Junior Mechanical Design Engineer
Kettering
Hours - Monday to Friday 37.5 hrs
Salary - to £28,000
Our Kettering based client is recruiting a Junior Design Engineer to work in their Test Equipment department on a permanent basis.
Responsibilities
- Provide a mechanical design and development capability
- Produce drawings, prototypes and develop new concepts
- Assist with improving the safety of existing products to ensure CE compliance
- Assist with creation and maintenance of Technical File documentation
- Assist with creation and maintenance of component information within the ERP system
- Assist with preparation of prototypes, conducting tests and analysing results
- Assist with developing modern, state of the art designs and produce drawings for new equipment and modifications on existing products
- Provide technical support to production customers when required
- Ensure design projects meet technical brief including compliance, target, product cost and on time completion
About You...
Candidates will be required to have the following:
- Recently graduated with a minimum of HNC preferably HND or degree in Engineering or an Engineering discipline
- Completed a placement or have worked in or completed an apprenticeship in an engineering environment
- Able to work as part of a team
- Excellent communication skills – written and verbal
- Aspiration to work in a design environment and gain experience working with design software and engineering practices
Desirable
- Knowledge of CE marking and its associated Directives and Standards
- Experience of MRP systems
- Previous experience of or aspirations to learn 3D CAD
Benefits Include Staff benefits include 25 – 30 days (service related) annual leave; life assurance; a group personal pension plan; income protection; free parking; flexible working hours.
If interested, please apply here or call Kim Clayton to discuss further/find out more