Mechanical Design Engineer

Rewards and Benefits on Offer; Stable growing organisation. Immediate start available Dayshift Early Friday finish The opportunity to work with a well-established and rapidly growing North East manufacturing company. Career development and progression opportunities. MTrecs New Opportunity; MTrec Technical are proudly representing our prestigious manufacturing client, based near Chester-le-Street, with their plans for growth and expansion, by recruiting a Mechanical Design Engineer to join their team. You will be joining a fast-paced, dynamic company, with an excellent team-based culture and huge opportunities to progress your career. Our client is a well-established player in their specialist sector in the North East and supplies its quality products and services nationally. You will be joining an exciting and rapidly expanding business, where you will enjoy a varied working environment, a great team culture and an excellent new career move. The Job Youll Do; Respond to customer enquiries, review applications, develop technical specifications Specify catalogue parts, optimise bespoke product configurations Create 2D CAD drawings and 3D CAD models, maintain design files and drawing registers Liaise with internal stakeholders to ensure design suitability Utilise computer-based tools (e.g. Finite Element Analysis) to develop part designs Perform physical testing (e.g. load deflection, leak testing) to validate part performance Performing engineering calculations, application review and product specification Develop customer relationships, support Sales, develop product range and performance Perform technical investigations and provide support to internal and external Customers About You; HNC, HND or Bachelors degree or equivalent in Mechanical Engineering or similar (preferred). Strong interpersonal skills, comfortable with internal stakeholder and Customer liaison Experience with Autodesk Inventor & AutoCAD (preferred) Experience with metal-based manufacturing processes (preferred) Experience with Finite Element Analysis (FEA) Excellent communication skills at all levels Able to work well in a small engineering team TPBN1_UKTJ