Role: Mechanical Design Engineer
Location: Birmingham
Sector: Packaging and Process Solutions
Salary: £40,000 - £50,000
Owen Daniels Recruitment
has engaged with a key client and an established
Packaging
company providing a wide range of services to the food industry, and high-profile clients. Due to team & project growth an opportunity has arisen for a
Mechanical Design Engineer
to join on a permanent basis.
About The Role
- The position requires delivering an optimal level of service and customer satisfaction through a technical approach to researching and designing food packaging and processing machinery/systems.
Key responsibilities
- Design and develop machinery that meets performance, operational, and cost specifications, including assembly, commissioning, testing, and continuous refinement.
- Establish and maintain excellent relationships with customers, colleagues, suppliers, and internal departments through effective collaboration.
- Continuously identify, implement, monitor, and update processes and practices to ensure consistent adherence to design philosophies.
- Create high-quality designs and drawings while considering all upstream and downstream impacts on the business, internal customers, and end users.
- Manage design projects by ensuring all milestones are achieved according to schedule.
- Provide comprehensive support to both customers and team members.
- Collaborate closely with all departments to facilitate the seamless transition of new designs through documentation, prototyping, timely production, and testing.
- Travel to customer and tna sites to support and develop equipment and solutions.
Key Qualifications / Skills
- Degree in Mechanical Engineering (or a related engineering discipline).
- At least 3 years of design experience with some level of autonomy in special-purpose machine design or a manufacturing-related field.
- Proficiency in 2D CAD and 3D modeling systems. (Inventor is preferred).
- Experience in sheet metal design is desirable but not essential.
- Familiarity with vibratory machinery is a plus but not required.
- Exposure to the food and packaging industry is advantageous but not mandatory.
- Knowledge of relevant materials and manufacturing processes.
- Expertise in structural design, materials handling, and optimizing designs for food safety.
- Ability to produce documentation suitable for manufacturing and installation personnel.
Benefits:
- 7% Pension
- 25 Days Holiday + BH
- Early Friday Finish / 1-day WFH
If you could be interested in the role as a
Mechanical Design Engineer
, please apply with your latest CV, Salary expectation and availability as soon as possible. Call
Kieren
at Owen Daniels Recruitment on for further information.