Mechanical Design Engineer

Company: Vibe Recruit
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Location: Bridgend
Job Description:

Mechanical Design Engineer

Salary: £38,000 – £45,000

Location

Bridgend

We are currently recruiting for a Mechanical Design Engineer to join an innovative and successful privately owned company in Bridgend that designs and manufactures hi-tech capital equipment for worldwide export.

Responsibilities

  • Work in collaboration with electrical, controls and software engineers to design and implement cost-effective equipment and solutions for engineering problems and help improve safety, reliability and throughput.
  • Develop a project specification with colleagues, often including those from other engineering disciplines.
  • Produce details of specifications and outline designs.
  • Design robust solutions within a 3D environment, ensuring best practice modelling to minimise waste in the model and eliminate conflicting information between models and drawings.
  • Discuss and solve complex problems with customers, internal departments, sub-contractors and suppliers, considering the implications of issues such as cost, safety and time constraints.
  • Create documentation for the release of products to production, including but not limited to BoM, spares list, build instructions and assembly drawings.
  • Assemble prototypes, recommending modifications following prototype test results.
  • Prepare product documentation for service, publications, sales, and marketing.
  • Create engineering drawings conforming to BS8888, ISO 9001 and internal company standards for presentation to various suppliers.
  • Ensure designs conform to international standards and directives.

Qualifications

  • Qualified to degree level in Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Science, Manufacturing Engineering or equivalent with experience in a product development environment specifically design for manufacture, assembly and service.
  • Experience using Autodesk Inventor for part drawing and assembly creation. Other CAD packages such as Creo, Solidworks considered.

As well as a competitive salary, you will benefit from an excellent working environment, great variety and a number of interesting projects to be part of.

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Posted: June 1st, 2026