Jobs in Rushden, england, united kingdom

The Role – Mechanical Design Engineer

As a successful candidate you will form part of a multi-disciplinary design team that is tasked with providing the processes and equipment that meet customer requirements, on time, to specification and within budget.

Responsibilities

• Take full responsibility for the detailed design of process plant elements within your remit.
• To provide detailed design analysis from first principles, translate those designs into 3D CAD models, generate bills of material and create manufacturing drawings to supply to our own in-house manufacturing departments.
• Can identify, analyse and resolve engineering problems but equally be ready to recognise the need for, and invoke, support from senior colleagues.
• You will interact with colleagues at all levels in the business, together with suppliers and customers.

Essential Experience required for this role

o Machine Shop

o Press Shop

o Fabrication / Welding

Desirable Experience required for this role (Not essential)

Salary

Competitive within Industry

The Company – Wykes Engineering Ltd

Based in Rushden, Northants, we are a leading edge engineering SME specialising in the manufacture of materials processing equipment and energy from food by-product power generation.  As a highly innovative and progressive design and manufacturing company, we have our own in-house manufacturing facility as well as our own advanced anaerobic digestion plant and renewable energy power plant.

Founded over 40 years ago, our engineering innovation has always been a fundamental part of our business.  This has helped us to establish ourselves as a major player in our key areas of expertise, namely :