Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

Company: Reed Specialist Recruitment
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Location: Rotherham
Job Description:

A global engineering leader is strengthening its senior design capability on large‑scale, bespoke mechanical systems used worldwide. High technical challenge, proper CAD/analysis ownership, and the stability of long‑term capital projects – away from short‑cycle, low‑impact design work.

Accountability and Responsibility

  • Accountable for the completion of 3D modelling, detail design, technical calculations, and product development as assigned by management utilizing the internal software and tools.
  • Responsible for assigned portion of product design and development process, ensuring project schedules are maintained while following the Company standards.
  • Coordinate and mentor the Designer Engineers, whilst maintaining responsibility for Projects within specific areas, working closely with Project Engineers to reach assigned target.
  • Develop the layout of areas of equipment, proposal layout, basic engineering of new mechanical equipment based on Customer requests.
  • Carry out complex mechanical calculations.
  • Oversee Design Engineers during detail engineering stage.
  • Participate in commercial / technical (basic and detail design) meetings worldwide. This will involve customer interaction and other business units such as Civil, Piping, Automation.
  • Assist Purchasing, Manufacturing, Erection and Commissioning Departments during handling of developed engineering where necessary.
  • Continuous monitoring on project progress, identify any areas of concern, escalated where necessary and manage customer expectations.
  • Coordinate inputs to ensure a winning strategy is clearly communicated and documented.
  • On time delivery of technical documents; in the desired medium (portal upload and/or electronic/hard copies, etc).
  • Ensure technical documents, relevant project related information, MoMs, etc, are recorded and filed correctly on the server.
  • Support sales activities through drawing/document creation and on-site reverse engineering of products.
  • Liaison with representatives from suppliers during technical evaluations of project solutions.
  • Manage expectations, clarify requirements and make requests, including submission deadline changes, as required.
  • Support sales and prepare the data analysis and collection before the project start.

Qualifications & Experience

  • Degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent relevant experience.
  • Minimum of 7 years’ experience in 2D and 3D CAD required (Autodesk Inventor an advantage but not essential) within an OEM structured engineering department.
  • Metallurgy, material science, heat treatment; specific knowledge in cutting, welding, heat treatment and machining.
  • Mechanical calculations (NX, MathCAD, Microsoft Excel).
  • Free reading of design/technical documentation.
  • To operate freely with international documentation: technical books, standards, catalogues etc (AutoCAD, Inventor).
  • Work in international groups with ability to communicate both verbally and written and work within a worldwide team environment.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving ability looking at overall results and finer details.
  • Ability to prioritise workload, on-time delivery and deliver on-time results to Company standards whilst working on multiple projects.
  • Experience undertaking structured writing in the form of technical reports.
  • Available for regular business travel (worldwide).
  • Basic product/plant understanding and know-how (what pieces go where and how to find reference information).

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Posted: April 23rd, 2026