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Senior Mechanical Design Engineer
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Senior Mechanical Design Engineer
Location: Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
Commutable from: Huntingdon, Cambridge, Peterborough, St Neots, Bedford, Kettering, Corby, Wellingborough, Northampton, Biggleswade and surrounding areas.
Salary: Up to £55,000 + Benefits
Hybrid Working Available
Senior Mechanical Design Engineer Role - Huntingdon - Up to £55k - Hybrid Working
Our client is a specialist engineering business with a long-established reputation for developing lightweight, safety-critical products for a high-regulation industry. Their solutions are used by leading OEM's manufacturers and operators across the UK and internationally, helping to improve safety, efficiency, and passenger experience.
Due to continued growth and investment, they are looking to appoint a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer to join their Engineering team at their Huntingdon Manufacturing HQ.
The Senior Mechanical Design Engineer Role
Operating within a low-volume, high-mix manufacturing environment, you'll enjoy genuine variety and the opportunity to work across a broad range of products, projects, and engineering challenges. You will play a key role in delivering engineering solutions that balance technical performance, manufacturability, quality, and commercial objectives.
This is an opportunity to see your designs move from concept and development through to manufacture and real-world application.
Key Responsibilities of Senior Mechanical Design Engineer
- Produce high-quality 3D CAD models, manufacturing drawings, and technical documentation using SolidWorks
- Take ownership of engineering projects from concept through to manufacture
- Develop practical engineering solutions to customer requirements
- Support new product development, redesign, and reverse engineering activities
- Design jigs, fixtures, and tooling to support manufacturing and assembly processes
- Design fabricated and manufactured components including sheet metal fabrications, machined components, aluminium structures, extrusions, and welded assemblies
- Support engineering calculations, validation activities, and design reviews
- Participate in customer meetings, design reviews, and technical discussions
- Work closely with manufacturing teams to ensure designs are practical and manufacturable
- Apply Design for Manufacture (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA) principles
- Support engineering change activities and continuous improvement projects
- Provide technical support and guidance to colleagues across the Engineering team
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Requirements for Senior Mechanical Design Engineer Role
- Proven Mechanical Design Engineering experience within a manufacturing environment
- Strong 3D CAD experience, ideally SolidWorks
- Experience delivering projects from concept through to manufacture
- Experience designing fabricated and manufactured components and assemblies
- Knowledge of sheet metal fabrication, machining, welding, and assembly processes
- Experience designing jigs, fixtures, and tooling
- Strong understanding of Design for Manufacture (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA)
- Ability to produce detailed engineering drawings and technical documentation
- Experience working to recognised engineering codes, standards, specifications, and quality requirements
- Understanding of engineering verification, validation, and design review processes
- Strong communication, organisational, and problem-solving skills
- Experience working directly with customers, suppliers, and manufacturing teams
Desirable:
- FEA and engineering calculations
- Product validation and testing
- GD&T / Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing / BS88888
- Experience mentoring or supporting junior engineers
- Experience working within Aerospace, Defence, Automotive, Medical Devices, Nuclear, or other regulated engineering sectors
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What's In It For You?
- Ownership of projects from concept through to manufacture
- Exposure to a diverse range of technically challenging engineering projects
- Direct collaboration with customers, suppliers, and manufacturing teams
- Opportunity to influence product development and continuous improvement activities
- Genuine long-term career development opportunities
- Potential progression into Technical Leadership, Project Leadership, or Engineering Management
- The opportunity to join a growing engineering business where engineering remains central to future success
Package
- Salary up to £55,000
- 25 Days Holiday plus Bank Holidays
- Employer Pension Contribution
- Hybrid Working Available
- 37.5 Hour Working Week
- Ongoing Training and Development
If you're an experienced Mechanical Design Engineer looking for a role that combines technical challenge, project ownership, and the opportunity to see your designs brought to life, we'd like to hear from you.
Desired Skills and Experience
Mechanical Design Engineer, Senior Mechanical Design Engineer, SolidWorks, 3D CAD, Product Design, Manufacturing, DFM, DFA, Sheet Metal, Fabrication, Welding, Machining, Tooling Design, NPD
To find out more about Progressive please visit www.progressiverecruitment.com
Progressive Recruitment, a trading division of SThree Partnership LLP is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy | Registered office | 8 Bishopsgate, London, EC2N 4BQ, United Kingdom| Partnership Number | OC387148 England and Wales
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