Design Engineer

JTH Recruitment have an excellent opportunity for an experienced Design CAD Engineer to join our well established and reputable engineering client based in Peterborough.  My client are offering a competitive salary, overtime, a pension scheme and private health care and ongoing training and development.

The Role

Working under own initiative, with support from our close-knit Project Engineering team, fulfilling “inception to completion” design and draughting requirements for food processing lines. 

Developing models and fabrication drawings.  Sheet-metal formations and structural steelwork.  Working to and delivering highly hygienic (food safe) design standards.

Candidate (minimum) Attributes

3D SolidWorks trained and competent – industrial fabrication drawings

Previous experience in equipment & steelwork design and fabrication techniques

Minimum 3 years industrial experience

HNC / HND qualification in engineering

Dynamic, enthusiastic and flexible approach

Willing to travel (occasional need for UK and foreign site surveys)

Commercial awareness applied to designing - value engineering approach

Excellent people skills and clear communicator with the ability to form strong team bonds

Computer literate with working knowledge of the following:-

SolidWorks (Weldments, sheet-metal, part modelling, piping, stress analysis)

AutoCAD

The ideal candidate will have experience in:-

• Food machinery design
• Hygienic food-safe solutions
• Fabrication processes
• CE marking, machinery directive and guarding requirements
• Conversant with 2D & 3D

Delivering the wider project needs includes:-

• Site survey of operating areas
• Steelwork design, load bearing calculations, fabrication drawings.
• Access walkways and staircase design and fabrication drawings.
• Documented risk assessments for the specific solutions and the interacting layout.
• Process layout refinement and design of interconnecting transfer chutes etc.
• Identify foot-loadings for interaction with construction companies.
• Identify utility connection points for the process layout.
• Receive “as installed” layouts from the installing engineer and update as necessary

This position is based in Peterborough within an easy commute of Hampton, Werrington, Wisbech, Stamford, Orton, Kings Lynn, Spalding, Grantham, Corby, Northampton