The Mechanical Design Engineer will have the following main duties and responsibilities:

• Designing and optimising products from initial concept stage through to production in a professional and time efficient manner.
• Producing 3D CAD Models and Detail Drawings to provide solutions in accordance with clients’ requirements.
• Producing technical reports detailing work completed and the products produced. Including but not limited to, Hydrodynamic Analysis using Orcaflex, engineering calculations, Finite Element Analysis and CFD.
• Assisting in the development of company design systems, standards and procedures.
• Contributing development ideas for new and existing products in new and existing industries.
• Supporting work for proposals and projects that are working to tight deadlines.

Qualifications:

Essential:

• An Engineering Degree qualification in a Mechanical or Structural discipline. A Mechanical Engineering Degree qualification would be preferred.
• Alternatively, an HND qualification in a relevant Engineering discipline with a minimum of 5 years’ mechanical design engineering experience.

Desirable:

• Chartered Engineering status, or working towards.

Experience:

Essential:

• A minimum of 3 years’ design engineering experience within a fast-paced engineering design environment, preferably in the Oil and Gas Industry.
• Strong knowledge, understanding and competency in Hydrodynamic Analysis techniques, preferably using Orcaflex.
• Experience with FEA and 3D CAD software.

Desirable:

• 5 years’ plus mechanical engineering design experience.
• 3 years’ experience in Hydrodynamic analysis, preferably analysing Mooring systems or Umbilicals, Risers and Flowlines in the offshore Oil and Gas Industry.
• Experience with FEA and CFD simulation techniques.
• Programming experience with Visual Basic.
• Composites experience.
• Injection moulding experience.
• Experience of working with plastics in a design environment.
• Programming and macro derivation experience.
• Experience of designing buoyancy products.
• Autodesk Inventor and Meridian experience.
• Mathcad experience.