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