Job Description:

Mechanical Design Engineer
Poole, Dorset
Mechanical Design Engineer salary: £35,500 – £44,750
Please note: only applicants with the full-time, permanent right to work in the UK will be considered.

 

Mechanical Design Engineer Overview:

✅ Take customer enquiries and engineering projects from concept through to completion
✅ Produce detailed designs, specifications, BOMs, GA and fabrication drawings
✅ Use SolidWorks and AutoCAD across bespoke mechanical and structural applications
✅ Apply beam analysis, force calculations, steel stress calculations and develop FEA capability
✅ Work closely with customers, suppliers, Project Management and the factory team

 

This Mechanical Design Engineer role is with an established engineering design and manufacturing business in Poole, producing bespoke equipment for demanding industrial applications.

The Mechanical Design Engineer will work across customer enquiries, detailed design, structural calculations, technical documentation and product development. Product-specific training will be provided, so direct lifting-equipment experience is highly advantageous rather than essential.

The Mechanical Design Engineer role

As Mechanical Design Engineer, you’ll take projects from initial customer requirement through design, manufacture and final delivery. You’ll produce detailed engineering information, liaise directly with customers and support the Project Management and manufacturing teams when design challenges arise.

The role combines hands-on mechanical design with structural engineering principles, making it well suited to someone who enjoys technically varied project work rather than repetitive product design.

 

Day-to-day responsibilities of a Mechanical Design Engineer

• Prepare design briefs, detailed specifications and Bills of Materials
• Produce 3D models and detailed drawings using SolidWorks and AutoCAD
• Create fabrication drawings, set-out drawings and General Arrangement drawings
• Select suitable materials, sections and components for each application
• Carry out beam analysis, force calculations and steel stress calculations
• Develop capability in structural analysis and FEA
• Take customer projects and technical enquiries from concept through to completion
• Liaise with customers throughout longer projects and provide progress updates
• Support Project Management and factory teams with design and manufacturing issues
• Produce technical files, user documentation and supporting engineering information
• Work with suppliers, subcontractors and internal departments
• Support new product development from concept through prototype and release
• Attend remote or onsite customer meetings where required

What they’re looking for - Mechanical Design Engineer

• Around 3+ years’ experience as a Mechanical Design Engineer, Structural Design Engineer or similar
• Degree, HNC/HND or equivalent experience in Mechanical or Structural Engineering
• Strong SolidWorks experience
• Strong AutoCAD capability
• Able to produce detailed manufacturing and fabrication drawings
• Experience with beam analysis, force calculations and steel stress calculations
• Confident taking technical projects from initial enquiry through to completion
• Able to manage multiple projects and changing priorities
• Strong communication skills with customers, suppliers and internal teams
• Comfortable supporting manufacturing teams directly when design issues arise
• Willingness to develop knowledge of specialist lifting standards and structural analysis

Desirable - Mechanical Design Engineer

• Lifting equipment or heavy engineering design experience
• FEA or 3D structural analysis experience
• Steelwork, structural fabrication or welded assembly design
• Experience designing bespoke engineered products
• Background in sectors such as nuclear, marine, offshore, wind energy or construction
• Customer-facing technical project experience

 

What’s on offer - Mechanical Design Engineer

Mechanical Design Engineer salary: £35,500 – £44,750

Free onsite parking, changing facilities and ongoing technical development.
A varied Mechanical Design Engineer role with the opportunity to become a specialist in a technically demanding niche engineering sector.

 

How to apply for the Mechanical Design Engineer position

If you’re interested in this Mechanical Design Engineer role, get in touch to talk through the design scope, products and development opportunity.
Call or message Hayden at Holt Engineering on (phone number removed).