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Kilmarnock, Ayrshire and Arran
Mechanical Design Engineer
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Job Type: Full-time |
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Salary: £38,000 per annum |
Overview
As one of the leading Train Engineering Businesses in the UK, they are looking to strengthen their Engineering team with an experienced Mechanical Design Engineer. As a business, they pride themselves on the quality of their work and offer a comprehensive range of refurbishment, maintenance, overhaul and repair services to the UK rail sector that provides services on passenger trains and specialist infrastructure vehicles. Based in Kilmarnock, they employ over 100 people in their 4 road, 14 vehicle capacity depot. The Engineering team undertakes innovative design and development work as well as resolving both simple and complex engineering issues on existing rolling stock. This includes mechanical and electrical engineering design for the development of new equipment and novel repairs, as well as reverse engineering for obsolete parts. The role will provide a range of engineering solutions from bespoke design, reverse engineering and repairs to all types of rail rolling stock, which encompasses: - Providing innovative solutions to arising engineering issues. - Designing and implementing cost effective modifications to improve safety, reliability and productivity. - Ensuring products /equipment can be manufactured reliably and will perform consistently within specified operating environments. - Producing engineering drawings and work instructions for production. - Creating comprehensive Bills of Materials and sourcing cost effective parts. - Identifying and working to relevant mandatory standards. - Producing technical reports describing how to operate or maintain designed equipment. - Producing design documentation to demonstrate compliance with the design requirements which may include engineering calculations. You will be a Mechanical Design Engineer with considerable proven design experience within a Rail or Production Engineering environment or designing parts for manufacture. Experience of designing welded assemblies would be an advantage. You should be a competent CAD user, capable of using Creo to creatively produce models and drawings for customers and oversee subsequent manufacturing. The ability to solve arising problems and to manage conflicting priorities across all teams, using effective communication, is essential. As an SME, every role counts and therefore they are not just looking for someone with the right skills, but someone who is right for the organisation and therefore they are open-minded about the kind of person who this role would suit - if the role appeals to you and like working in a hands on engineering environment then they would like to hear from you. In the first instance, please send in your CV and a brief summary of what attracts you to this role. If they believe you will match their requirements, they will invite you to meet them and discuss the role in more detail. Applications will only be accepted from candidates already eligible to work in the UK and no relocation will be available for this role.