Senior Mechanical Engineer

Overview

As Senior Mechanical Engineer at SEA, you will provide design and development support for mechanical hardware across commercial and military projects. You will collaborate with customers, suppliers and cross-functional teams to deliver on-time, on-cost, and on-quality solutions. You’ll perform detailed design, analysis, GD&T, and create technical documentation and manufacturing data packs to BS8888. You’ll travel to UK sites as needed and contribute to continuous improvement and in-service support.

Pay / Benefits

• Hybrid/flexible working
• 25 days’ annual leave plus buy/sell
• Up to 7% employer pension contribution
• Private medical health insurance & Employee Assistance Program
• Life assurance policy
• Wellbeing Centre

Responsibilities

• Contribute to work package delivery ensuring mechanical solutions meet time, cost, and quality targets
• Drive design improvement and manufacturability through liaison with other engineering functions
• Perform detailed design, analysis and tolerance studies (including GD&T) and generate design/test specifications and manufacturing data packs
• Communicate clearly within the Mechanical Engineering team and with project stakeholders
• Support visits and meetings at UK sites and with suppliers as required

Key requirements

• Strong knowledge of design, test, manufacture and in-service support of mechanical hardware in commercial and military environments
• Experience with Design for Excellence (DfX) including Manufacturing, Assembly, Test, Integration and Sustainability
• Knowledge of military and commercial mechanical & environmental design standards including Def Stans, Mil Specs, CE/UKCA marking
• Chartered Engineer or working towards chartered status is preferable
• Member of a relevant professional institution (e.g. IMechE or IET)

• Cross-functional collaboration
• Effective communication
• Relationship building
• Mechanical design and development
• GD&T and tolerance analysis
• BS8888 standards

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