Back to Job Search

Senior Mechanical Engineer

  • Location: Barrow-in-Furness District
  • Salary: £55.00 - £59.33 per hour per hour
  • Job Type:Contract

Posted about 10 hours ago

  • Sector: Defence & Aerospace
  • Contact: Tom McGuire
  • Contact Email: t.mcguire@jamrecruitment.co.uk
  • Duration: 6 Months
  • Start Date: ASAP
  • Client: BAE Systems
  • Expiry Date: 19 August 2025
  • Job Ref: 84822TM_1751989405

Senior Mechanical Engineer

Initial 6 Month Contract

2 days per week on site in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria (3 days working from home)

£59.33 Per Hour (Umbrella Rate - Inside IR35)

The Role

  • Develop designs in line with requirements and all quality and technical standards.
  • Perform technical investigations, including evaluation of technical options, supporting calculations and preparation of reports with recommendations.
  • Participate in internal and external meetings or design reviews.
  • Definition and control of interfaces via interface control drawings and space envelopes.
  • Ensuring that the product will operate safely and reliably in the military operating environment and can be manufactured cost effectively.
  • Preparing 3D models, 2D drawings, and other technical outputs, consistent with the contractual requirements to meet target dates and budget demands.
  • Support quality related to production NCR's (non-conformance reports) and first article inspection.
  • Interface with related supporting functions such as Procurement and Quality.

The Candidate

  • Working experience using CAD software (ideally PTC Creo Parametrics)
  • Previous production, manufacturing and assembly experience
  • Familiarity with engineering drawing standards and geometric dimensioning and tolerancing
  • Working knowledge of technical office processes, standards and standard instructions (i.e. Business Management System (BMS) and the Life Cycle Model (LCM))
  • Analytical and problem solving skills
  • Presentation / report writing skills