Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

I am working closely with my Surrey-based client, a leading designer and manufacturer of specialist safety equipment for hazardous area electrical equipment serving a global client base across a range of industries, to find a Senior Mechanical Product Design Engineer with experience of injection moulding to join their in-house Engineering Team.

This is an exciting time to be joining them as they are continuing to expand their core product ranges, integrating technological developments, responding to an ever-evolving regulatory environment, and the development of bespoke solutions to meet specific customer needs means that your ideas will turn into a reality.

Their site in Sunbury is easily reached by both road (2 minutes from the M3) and public transport (few minutes walk from Kempton Park train station) where they have in-house design, fabrication and testing facilities.

Spanning the R&D, Customisable Solutions and NPD/NPI sections within the Engineering Team, as the Senior Mechanical Design Engineer you will be responsible for designing and developing new products from concept through to commercial product.

This will include developing a range of injection moulded plastic housings and enclosures which will safely and securely contain the various components which make up their safety systems. Your designs will need to feature the adaptability to be modified to suit specific customer requirements, allow for the location and routing of pneumatic and basic electrical systems, ensuring that they can be produced in a cost-effective way using injection moulding, and that the completed products will pass compliance testing.

In return they are willing to pay an attractive salary for the right candidate which will be negotiable based on experience, together with a personalised induction and personal development plan, and clear career progression pathway within the company in the future.

Applications are invited from experienced Industrial Designers, Product Designers, Mechanical Design Engineers, Mechanical Designers, etc with the following attributes:

• Experience of designing for injection moulding (such as cases / enclosures / housings)
• Successfully completed full lifecycle of products from concept through to final design and production
• Familiar with materials used within the injection moulding process
• Confident users of Solidworks or similar CAD package

Previous experience of precision engineering design and fabrication for the pharmaceutical industry is desirable but not essential, as is previous experience of designing products for hazardous areas (i.e. ATEX) or industries with high levels of compliance. Full training on the latter will be provided as their solutions are used globally and as such need to meet region-specific legislation and standards.

We are keen to find someone with a real passion for fine detail and a completer-finisher approach to design. You will need to be self-motivated to solve problems independently as well as the ability work within a technical team, and be comfortable working on several projects simultaneously.

More information available upon application.

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