Mechanical Design Engineer in Leeds, West Yorkshire

Mechanical Design Engineer – 2-Year FTC

Are you a Mechanical Design Engineer with experience using SolidWorks to design machinery, fabricated equipment or large mechanical assemblies?

Would you like a role where you’ll work across a genuine variety of engineering projects, rather than designing the same components day in, day out?

White Label Recruitment is working with an established and growing engineering and manufacturing business that designs and manufactures specialist mechanical equipment and complete installations for customers in the UK and internationally.

Due to a major new product development programme, they are looking to recruit a Mechanical Design Engineer to join their experienced Engineering team on an initial two-year fixed-term contract.

The Role

You’ll join an established Design team working across a broad range of mechanical design projects. The company deliberately develops multi-skilled engineers, so you won’t be pigeonholed into one specific area.

Depending on your previous experience, your work could include:

• Designing and detailing mechanical machinery and equipment.
• Producing 2D and 3D designs for large fabricated assemblies.
• Creating plant, site and installation layouts.
• Designing ductwork, pipework, mezzanine structures and associated equipment.
• Producing detailed manufacturing, assembly and installation drawings.
• Developing bespoke designs around customer requirements and individual site constraints.
• Working closely with Manufacturing, Purchasing, Assembly and wider Engineering teams to ensure designs are practical and manufacturable.
• Reviewing drawings for technical accuracy and quality before release.
• Supporting Manufacturing and Installation teams with technical queries.
• Managing drawing revisions, technical records and engineering documentation.
• Identifying opportunities to improve design standards and processes.

SolidWorks is the main CAD package, with AutoCAD and Revit also used depending on the project.

The Person

We’re looking for a Mechanical Design Engineer who has a good understanding of how their designs translate into something that can actually be manufactured and assembled.

Ideally, you will have:

• Previous experience working as a Mechanical Design Engineer, Design Engineer or similar.
• Strong 3D CAD experience, ideally using SolidWorks.
• Experience designing fabrications, larger mechanical assemblies, machinery or equipment.
• A good understanding of manufacturing and fabrication processes.
• Experience producing detailed manufacturing and assembly drawings.
• The ability to work across different types of mechanical design projects.
• Good problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• A proactive attitude and willingness to learn.

Experience with plant layouts, installation layouts, ductwork, pipework or site-based design would be particularly attractive.

Candidates from special-purpose machinery, industrial equipment, fabricated equipment, process equipment, plant engineering or similar mechanical engineering environments would fit the role well.

A Mechanical Engineering qualification is preferred, although relevant industry experience will also be considered.

Package & Benefits

• Salary: £35,000 – £44,000, depending on experience.
• Hours: 37.5 hours per week with flexible start and finish times.
• Core hours: 9am–3pm Monday to Thursday and 9am–2pm Friday, with flexibility around these times provided 37.5 hours are worked.
• Holidays: 24 days on commencement, increasing by one day for each completed year of service up to a maximum of 28 days, plus Bank Holidays. Annual leave includes three days allocated to the Christmas shutdown.

Why Apply?

This is a good opportunity for somebody who wants genuine variety within their Mechanical Design career.

The business employs around 250 people in the UK and has an established Engineering team, including experienced engineers who have built long careers with the company.

Rather than spending two years working on one repetitive product, you’ll have the opportunity to develop experience across machinery, large fabrications, plant layouts, installation design and complete engineered systems.

You’ll also get the satisfaction of seeing your designs progress from CAD through manufacture and ultimately into installed equipment.

Why a Fixed-Term Contract?

The company is moving two of its experienced Design Engineers onto a major new machine development programme consisting of three specific development projects.

These vacancies are being created to strengthen the existing Design team while that programme takes place and are expected to run for approximately two years.

There is a genuine possibility of the positions becoming permanent during or following the initial contract due to future workload and longer-term team requirements, although this cannot be guaranteed.

Interested?

If you’re a Mechanical Design Engineer with experience in SolidWorks, machinery, fabrications or larger mechanical assemblies and want a role offering genuine variety, please apply with your CV for immediate consideration.