Mechanical Design Engineer

Candour Talent are recruiting a Mechanical Design Engineer to join their client’s team in Bridgend. * Employment Type: Full Time/Permanent * Working Hours: Mon-Fri (early Friday finish) * Salary: £38-45k + performance bonus + employer pension Our client is looking for an experienced and dynamic Mechanical Design Engineer to join their team in Bridgend. The successful candidate will support the team in new product development driven by company and market requirements; and provide mechanical engineering support for current products to enhance productivity, reliability and continuity of performance and build, ranging from small component designs to complex turnkey solutions. The Role: * From a top-level brief, and working in collaboration with electrical, controls and software engineers – design and implement cost-effective equipment and solutions for engineering problems and help improve safety, reliability and throughput. * Developing a project specification with colleagues, often including those from other engineering disciplines. * Producing details of specifications and outline designs. * Designing robust solutions within a 3D environment, ensuring best practice modelling to minimise waste in the model and eliminate conflicting information between models and drawings. * Discussing and solving complex problems with customers, internal departments, sub-contractors, and suppliers, considering the implications of issues such as cost, safety and time constraints. * Creation of documentation for the release of products to production, including but not limited to BoM, spares list, build instructions and assembly drawings. * Assembly of prototypes, recommending modifications following prototype test results. * Preparing product documentation for service, publications, sales, and marketing. * Creating engineering drawings conforming to BS8888, ISO 9001 and internal company standards for presentation to various suppliers. * Ensuring designs conform to international standards and directives. * Undertaking any other projects and duties as requested which are within the competence of the job holder. The Ideal Candidate: * Qualified to degree level in Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Science, Manufacturing Engineering or equivalent previous experience in a manufacturing environment or similar. * A minimum 3 years’ experience in a product development environment An understanding of UK Import/Export legislative and regulatory requirements and licence goods * Experience of Autodesk Inventor for part drawing and assembly creation. (Other CAD packages would be considered, such as Creo, Solidworks etc) * Experience of BoM creation and control within CAD package * Experience of Vault or other PLM software * Able to interpret and evaluate both mechanical and electrical drawings * Knowledge and experience of working within a formal ECN process to maintain clear and accurate records of changes within drawings * Time and resource management skills and able to prioritise tasks * Able to travel and undertake customer visits when required * Strong verbal and precise written communications skills to engage with internal and external contacts, effectively gather information and express instructions clearly