Our clients based close to Fareham have an exciting opportunity for a Mechanical Engineer to join their growing Engineering team. They are seeking an experienced engineer, with a passion for mechanical design and projects!
Responsibilities:
• Preparation of project plans with associated budget, resource requirements and schedule as required.
• Working closely with cross-functional business teams to ensure projects are delivered on time, on budget and to cost constraints.
• Management of a mix of multi-project portfolio ranging from short duration express projects and more complex longer duration engineering projects.
• Management of projects through their lifespan in line with best practice project management processes.
• Liaison with all relevant internal and external stakeholders to manage expectations and communicate status.
• Negotiation and capture of project technical and cost variations whether arising from the customer's requirements or internally originated.
• Management of project requirement changes and scope creep with customer approval received for change management and invoicing accurately and on time.
• Creation and management of project related documentation throughout the project lifecycle.
• Ensure designs and products meet codes of practice and recognised standards applicable to the company and/or the customer.
• Apply due diligence and make best efforts to comply with regulatory requirements and/or identify risks if compliance requirements cannot be met.
• Provide information in a timely manner to support pre-sales bid work including concept designs.
• Work with purchasing and suppliers to select parts, obtain quotes and prepare specifications.
• Work collaboratively with the engineering teams and production to document, build and verify prototype parts and when needed train build operators.
• Make sure product can be made reliably and will perform consistently in the specified operating environments
• Define critical dimensions for measurement and assessment by incoming inspection
Required skills & experience:
* 2+ years in a similar Mechanical Design Engineering position
* Experience with Solidworks or similar design software
* Experience designing enclosures or similar product would be desirable
* Relevant engineering qualification
37.5 hour working week - Monday - Friday