Design Engineer

P2P Consultancy ltd ,
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
Salary: From £28,000 to £34,000 per annum Overtime + Pension + Life Assurance

Overview

Design Engineer Our chosen business partner is a specialist manufacturer of ancillary equipment for the food industry. They have grown exponentially over the last 18 months and are now going through another heavy recruitment drive. They employ around 55 personnel and turnover in excess of 21M. Although you would be part of a family run business these guys pack a portfolio of large bluechip clients like PEPSICO and many more. They supply equipment into the following sectors; Snacks food manufacturing – high volume production lines, Root crop processing, Canning, and Coffee processing to name a few. Key Responsibilities ; 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. 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. Key Requirements; 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 Remuneration; £33,000 to £37,000 salary doe Weekday overtime of x1, Weekend overtime of x1.5 and Bank Holidays x2 20 days holiday Jan-Dec plus 1 day for each year served to maximum 26 public holidays Private healthcare after qualifying period Company contributory pension scheme This job was originally posted as www.totaljobs.com/job/89612966