Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

Role: Senior Design Engineer (PERMANENT) Salary: 55-60k Location: South Manchester/Cheshire area Hours: 8am-5pm Mon-Thur & 2pm finish Friday. Overview: Our client, based in the South Manchester/Cheshire area near Handforth, are looking for an experienced Senior Mechanical Design Engineer on a permanent basis. The role is permanent and will pay a basic of up to £55,000-60,000 per annum. The company is located in East Cheshire and commutable from Stockport, Handforth, Macclesfield and all areas of South Manchester. Role & Responsibilities summary: This is a Lead Design role and will oversee a small team of 2 other Design Engineers. Working alongside the Project Manager, this person will; * Lead design projects and review and approve all designs in conjunction with the PM.. * Have the ability to plan, schedule, coordinate and problem solve. * Have recognised qualification in Mechanical Engineering; BEng or MEng. * Be very experienced in 3D SolidWorks, from a fast paced/packaging/FMCG manufacturing sector. * Able to carry out detailed designs of mechanical parts, pipework, assemblies and enclosures. * Understand machining capabilities and fabrication processes from a design perspective. * Have experience of working with different motion types, pneumatic systems, slide assemblies, ball screws and how they all work together and apply these to design principles. * Have experience of continuous improvement principles & writing /improving design based documents to improve processes. Skills and Experience: * Mechanical design knowledge from a fast paced manufacturing sector * Motion Control & detailed mechanical systems knowledge so able to assess feasibility of design options. * Degree Qualified * Food Industry Experience - Beneficial * Robotics - Beneficial If you feel you are well suited to the Mechanical Design position, please apply with your full updated CV. If suitable for the role in terms of your location & experience, I will contact you within 24 hours to discuss your application further. Kinetic plc is a Recruitment Consultancy with over 40 years of experience of delivering staffing solutions to the engineering, manufacturing and technical industries. Kinetic plc treats all applications with a high degree of care, we review all submissions and will attempt to contact applicants who match the job profile. Those that do not meet the specification may not be contacted but their CV retained to be considered against future opportunities.