Mechanical Design Engineer

Overview

In this role you will design mechanical products from concept through prototype, testing, and production for safety-critical applications. You’ll operate within a close-knit team in a growing engineering business near Wigan, delivering compliant designs for strict standards. The position offers autonomy and exposure to varied, hands-on development from ideation to manufacture. A meaningful hook is shaping robust equipment for critical industries, with opportunities to influence verification, validation, and production readiness.

Responsibilities

• Design products from concept to prototype, testing, and manufacture
• Ensure compliance with safety standards (PED, EN, PPE Class 3)
• Work with autonomy on a varied workload
• Support verification and validation activities in development
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to bring designs to production

Key requirements

• Degree or HNC/D in Mechanical Engineering (or similar)
• 3D CAD – SolidWorks (or similar)
• Safety critical industry experience – ideally marine, pressure equipment
• Verification & Validation

• autonomy
• adaptability
• problem-solving
• 3D CAD – SolidWorks (or similar)
• Verification & Validation
• safety standards compliance (PED, EN, PPE Class 3)

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