Mechanical Design Engineer

About us

We are one of the world’s leading manufacturers of collagen products for the food industry. We supply high quality edible films and coatings to over 1,000 customers in more than 100 countries, delivering our purpose of ‘Creating the Added Layer of Value’. Primarily used by customers in the production of a wide variety of sausage and meat products, our aspirations reach way beyond our current products and services, and appeal to our natural curiosity to improve what we do.

As a global organisation, we currently employ around 2,000 people spanning the Americas, UK/EMEA and Asia-Pacific regions. We offer careers in research and development, science and food technology, manufacturing and supply chain operations, engineering, sales, and a range of other business support functions. We are always seeking talented people to join the amazing colleagues we have, to keep growing our business.

Our mission is to sustainably utilise technology and biomaterial science-based solutions, to delight our customers. We are a business committed to the pursuit of better. The constant pursuit of what’s next, what’s needed, what’s possible now, and in the future.

About the Role

As a Mechanical Design Engineer, you will be responsible for designing and developing new mechanical equipment to improve quality, safety, and output.​ Providing support to the production process by assessing and troubleshooting systems already installed and be responsible for managing capital projects.​

This is a full time position based at our UK facility based on the outskirts of Glasgow, and you would be required to be on-site Monday-Friday.

Responsibilities

• To design equipment and processes to improve product and process performance and safety, and be able to offer advice to others on equipment selection and specification.​
• Define, plan, and organise all aspects of a project including financial evaluation, control of budgets and timescales to meet the stated objectives of that project.​
• Be able to generate prototype designs, conduct testing, quantify and justify the preferred design.​
• Perform commissioning and testing of new plant or systems, assessing their suitability for their stated purpose, and monitoring the performance once the system is live.​
• Provide advice, support, and training to Production and Maintenance departments.​
• Supervise and control any external contractors that are utilised both on and off site during project life cycles to ensure that they are working to timescales, budgets and design criteria.​
• Maintain and control a Technical file for each project with appropriate risk assessments, drawings, training records, handover documents etc. ​
• Have the ability to generate technical drawings, using 3D modelling programmes, preferably Solid Edge. Familiarity with AutoCAD would also be advantageous.

About You

Skills: ​

• Engineering design skills and an innovative approach to problem solving are essential
• You will have good all round project management skills, and be able to ensure completion of multiple concurrent projects within the stated boundaries of cost, time and quality
• Must be able to communicate and influence effectively at all levels, both internally and externally

Knowledge:

• Solid working knowledge of machinery design codes and safety standards.
• Practical knowledge of 3D modelling, preferably Solid Edge
• Offer advice in mechanical engineering and design to others in the engineering department and company

Experience: ​

• Degree level in Mechanical Engineering, with over 5 years of experience within the process industries
• Chartered Engineering status would be advantageous
• Experienced with revision control and preservation of CAD files is essential

For more information on this exciting opportunity, please apply with an updated cv and our Talent Acquisition Team will be in touch.