Mechanical Design Engineer
Who we are
Ace Aquatec is an award-winning aquaculture technology company specialising in welfare-first in-water electric stunners, marine mammal protection devices, biomass estimation and sea lice removal systems. We help customers thrive by making their operations efficient, ethical and sustainable.
Role Description
The Mechancial Design Engineer works proactively and collaboratively with clients, staff and other networked experts to provide comprehensive design and high-level fit for purpose engineering solutions.
Reporting to the Lead Mechanical Design Engineer, you will be responsible for formulating and producing valid and viable design solutions quickly through having an acute understanding of mechanical systems, assemblies, details, manufacturing operations and available technologies. You will actively support the business development process, through the creation of bespoke drawings for proposals and meeting prospective and current customers to ensure all these design requirments are correctly captured and documentated in the scope of work . You will also produce design for manufacturing specification documents which meet or exceed British engineering standards and approved codes of practice.
What you’ll be doing:
- Delivery of total life cycle design and engineering projects including concept creation, theoretical and mathematical modelling, risk analysis, CAD development, practical modelling, testing, submission to manufacture and verification.
- Collaborting with architects, clients, structural engineers, manufacturing partners and contractors from concept/feasibility stage on projects;
- Producing fit-for-purpose design solutions and carriying out engineering calculations to ensure drawings meet required robust industry and legal standards;
- Preparing engineering documents, equipment specifications and cost estimates to meet contracted scope of work
- Support the business development process through input to proposals, meeting and presenting to prospective customers, etc.
- Providing work direction to other team members, including subcontractors, as assigned and sharing knowledge and nurturing our junior/up-coming staff in a professional and collegial environment.
- Approving final equipment selections and drawing submittals.
- Maintain and build trusted relationships with key customers, clients, partners, and stakeholders
The skills and experience you need:
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BSc/BA honours degree in mechanical design, industrial design, engineering or equivalent.
- At least 5 years of mechanical engineering design experience
- A proven ability to take responsibility for the financial viability and profitability of projects under your management.
- Must be an advanced SolidWorks user and proficient with PDM.
- FEA and CDF simulation experience also desirable.
- Competent with the Microsoft Office suite of software
- Able to work independently whilst overseeing the work of other colleagues and responding to new and ongoing client requests
- Time efficient working practices with demonstrated abilities to work to strict deadlines.
- Strong communicator, an intent listener and able to produce high quality technical documents and engineering drawings.