Mechanical Design Engineer Jobs in the United Kingdom
First Military Recruitment Ltd
Laindon, HC
Working knowledge in an industrial/design environment of Autodesk products, including AutoCAD (2D), Inventor (3D), Autodesk Vault (User only), although other 3D CAD software knowledge may be considered, such as SolidWorks etc. Ensure all mechanical drawings are updated in a timely manner throughout the lifecycle of the project and shared with all relevant departments, along with maintaining current correct revisions in the data-management system.
First Military Recruitment Ltd
£40000 - £45000 YEAR
Laindon, HC
Generating electrical drawings and panel Layouts, with supporting electrical documentation (Bill of Materials, Component Lists, Cable Schedules, Terminal Rail Layouts etc.). Maintain a database of preferred electrical devices to ensure consistency in functional hardware from project to project.
First Military Recruitment Ltd
£45000 - £60000 YEAR
Fareham, Southern
We are currently recruiting for a Senior Electrical Design Engineer to join our client’s business which specialises in - computers, racks, rack integration, tablets, technology, engineering, manufacturing, electro-mechanical, sheet metal, wireless sensors, defence, automation, communications, energy, transport, healthcare, edge computing, and micro data-centres. At least an HNC/HND Electrical Engineering qualification, however a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering would be preferred.
First Military Recruitment Ltd
£60000 - £65000 YEAR
Wigan, NW
The Principal Engineer plays a pivotal role in the technical aspects of bridge engineering projects. Where required provide oversight at construction phase, providing technical expertise and ensuring adherence to design specifications.
First Military Recruitment Ltd
£60000 - £70000 YEAR
Reading, HC
Liaise closely with structural engineers, architects, surveyors, and contractors from both in-house and external project teams. Manage risk within MEP engineering projects, demonstrating strong knowledge of MEP scope, appointments, and commercial acumen.
First Military Recruitment Ltd
£60000 - £70000 YEAR
Paddington, London
Manage provision of documents, drawings and output from 3rd party process to client, 3rd parties, consultants/designers and the project team – document control. Review Designers monthly reports and produce monthly reports on design cost, progress and any other design specific elements.
First Military Recruitment Ltd
£45000 - £50000 YEAR
Penrhyndeudraeth, WA
Manage provision of documents, drawings and output from 3rd party process to client, 3rd parties, consultants/designers and the project team – document control. To manage client, third party organisation and design consultant interface activities and deliverables to ensure they are completed in line with the agreed programme and project requirements.
First Military Recruitment Ltd
£30000 - £40000 YEAR
Taunton, SW
First Military Recruitment are currently seeking a Field Service Engineer (Multi-Skilled) on behalf of one of our clients. Diagnosing problems and repairing systems on various types of air conditioning and refrigeration systems.
First Military Recruitment Ltd
£40000 - £45000 YEAR
Stockport, NW
Ideally 60/40 or 70/30 mechanical/electrical bias, with experience in equipment including rotating systems, pumps, heaters, cooling systems, reactors, and high-speed filling/packaging lines. Strong communicator who can work independently, drive continuous improvement, and support the team in achieving operational excellence.
First Military Recruitment Ltd
£30000 - £35000 YEAR
South West, SW
Our client are looking for candidates with a strong engineering background in a similar role or with strong demonstratable knowledge of working with heat exchange systems and role specific qualifications. The role offers flexible hours covering 39 hours a week + overtime, and will require the successful candidate to be flexible to work some longer days and occasionally respond to weekend call outs.
First Military Recruitment Ltd
£33000 - £36000 YEAR
Hounslow, London
Perform routine maintenance/calibrations on industrial and aviation fuelling equipment and associated control systems – report and address any system issues in a timely fashion. Liaison with Team Manager & customers who require service, technical support, proposal of possible new opportunities for further work.
Wallace Hind Selection
£40000 - £55000 YEAR
Llandrindod Wells, WA
It is highly likely you will have worked in any of the following roles and/or markets, and worked with the following products and/or services: Mechanical Design Engineer, Design Manager, R&D Engineer, Engineering Manager - Solidworks, AutoCAD, 3D Design, 2D Design, Special Purpose Machinery, Industrial Capital Equipment, packaging machinery, Process Equipment, Automate UK, PPMA . As our Mechanical Design Engineer, you will be running the design office and leading new product development for a manufacturer of capital equipment projects for the paint, pharmaceutical, chemical, personal care and food manufacturing sectors.
Wallace Hind Selection
£40000 - £55000 YEAR
Enfield, London
It is highly likely you will have worked in any of the following roles and/or markets, and worked with the following products and/or services: Mechanical Design Engineer, Design Manager, R&D Engineer, Engineering Manager - Solidworks, AutoCAD, 3D Design, 2D Design, Special Purpose Machinery, Industrial Capital Equipment, packaging machinery, Process Equipment, Automate UK, PPMA . Help develop our skilled team of design engineers whilst taking ownership of large mechanical design projects for capital equipment / special purpose machinery to the paint, pharmaceutical, chemical, personal care and food manufacturing sectors.
Wallace Hind Selection
£40000 - £60000 YEAR
Bedford, HC
It is highly likely you will have worked in any of the following roles and/or markets and worked with the following products and/or services: electrical design, electrical schematic, electrical drawing, electrical harness, power electronics, wiring, harness design, circuit diagram, pneumatic, hydraulic, aviation, power, battery, batteries, systems engineering. We’re seeking an experienced Electrical Design Engineer, to join a strong experienced multi-disciplinary R&D team of 15+ Engineers covering mechanical, power electronics, embedded software / systems and project management.
Wallace Hind Selection
£60000 - £70000 YEAR
Watford, HC
COMMUTABLE LOCATIONS: Hemel Hempstead, St. Albans, Hatfield, Cheshunt, Harrow, Wembley, Hayes, High Wycombe, Amersham, Chesham, Berkhamsted, Tring, Luton, Dunstable, Hatfield, Welwyn Garden City, Stevenage, Slough, Maidenhead, London, Milton Keynes, Hitchin, Bletchley, Northampton, Bedford, Aylesbury, Guildford, Reading . It is highly likely you will have worked in any of the following roles and/or markets, and worked with the following products and/or services: Electronic Design Engineer, Electrical Design Engineer, Firmware Engineer, Systems Engineer - C, C++, MCU, Electrical Test & Measurement, Analogue Electrical Design.
Wallace Hind Selection
£45000 - £48000 YEAR
Birmingham, MID
It is highly likely you will have worked in any of the following roles and/or markets and worked with the following products and/or services: Mechanical Engineer, Field Service Engineer, Maintenance Engineer, Rotating Equipment Engineer, Pump Engineer, Centrifuge Engineer, Service Technician, Industrial Mechanic, Process Engineer. As a Mechanical Service Engineer, you will play a key role in servicing, maintaining, and repairing industrial pumps, decanter centrifuges, separators, and various rotating machinery.
Wallace Hind Selection
£45000 - £48000 YEAR
Birmingham, MID
It is highly likely you will have worked in any of the following roles and/or markets and worked with the following products and/or services: Electrical Engineer, Automation Engineer, Service Engineer, Commissioning Engineer, Maintenance Engineer, Field Service Engineer, Industrial Electrician, Process Engineer, Controls Engineer, PLC Engineer, Drives Engineer, Rotating Equipment Engineer. This is a field-based role with occasional visits to our workshop in West Bromwich, offering the chance to enhance your earnings with overtime and work on a variety of rotating machinery and industrial equipment.
Wallace Hind Selection
£40000 - £48000 YEAR
Northampton, MID
It is highly likely you will have worked in any of the following roles and/or markets, and worked with the following products and/or services: Service Engineer, Electrical Engineer, Field Service Engineer, Installation Engineer, Crane Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, Commissioning Engineer, Maintenance Engineer - Materials Handling, Crane, Gantry Crane, Lifting Equipment, LEEA, Electrical Hoist, Capital Equipment, Overhead Crane, Machine Installation, Plant. If you answered YES to the above and you have any experience of working on cranes, traction lifts or similar things like material handling equipment or access plant lifting equipment such as: alloy gantries, forklifts, hiabs or versa lifts, skates, air skates, cranes, toe jacks, roller bars, ultralift, telehandlers then you should APPLY NOW!
Mechanical Design Engineer Jobs Overview
Mechanical design engineers are champions of utilitarian know-how. But they also love a good design. Mechanical design engineer jobs focus on functional interplays between physics/mechanics and engineering principles to create devices, engines, and systems that power or regulate various types of machinery, equipment, vehicles, aircraft, and building structures.
Do you possess a creative mindset balanced by an aptness for problem-solving? Do you get psyched about prototyping motors, sensors, and other mechanisms? Think about the possibilities: Construction, manufacturing, and technology are go-to industries for many mechanical design engineers, but really, you could be designing anything from the latest composite materials for textiles to life-affirming prosthetic limbs for biomechatronic companies to innovations in machinery for aerospace industrialists to green-leaning, hybrid-solar air conditioners for the average household.
Daily tasks may involve preparing designs using computer-aided design (CAD) software; consulting with fabrication teams to assess achievability; researching what designs competitors are currently offering; providing engineering support during the development stage; evaluating total production costs vis-à-vis final design plans; and testing current models and coming up with solutions to improve them.
Consider the bigger picture by also searching through our comprehensive range of engineering jobs. Or go over these other design-related roles:
Mechanical Design Engineer Education and Skills
Mechanical design engineer jobs are highly technical, so you'll need the proper training or education to apply to these positions. You can initially get a Higher National Diploma (HND) or obtain a Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) in Mechanical Engineering, followed by a master's. The latter will help you become a member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), which will catapult your career into greater opportunities.
Some examples of mechanical design engineering courses include:
- Design and Manufacture.
- Mechanical Design.
- Thermodynamics.
- Power Electronics.
- Fluid Mechanics.
- Engineering Mathematics.
Overall, you should be very competent at physics and maths, but many employers will also want you to be a charming communicator—not so you can have a chinwag with co-workers, though. It's rather so you can lay out your plans and ideas in a clear and effective manner. You may need to write reports too. Time management and good organizational skills will also help you succeed. And more information is available on Monster's engineer job description sample.
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Hit the ground running with Monster's mechanical engineer CV example. That'll give you some notable pointers to hasten CV creation. You'll want to play up that you're a solutions-oriented engineer with both creative- and analytical-thinking sides. Additionally, make sure to spotlight any concrete abilities you already have, such as:
- Schematics writing.
- CAD software and SolidWorks.
- Blueprint design.
- Experience with cost estimation.
- Product development.
- Performance monitoring and diagnostics/repairs.
Then add some colour with our abundance of CV writing tips, and demonstrate your knowledge in a convincing engineering cover letter to catch those elusive recruiter-eyes.
Interviewing for a Mechanical Design Engineer Job
Options abound in terms of where you may work, although many job seekers will traditionally interview with architectural, manufacturing, technology, or engineering-services firms. Your interview will also vary depending on whether you choose the construction path (e.g., piping, fire protection, building systems, HVAC systems, and the like) or the product/component development route, where you'll work on specific items for any particular project. Generally, though, questions you may be asked include:
- Can you give us some examples of hardware interface problems you've encountered (and how you resolved them)?
- What kind of assembly documentation have you written?
- Are you able to readily alter your designs to adjust for safety or performance specifications?
Shed even more light on what your interview may look like by reviewing Monster's sample responses to many common engineering job-interview questions.
How Much Do Mechanical Design Engineer Jobs Pay?
Location may factor in when it comes how much you get paid, but in terms of the larger umbrella of mechanical engineers, the UK's National Careers Service reports an annual range of £22,000 – £55,000, while design and development engineers should make between £24,000 and £50,000.
Interested in designing machines for automation? A robotics engineer can pull in between £27,500 and £55,500. On the lower end, there are mechanical engineering technicians—who may draw up plans for new industrial parts but also install and fix a variety of machinery—and their salaries go from £18,000 to £40,000.
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