Computer Aided Design Drafter

Are you a CAD Draughter/Design Engineer with experience using Solidworks or Inventor?
Is this the next step in your career Find out if you are the right candidate by reading through the complete overview below.
Do you have experience of producing machinery CAD drawings for manufacture?
Do you want a challenging and varied role with exposure to interesting and complicated equipment in a growing company?
Our client works in the power sector. They repair and overhaul a lot of different type of rotating equipment- and the majority must be reverse engineered as manufacturers don't just have them off the shelf to supply anymore.
So, they are looking for a CAD Draughter/Design Engineer with experience in a manufacturing setting who can produce accurate drawings for their manufacturing division to make the parts and get customers back up and running.
With the design department being shared by the group of companies and almost all the work being bespoke, no two drawings will be the same- providing a brilliantly varied, interesting and challenging role- You’ll work on a variety of equipment from rotating machinery to mining rotators, turbine blades to rail wheels!!
As a CAD Draughter/Design Engineer you will be responsible for the design and engineering of parts to go into equipment such as generators and motors. You will create, prepare and maintain all mechanical drawings and make improvements to existing designs. Also provide manufacturing information related to the detailed specifications of the company's products and associated equipment.
CAD Draughter/Design Engineer responsibilities:
The role of the CAD Draughter/Design Engineer is to design, engineer and produce layouts, detailed drawings and specifications of new and cost reduction products and special product builds (often from minimum data). The work will be in line with engineering practice and procedure to British Standards, with the minimum of supervision for all aspects of the product, co-ordinating information at the appropriate level for successful completion of the project.
· To investigate, action and provide feedback on change requests.
· To be able to use the CAD (Solidworks or Inventor) software efficiently
· To carry out any other task compatible with the nature of job as directed by the Chief Engineer/Office Manager
This is not an extensive list. The role will evolve to incorporate other tasks according to the business requirement.
Qualifications/Requirements:
· Knowledge of manufacturing processes.
· Experienced in engineering design of machinery and tools is preferred.
· Conversant with CAD modelling software (Solidworks or Inventor)
· Computer literate in Microsoft Office applications.
· Experience of BOM creation and BOM structures.
· Flexible approach, willing to work extended hours and travel as and when required.
The client can only accept applicants who are eligible to work in the UK.
As well as the job title above, this position may also suit CAD Draughtsman, Design Engineer, Mechanical design engineer, CAD Technician, Manufacturing Engineer, or other relevant engineering design experience.
If this position sounds like something you would be interested in, submit your CV now highlighting relevant experience and we can discuss the position further.