Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

About the Role

To be responsible for product design, development, and detailing utilizing CAD software and other engineering skills / calculations.

Developing engineering and coordinating a team of Designers being responsible for Projects specific areas, machines, technologies and working closely with Project Engineer to reach assigned targets.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for the completion of 3D modelling, detail design, technical calculations, and product development as assigned by management utilizing the internal software and tools.
• Responsible for assigned portion of product design and development process, ensuring project schedules are maintained while following the Company standards.
• Coordinate and mentor the Designer Engineers, whilst maintaining responsibility for Projects within specific areas, working closely with Project Engineers to reach assigned target.
• Develop the layout of areas of equipment, proposal layout, basic engineering of new mechanical equipment based on Customer requests.
• Carry out complex mechanical calculations.
• Oversee Design Engineers during detail engineering stage.
• Participate in commercial / technical (basic and detail design) meetings worldwide. This will involve customer interaction and other business units such as Civil, Piping, Automation.
• Assist Purchasing, Manufacturing, Erection and Commissioning Departments during handling of developed engineering where necessary.
• Continuous monitoring on project progress, identify any areas of concern, escalate where necessary and manage customer expectations.
• Coordinate inputs to ensure a winning strategy is clearly communicated and documented.
• On time delivery of technical documents; in the desired medium (portal upload and/or electronic/hard copies, etc).
• Ensure technical documents, relevant project related information, MoMs, etc, are recorded and filed correctly on the server.
• Support sales activities through drawing/document creation and on-site reverse engineering of products.
• Liaison with representatives from suppliers during technical evaluations of project solutions.
• Manage expectations, clarify requirements and make requests, including submission deadline changes, as required.
• Support sales and prepare the data analysis and collection before the project start.

Qualifications and experience

• Degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent relevant experience.
• Minimum of 7 years' experience in 2D and 3D CAD required (Autodesk Inventor an advantage but not essential) within an OEM structured engineering department.
• Metallurgy, material science, heat treatment; specific knowledge in cutting, welding, heat treatment and machining.
• Mechanical calculations (NX, MathCAD, Microsoft Excel).
• Free reading of design/technical documentation.
• To operate freely with international documentation: technical books, standards, catalogues etc (AutoCAD, Inventor).
• Work in international groups with ability to communicate both verbally and written and work within a worldwide team environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving ability looking at overall results and finer details.
• Basic product/plant understanding and know-how (what pieces go where and how to find reference information).
• Ability to prioritise workload, on-time delivery and deliver on-time results to Company standards whilst working on multiple projects.
• Experience undertaking structured writing in the form of technical reports.
• Available for regular business travel (worldwide).

Required Skills

• 2D and 3D CAD proficiency.
• Mechanical calculations expertise.
• Strong communication skills.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with Autodesk Inventor.
• Knowledge of metallurgy and material science.
• Familiarity with international documentation.