Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

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Syntegon is a global leader in process and packaging technology. With around 5,800 colleagues in nearly 20 countries, the Syntegon Group works on intelligent and sustainable technologies for the pharmaceutical and food industries. Let's contribute together to ensuring that people worldwide are provided with high-quality medications and safely packaged food.

With our global service organization and our comprehensive service portfolio, we contribute sustainably to the profitable growth of our customers. Together, let's help ensure that people around the world are supplied with high-quality medicines and safely packaged foods.

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Your duties:

• Perform design work on both customer projects and development projects.
• Attend specification meetings with global customers and provide authoritative contributions regarding the mechanical design aspects of projects.
• Take responsibility for all the mechanical aspects of a project and provide technical guidance to internal and external customers as necessary.
• Communicate with other design engineers (mechanical and electrical) during the design of projects to ensure that these disciplines are fully coordinated.
• Make occasional visits to both UK and international destinations as necessitated by the customer project or development project requirements.
• Contribute creative ideas; producing concepts and design schemes.
• Produce parts lists, assembly drawings, and detail drawings.
• Complete engineering design on time to the project plan.
• Be aware of cost targets in design, purchasing, and assembly.
• Document and archive all project-related material.
• Carry out risk assessments on machinery and assemblies of machinery.
• Advise on mechanical Health and Safety aspects of the product range.
• Keep abreast of developments in UK and European safety legislation and attend courses as necessary.
• Attend project meetings and update the Project Managers on engineering progress.
• Liaise with all departments to ensure projects are completed on time and to budget.
• Provide assistance to Assembly personnel during the build phase of a project and assist in commissioning.
• Provide support to Sales and the Applications Manager regarding concept drawings, carton appraisals, design hours, parts costs, and assembly hours.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Experienced in the design of electro-mechanical mechanisms and equipment.
• Advanced 3D modelling skills (preferably Solid Works); sheet metal an advantage.
• Demonstrable skill in design for manufacture and assembly meeting cost targets.
• The ability to read and produce 2D production drawings applying GD&T as necessary.
• Able to perform confirmatory engineering calculations and analysis as required.
• Experience of the interactions and interfaces with electrical engineering.
• Confident to take the technical lead in a team on occasional larger projects.
• Knowledge of the machinery directive and UKCA/CE marking.
• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting ability.
• Engineering Degree (Mechanical, Mechatronics, Integrated); Minimum HNC.
• Minimum 5-10 years' experience in a Design/Development Engineering role.

Your profile:

• Packaging machinery
• Safety considerations
• Hygienic considerations
• Ergonomics and aesthetics
• Paper/carton feeding mechanisms
• Product handling equipment
• Servo motion technology
• Pneumatic systems
• Materials: Stainless steels, plastics, composites

More information:

We are a group of open-minded and high-spirited collaborators. We emphasize collaboration and mutual support. We are more than happy to support your wishes of improvement within your area of expertise. Besides that, we offer a fine salary package, lots of benefits, and various fun social activities.

Syntegon offers:

• An attractive job in an international company
• A corporate culture with a strong focus on technology and collaboration
• Great opportunities for personal and professional development
• Informal work environment and committed colleagues
• An attractive salary package, pension, and health insurance
• Overtime options
• Flexible working hours