Mechanical Design Enigneer

3 weeks ago


Manchester, United Kingdom ATA Recruitment Full time

Mechanical Design Engineer **

Food Machinery / Plant lay-out / GA’s / Food industry / Solidworks

 Location: Greater Manchester / Trafford Park

6-12 month contract / project

£35.00 - £40.00p/h DOE – Outside IR35

Our client:

Our client is a leading UK Engineering, projects, and installations company, managing large EPC projects for major blue chip FMCG manufacturers UK wide. They are recruiting for an experienced Mechanical Design Engineer, for a 6-12-month contract, with the likelihood of long-term extensions. You will be expected to oversee a small team of installation electricians across sites UK wide (mainly Northern based) within FMCG & food process manufacturing.

Due to an influx of projects, they are looking for a Mechanical Design Engineer to join their team on a contracts basis to assist on key projects.

For the position of Mechanical Design Engineer, you will require to conduct the following daily duties:

Producing designed and detailed manufacturing drawings in accordance with the project requirements for major food brand blue chip organisations
Ability to design utilising CAD - Solidworks and AutoCAD
site surveys - measure up
Steel platforms, Pipework, layouts, Conveyors etc
Good understanding relating to steps for fabrication processes
Fabrications & installation drawings
GA’s / Isometrics / Guarding etc
The successful Mechanical Design Engineer will need to have the following attributes:

Apprentice trained ideally to NVQ L3/HNC Mechanical Engineering
Solidworks & AutoCAD conversant
Experienced in Food plant lay-outs and capital equipment design
In depth Food Industry projects & site survey experience
A team player, flexible mindset, who strives for excellence
Commutable to Greater Manchester
The benefits of this position:

A highly reputable EPCM
Working in the office 5 days a week – part of the team
Minimum 6–12-month contract with potential for longer
Outside IR35 – Limited company suitable
I am looking to speak to talented contract Mechanical Design Engineers who are looking for a rewarding and challenging technical position for a 6 -12-month contract. For more information on this please contact Luke Corr, Recruitment Manager, at ATA Recruitment.

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