Mechanical Design & Service Engineer

Refurbishment Rebuilds OEM Capital Equipment SolidWorks

Location: Royton

Salary: £45,000 per annum

Type: Full-time, Permanent

The Opportunity

We're recruiting for a Mechanical Design & Service Engineer to join a specialist OEM engineering business supporting the repair, refurbishment and rebuild of heavy industrial equipment and machinery.

This is a hands-on engineering role combining mechanical design, reverse engineering, technical problem-solving, and customer support. You'll work on the refurbishment of existing machinery, creation of replacement parts, and continuous improvement of legacy equipment.

It's a great opportunity for an engineer who enjoys solving complex mechanical problems and working across the full product lifecycle, from inspection and fault diagnosis through to redesign, manufacture and assembly.

Key Responsibilities

• Produce 3D CAD models and 2D manufacturing drawings using SolidWorks
• Create and update Bills of Materials (BOMs) and engineering documentation
• Support repairs, refurbishments and rebuilds of OEM capital equipment
• Assess used machinery and components, identifying whether to repair, reuse or replace
• Carry out reverse engineering of existing components
• Produce technical reports and recommendations for repair scopes and quotations
• Support production teams during dismantling, inspection and rebuild phases
• Create work instructions and support manufacturing/assembly processes
• Manage engineering changes through ECN / change control processes
• Liaise with purchasing for component sourcing and specification
• Provide technical support to customer service, field service and sales teams
• Support customer visits, technical meetings, inspections and site-based discussions when required
• Drive product improvements, reliability upgrades and cost-reduction initiatives

What We're Looking For

We're open to candidates from design-heavy or service-heavy backgrounds, provided you have strong mechanical engineering fundamentals.

Essential:

• HND / Degree in Mechanical Engineering (or similar)
• Experience in mechanical design or service/refurbishment engineering
• Experience working with industrial machinery or capital equipment
• Strong SolidWorks experience (3D modelling + manufacturing drawings)
• Knowledge of GD&T
• Experience with BOM creation
• Understanding of mechanical assemblies, fabrication and machining processes
• Strong fault-finding and problem-solving ability

Desirable:

• Reverse engineering experience
• Hydraulics knowledge
• SAP / ERP systems experience
• PDM systems experience
• ECN / engineering change processes
• Welding / hard coatings knowledge
• OEM aftermarket or service engineering experience

Ideal Backgrounds:

We'd especially like to hear from candidates with experience in:

• Capital equipment manufacturing
• Heavy machinery OEMs
• Industrial machinery refurbishment
• Packaging machinery
• Process equipment
• Rail / marine mechanical systems
• Field service engineering
• Aftermarket engineering support

Why Apply?

• Work on complex, bespoke engineering projects
• High variety of work across repair, rebuild and improvement projects
• Opportunity to combine design and practical engineering
• Exposure to customer-facing technical work
• Career development within a specialist global engineering group

If you're a Mechanical Design Engineer, Service Engineer, Applications Engineer, Refurbishment Engineer or Aftermarket Engineer looking for your next challenge, we'd like to hear from you.