Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

1 month ago


Cardiff, Cardiff, United Kingdom Proactive Global Full time

Position: Senior Mechanical Design Engineer - Welding

Location: Sheffield - Hybrid Working Pattern Available (2-3 days on site per week)

Salary: 50, ,000 (depending on skills and experience

Proactive are currently in search of a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer for a world leading Aerospace and Defence company based in Sheffield.

As part of the Weapon Systems Engineering team, you will be working on new and / or existing Products (i.e. M777 towed howitzer, 4.5" MK.8 MOD 1 Naval Gun, AS90 Self Propelled Howitzer & 105 Light Gun), through all stages: from the initial concept; design and development; testing, through to final manufacture and implementation of a new product or sub-system.

The Weapon Systems business offers great opportunity to develop your career further through training and a clear mapped out career progression structure.

Key Accountabilities:

  • Working with internal and external stakeholders to ensure that welding specifications and inspection criteria are met. As well as supervising and documenting welding operations
  • Assessing welding or casting non-conformances and defects, providing technical assessments and solutions on welds when applicable
  • Lead the development of solutions to technical issues as a member of an integrated project team, reporting to Technical Leads and directly to the customer.
  • Leading and/or supporting solutions to production and manufacturing technical queries raised by suppliers, internal stakeholders (i.e. Operations Team) and non-conformance reports within required project time frames
  • Developing design solutions based on customer requirements, validating, and verifying through the design process.
  • Review and check design work and technical reports, providing help and direction to less experienced engineers.
  • Carrying out technical analysis and investigations and preparing reports with suggested recommendations to support the resolution of problems and the improvement of engineering capability.

Your Skills and Experiences:

  • Educated to degree level or equivalent in a relevant discipline, or a high level of experience within an engineering environment, whilst having experience writing and reviewing technical reports and specifications
  • Design experience in a multi-disciplined, production and/or manufacturing environment, answering technical queries and non-conformance reports. Experience performing structural/stress analysis, and is familiar with product data management (PDM) tools to configuration manage data
  • Working knowledge of technical office processes, standards and standard instructions (i.e. Business Management System (BMS) and Life Cycle Model (LCM . Familiarity with engineering drawing standards and geometric dimensioning and tolerancing
  • Experience working with welding codes standards and requirements
  • Experience assessing welded structures (desirably titanium), determining their suitability through analysis and providing technical solutions and conclusions to non-conforming welds or casts

Desirable:

  • Previous experience assessing welds on pressure vessel and shell structures, ensuring compliance with welding requirements, codes and standards (desirably Titanium)

Benefits:

You'll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You'll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

How to Apply:

For more information on the role, or an informal discussion regarding opportunities we have available, please contact Jemal Tawfieg on (phone number removed) or (url removed)

Why work with Proactive?

Proactive Global is an industry leading, specialist engineering recruitment agency focused on the automation, manufacturing and robotics sectors. We offer specialist recruitment services to a niche customer base, vetting that our clients offer the best opportunities for your career. Proactive encourages and promotes equality and diversity within the workforce. We act with honesty, integrity and impartiality, ensuring your application is considered on its own merits and without bias.

When registering with Proactive you will have the opportunity to apply for some of the most interesting, specialist, opportunities in the marketplace, with the biggest companies in the sector. Follow us on Linkedin and Facebook for industry news and download our app for live notifications about newly listed vacancies. We look forward to helping you find your next role

Proactive Global is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer.
Proactive Global is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.



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