Mechanical Design Engineer

Witney
1 month ago
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Job Title: Mechanical Design Engineer

Location: Witney, Oxfordshire

Salary: Competitive + generous benefits

Job Type: Permanent, Full time. Working hours are 8.30am - 4.30pm Monday to Friday.

Meech International has an exciting opportunity available for a Mechanical Design Engineer to join our growing team based in Witney, Oxfordshire. This is a permanent role with a competitive rate of pay plus generous benefits which makes Meech a great place to work! This is a new role we have created as a result of our growth and expansion.

Who are we?

Our mission is to design and manufacture the best and most innovative Static Control and Surface Cleaning equipment to optimise our customers' productivity. Founded in 1907, for over a century we have been engineering and manufacturing products in the UK that are used worldwide. We have a constant focus on improvement and we collaborate with our global offices and distributors, who in turn work closely with their local markets, to achieve all our goals.

What we do.

We have four separate divisions: Static Control, Web Cleaning, Compressed Air Technology and Surface Cleaning Systems. Each division is interconnected through applications in various sectors.

We work in a large number of diverse industries all over the world, including pharmaceutical, food & beverage and the emerging EV Battery market, where we are at the forefront of development in specialist contamination removal and static control.

The Benefits we offer our Mechanical Design Engineer:

* A competitive salary

* Discretionary profit share bonus

* 25 - 30 days holiday (based on length of service) + bank holidays

* Health insurance

* Pension scheme

* Life assurance

* £100 social club allowance to join in on activities

* Career development opportunities, training and learning resources

* Mental, financial and physical wellbeing support resources

* Free on-site parking

* Plus, many more benefits!

Mechanical Design Engineer: The role

Reporting to the R&D Manager, your primary role will be to work within the engineering team on existing and new R&D projects.

The key responsibilities as our Mechanical Design Engineer:

* The design of new and redesign of existing products

* Initial Build and Test of products throughout the design process

* Reporting of test results with conclusions and proposed next steps

* Producing bills of materials for products

* Working closely with other members of the Engineering team to ensure objectives are met.

Skills, knowledge and experience required by our Mechanical Design Engineer:

* Based at Meech's UK head office in Witney, Oxfordshire

* An engineering degree is required. Preferably involving mechanical, electrical or Product Design.

* Relevant work experience and experience of working with product development from concept to production.

* Research and development engineering experience preferable

* Experience of 3D CAD software, Preferably Autodesk Inventor

* Ability to read engineering drawings and experience of product testing

* Ability to use own initiative

* Good project management, organisation and communication skills, coupled with a flexible and cooperative approach.

* Able to work autonomously with concise reporting when required.

If you are interested in the role but don't have all the skills and experience to become our Mechanical Design Engineer, please apply now. We'd love to hear from you.

Please see our Data Privacy Notice - Recruitment & Selection on our website for more information about how we process your data when you apply.

Candidates with experience or relevant job titles of; Senior Mechanical Design Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, Project Design Engineer, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineer, CAD, Robotics Engineer, Engineer, Automotive Engineer, may also be considered for this role

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