Mechanical Design Engineer

Title: Mechanical Design Engineer

Length: 12 Month Contract + performance based extension

Pay Rate: On request, freelance position available

Based in Bornem, Belgium

This is a great opportunity for recently graduated engineers with some industry experience who can demonstrate their motivations for getting into mechanical design their studies, extracurricular activities and industry experience.

MUST HAVE machine building, non-ecstatic design experience within industry AND the ability to speak English AND Dutch!

The Company:

Our client is a global bio-pharmaceutical company that operates across 5 continents with over 30 sites. They are both a production and distribution site for custom and research media working across multiple markets within the Pharmaceutical and Bio-tech manufacturing space. As a company that is among the 2022 World's Most Ethical Companies, they share a vision to bring any therapy to life and a purpose to enable a healthier world.

The role:

Our client is looking for a passionate and creative mechanical design engineer to design various mechanical assemblies and solve engineering details for all design. There will be a mixture of design and implementation activities with the use of CAD Systems. The successful candidate will design various mechanical assemblies and solve engineering details for all design. The will also use advanced software tools, enabling FEA and motion simulations on the virtual machinery to define the best possible optimisation and selects the elements to be purchased from the trade to complete the design.

Some of the key responsibilities for the Mechanical Design Engineer will include:

Design activities:

• Starts his/her designs by listening to the "customer".
• Organises design review meetings as appropriate during the design phase.
• Will subject the actual construction of the prototype to the prior formal approach of both the customer and the management.
• Looks into the safety of the designs as a prime focus. Following the safety aspects, he/she also gives attention to the ecological and environmental aspects of the concepts such as reduced noise levels.
• Identifies in the conceptual phase the wear parts and minimises these with a balance in mind between investment and repair and maintenance costs.
• Produces proper assembly and detailed drawings as well as parts list of each design made.
• Disposes of a fair working knowledge of machine shop operations to make economically justified design decisions by him/herself.

Implementation activities:

• Asks prices where needed for fabrication and trade purchase items.
• Performs a close follow up of the ordered parts as they are delivered to ensure quality of component parts.
• Organises and ensures proper electronic filing of drawings. Is responsible for prompt and correct execution of Design Change Requests

CAD system and training:

• Provides support and is the ultimate practical, hands on reference in the Company for the correct use, and standardisation within, of the drawing software package selected by the management.
• Attends as directed the necessary training courses related to new issues of the existing standard or potential new standard drawing software.
• He/She reports the insights gained to advise management; but complies in the end with whatever choice is made by the latter.
• Preferably disposes of a practical working knowledge of several drawing software packages and related file conversion programs.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience:

• Master's degree in engineering - preferably Industrial Engineering.
• Professionals with relevant experience: 3-6 years. (Machine building, non-ecstatic design)
• The candidate should have a good dose of passion and creativity for the core of the function, namely hands-on design itself.
• Experience designing various mechanical assemblies and solving engineering details for all design
• Must have prior experience with design activities, implementation activities and CAD system.

Language requirements:

• English and Dutch (doesn't need to be native, but needs to be able to follow day-to day conversations).
  
  

Does this sound like you? If so, please apply today!

Get in touch to discuss this role!

My number is 020 7 551 0727

jkirlew@i-pharmconsulting.com