Senior Mechanical Engineer vacancy in Tring, Hertfordshire (337jc)
Location: | Tring, Hertfordshire |
Salary: | Competitive Salary |
Vacancy type: | Permanent |
Sectors: | Engineering, IT/Telecoms, Space Technology |
Placed by: | Ex-Mil Recruitment |
Scope / dimensions
Reporting to the Mechanical Design Manager, the Senior Mechanical Engineer will work within a team of up to 5 people. Projects will range from small contract related customisation projects to larger new product development activities with timescales from a few days up to 6-9 months
Key Responsibilities
• Design of satellite communications antennas and associated electronics housings.
• Design of machined, sheet metal and carbon fibre composite parts.
• Production of detail drawings and bills of materials of designs to Company standards.
• Produce high quality technical documentation to support new designs, including user manuals and maintenance instructions.
• FEA on key structural components to simulate the effect of wind loads on antennas and predict their RF performance in extreme environments.
• Provision of technical support to production and sales.
• Mechanical environmental testing (sometimes off-site) of finished antennas.
• Write up of detailed test reports for presentation to the engineering team, management and customers.
• Manage projects through the whole design cycle to defined timescales.
• Identify suitable manufacturing processes and suppliers, where appropriate, for parts.
• Manage security of information as defined in the Security manual
Knowledge, Skills and Experience:
Essential:
• Proficient in the use of Solidworks 3D CAD package.
• Experience in the design of electro-mechanical systems.
• Experience in the design of lightweight, rigid structures and mechanisms.
• Experience in the design of machined and sheet metal parts.
• Experience in design to environmental standards.
• Ability to carry out accurate hand calculations and generate engineering spreadsheets.
• Ability to write detailed test reports.
• Good understanding of design for manufacture.
Desirable:
• Experience in the design of composite or moulded parts.
• Experience in the design of waveguide parts and assemblies.
• Experience in the design of transit cases.
• Experience of carrying out environmental testing.
• Knowledge and experience of Finite Element Analysis.
Competencies
Action Orientated
• Enjoys working hard; action orientated and full of energy for things he/she sees as challenging; not afraid of acting with a minimum of planning; seizes more opportunities than others
Customer Focus
• Dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect
Timely Decision Making
• Makes decisions in a timely manner, sometimes with incomplete information and under tight deadlines and pressure; able to make a quick decision.
Organising
• Can marshal resources (people, funding, material, support) to get things done; can orchestrate multiple activities at once to accomplish a goal; uses resources effectively and efficiently arranges information and files in a useful manner
Priority Setting
• Spends his/her time and time of others on what is important; quickly focuses on the critical few and puts the trivial many aside; can quickly sense what will help and hinder accomplishing a goal; eliminates roadblocks; creates focus
Time Management
• Uses his / her time effectively and efficiently; values time, concentrates efforts on the more important priorities; gets more done in less time than others; can attend to a broader range of activities
Intellectual Horsepower
• Is bright and intelligent; deals with concepts and complexity comfortably; described as intellectually sharp, capable and agile.
Functional / Technical Skills
• Has the functional and technical knowledge and skills to do the job at a high level of accomplishment
Planning
• Accurately scopes out length and difficulty of tasks and projects; sets objectives and goals; breaks down work into process steps; develops schedules; anticipates and adjusts for problems; measures performance against goals; evaluates results
Technical Learning
• Learns new skills and gains knowledge quickly, whether in context of products, technology or the company’s operation
In return the are offering an excellent base salary and benefits package and the ability to join a dynamic and expanding company that is seeking to grow the company for the next decade.
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