The Hydraulic Design Engineer will have the following main duties / responsibilities:

• Carrying out technical and design engineering activities in support of Fluid Power and Process Control and other associated products.
• Ensuring on time delivery of design packs that provide safe, economic, engineered solutions, in accordance with processes and procedures and in compliance with all relevant codes and / or standards.
• Striving for ‘right first time’ design and build completion and the support of a ‘zero defects’ mentality to both safety and quality.
• Producing economic ‘fit for purpose’ engineered solutions, considering all aspects from the user to manufacturability.
• Liaising with clients to establish and confirm precise engineering requirements.
• Technically managing projects and product introduction to ensure the best chance of successful on time and on budget completion.
• Establishing and managing technical design reviews for associated products.
• Actively participating in project planning, both prior to client submission and through the delivery phase of a project.
• Ensuring the development and improvement of existing products and services, where possible.
• Actively pursuing the development of new product ranges from conceptual design to manufacture.
• Liaising with suppliers on technical and engineering matters.
• Ensuring activities within the Engineering Team meet agreed target completion dates.
• Preparing project specific documentation including drawings, job packs and FAT procedures.
• Assisting in the creation of quotations and compile appropriate BOM’s.

Education / Qualifications:

• A Degree qualification in a relevant Engineering discipline is essential.
• Chartered Engineering status, or working towards chartership, would be desirable.

Experience / Skills:

Essential:

• Hydraulic power and control system design experience.
• Experience with component selection, circuit diagrams and calculations.
• Previous mechanical design engineering experience.
• Previous experience of carrying out engineering calculations relating to stress, strain, load and bending.
• Experience with the design and drawing of hydraulic schematics.
• Experience of producing test procedures and supervising test activities.
• 3D and 2D CAD experience (AutoCAD Inventor preferred).
• Experience of using a PDM, such as Autokdesk Vault.
• Knowledge of DNV, ATEX, DE marking and machinery directives.
• Product and process development experience.
• An ability to read and draw hydraulic symbols.
• Knowledge of welding processes.

Desirable:

• Previous and specific design engineering experience within the Oil and Gas Industry.
• Experience of working with subsea assemblies, stab-plates, hoses, connectors and associated products.
• Experience of working with subsea engineering codes and standards.
• Experience / knowledge of hydraulic fittings and hoses, including high pressure.
• Knowledge of fabrication / welding design / codes and standards.
• Electrical / controls knowledge.
• Offshore lifting experience.
• MathCAD and FEA programmer experience.

The client is ideally looking to take on someone who currently resides within a realistic commutable distance of the Glasgow area.