Senior Mechanical Design Engineer
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Company Description
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Syntegon is a global leader in process and packaging technology. With around 5,800 colleagues in nearly 20 countries, the Syntegon Group works on intelligent and sustainable technologies for the pharmaceutical and food industries. Let's contribute together to ensuring that people worldwide are provided with high-quality medications and safely packaged food.
With our global service organization and our comprehensive service portfolio, we contribute sustainably to the profitable growth of our customers. Together, let's help ensure that people around the world are supplied with high-quality medicines and safely packaged foods.
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Job Description
We are seeking a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer with a strong, proven, background in designing complex mechanical systems and design for manufacture. This is a hands-on, wide-ranging role is perfect for someone looking to take previous successes and achievements and taking them to a new level in a senior role.
Ideal for someone from a packaging machinery or similar industry wanting more variety in their role and responsibility for their designs throughout the entire product lifecycle-from concept through to production. You'll join a collaborative team where your experience, practical insight and authority will play a key role in shaping innovative packaging solutions.
- Perform design work on both customer projects and development projects.
- Take responsibility for all the mechanical aspects of a project and provide technical guidance to internal and external customers as necessary.
- Communicate with other design engineers (mechanical and electrical) during the design of projects to ensure that these disciplines are fully coordinated.
- Provide assistance to assembly personnel during the build phase of a project and assist in commissioning.
- Contribute creative ideas; producing concepts, producing design schemes.
- Produce parts lists, assembly drawings and detail drawings.
- Complete engineering design on time to the project plan and be aware of cost targets in design, purchasing, and assembly.
- Advise on mechanical Health and Safety aspects of the product range.
Qualifications
Knowledge and Skills:
The job holder will hold the following knowledge and skills:
- Minimum 5-10 years' experience in a Design/Development Engineering role.
- Engineering Degree (Mechanical, Mechatronics, Integrated) Minimum HNC.
- Experienced in the design of complex electro-mechanical mechanisms and equipment.
- Advanced 3D modelling skills (preferably Solid Works) Sheet metal an advantage.
- Demonstrable skill in design for manufacture and assembly meeting cost targets.
- The ability to read and produce 2D production drawings applying GD&T as necessary
- Able to perform confirmatory engineering calculations and analysis as required.
- Experience of the interactions and interfaces with electrical engineering.
- Confident to take the technical lead in a team on occasional larger projects.
- Knowledge of the machinery directive and UKCA/CE marking.
- Excellent problem solving and trouble shooting ability
Additional Information
We are a group of open-minded and high-spirited collaborators. We emphasize collaboration and mutual support. We are more than happy to support your wishes of improvement within your area of expertise. Besides that, we offer a fine salary package, lots of benefits, and various fun social activities.
Syntegon offer:
- An attractive job in an international company
- A corporate culture with a strong focus on technology and collaboration
- Great opportunities for personal and professional development
- Informal work environment and committed colleagues
- An attractive salary package, pension and health insurance
- Over time options
- Flexi Working hours
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