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Mechanical Design Engineer
Reporting to: Product Development Director
Hours: 37.5hrs per week (although flexibility required to meet deadlines for specific customer projects)
Background:
PML is a world leader in the design and manufacture of electric motors, industrial joysticks and control systems for electric vehicles.
Through significant investment and innovation over the past 4 years the company has developed an innovative motor/drive package offering enhanced efficiency and major performance benefits.
Through key account partnerships the company is now applying this new technology into strategic markets, namely electric/hybrid vehicles, wind turbines, leisure industry products and underwater propulsion systems.
The company has a multi-disciplined engineering team primarily consisting of mechanical designers, electronic engineers, software engineers and product development engineers.
General Responsibilities:
- Design of new product schemes & layouts in conjunction with customers, suppliers and internal departments.
- Creation of design documentation to enable production including component drawings, assembly documentation & BOMs.
- General administration tasks including documentation control and supplier queries.
- Processing modifications to existing designs using engineering change note system.
- Assisting in reviewing design system/methods in order to constantly improve, including Solidworks, AutoCAD and all design procedures.
- Departmental reporting as required.
- Assisting in setting up and controlling value engineering methods for cost reduction programmes.
- Supporting sales with design, technical and application support including raising and maintaining appropriate files.
- Supporting production with design and technical support.
- Producing Engineering reports.
- Completing timesheets.
Person Spec:
- Preferably degree qualified (minimum HNC qualified) with considerable relevant experience
- Mechanical apprenticeship/experience of hands on engineering would also be desirable
- Understanding of limits and fits required
- Experience of designing rotating mechanical equipment preferred (ideally electric motors)
- Experience in Solidworks 3D-modelling software is essential
- Familiarity with COSMOS preferred
- Capable of working both alone and as part of a small multi-disciplined team
- Enthusiastic with the ability to learn quickly
- Flexible and able to prioritise tasks
- Effective time-management skills
- Someone willing to give long-term commitment to the company
- Ideally someone residing and settled in the local area (within approx. 30 minutes commute)
Benefits:
- Company pension scheme
- Up to 33 days paid holiday (inc. Bank Holidays)
- Staff sports & social club
- Free on-site parking
- Walking distance from train station
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Tel: +44 (0) 1420 594140, Fax: +44 (0) 1420 83930, enq07@pmlflightlink.com
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