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
