of experience in design engineering fundamentals, new product development engineering and design for excellence. This role would suit someone with a longstanding background in Mechanical Design Engineering, but also broader experience with Mechanical Engineering & Manufacturing Engineering principals. As a senior engineer, you will be given autonomy to innovate, shape, change, implement and drive engineering excellence how you see fit.

  • Degree level qualification in Mechanical Engineering

  • Exceptional engineering design skills (Solidworks)

  • Proficiency in 3D CAD and detailing 2D technical drawings

  • Experience in designing for excellence (DfX) within an engineering environment.

  • Knowledge of QCP and its importance with design approaches and Six Sigma and Lean methodologies.

  • Experience scheduling, communicating, and documenting within a new product development (NPD) process

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