Job Description:

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer
South Wales
Up to £60,000 + benefits

Yolk Recruitment is exclusively partnered with a global engineering and manufacturing business to recruit a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer into an established R&D team.

This is a varied role with plenty of autonomy, focused on the design and development of mechanical and mechanically actuated systems used in specialist equipment. As Senior Mechanical Design Engineer, you'll work on both new and existing products - solving engineering problems, improving designs, and contributing to real-world projects that go into production.

You'll be joining a stable, well-invested site in a business with a long history of success, a strong order book and a AAA customer base. You'll be part of a small, experienced team where ideas are welcomed, support and development's available alongside trust and autonomy to deliver.

This is what you'll be doing as Senior Mechanical Design Engineer:

• Designing and developing mechanical components, assemblies and sub-systems using 3D CAD
• Creating accurate drawings, specifications and supporting documentation for manufacture
• Translating customer and project requirements into practical, cost-effective design solutions
• Leading design reviews and providing technical input across new and existing products
• Supporting prototype builds, testing, validation and problem solving during development
• Improving existing designs to address quality, performance, manufacturability or cost
• Working closely with development, manufacturing, quality, suppliers and wider engineering teams
• Reviewing design work and supporting less experienced engineers where needed
• Managing your own technical workload, priorities and project deadlines

The experience you'll bring to the team:

• Degree, HNC, HND or equivalent experience in Mechanical Engineering or a similar discipline
• Strong mechanical design experience within a manufacturing or product development environment
• Experience designing metal components, mechanical assemblies or mechanically actuated systems
• Good 3D CAD skills and the ability to produce high-quality technical drawings
• Understanding of design for manufacture, tolerances, materials and practical engineering constraints
• Exposure to hydraulics, actuation, braking, vehicle systems or safety-critical mechanical products would be highly relevant
• Experience with DFMEA, design reviews, validation, testing or engineering change would be beneficial
• Confidence taking ownership of design work and making sound technical decisions
• Clear communication skills and the ability to work with engineering, production and customer-facing teams

And this is what you'll get in return:

• Salary up to £60,000 depending on experience
• Annual bonus
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• 6% employer pension contribution
• Life assurance
• Early Friday finish and flexible start/finish times
• Free on-site parking
• A stable, well-invested engineering environment with strong product heritage
• The chance to work on real products, real technical challenges and designs that go into production

If you're a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer looking for more ownership, more technical variety and the chance to work in a stable engineering team, apply now.