Mechanical Design Engineer

Job Title:
Mechanical Design Engineer - Agricultural

Location:
Eye, Suffolk

Description

Department:
Design Office

Reports to:
Design Office Manager

Key Working Relationships:
Sales, Projects, Purchasing, Production

Role:
To carry out a hands-on draughting/drawing role as described below. (Those with mechanical and agricultural design experience could have additional design responsibilities.)

Principal Activities (Responsibilities & Tasks)

Agricultural Design Engineer Role:

• Produce a set of working detail and assembly drawings to meet the design brief in line with the technical specification in a timely and efficient manner.
• Liaise with the internal design team to discuss technical issues.
• Liaise with sales and operations to ensure designs meet customer expectations and specification.
• Liaise with purchasing to procure parts.
• Prepare contract documentation, drawings, bill of materials (BOM), CE documents, and O&M manuals.
• Carry out any reasonable task as instructed by your direct manager or other senior manager.

Key Skills and Requirements

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to organise and schedule workload in accordance with project milestones and delivery dates.
• Ability to work under pressure and to deadlines.
• Proactive approach.
• Good PC skills, including Outlook, Word, and Excel.
• Capacity to generate original design concepts and/or contribute to group design reviews (for design responsibilities).

Style and Values

• Confident and professional.
• Punctual and reliable.
• Self-motivated, able to work under own initiative, thrive in a challenging environment, be approachable, and have a flexible attitude.
• Understand the wider business perspective.

Personal Circumstances

• Eligible to work in the UK.
• Ability to occasionally work flexible hours, as required.