Mechanical Engineer (Temp 18 Month Contract) - Rotork

This role is backfilling an employee who is moving into an internal project.  This is supporting our hydraulic and pneumatic division. The role is paying between $72,000 - 95,000 per annum.

You will need to be proactive, hands on and driven to ensure the delivery of all activities in line with agreed deadlines. 

Main Responsibilities: 

• Fulfil requirements of the development life cycle from research and concept through to final manufacture.  
• Contribute to project plans to influence project timescales. 
• Undertake design reviews to ensure that Rotork designs and solutions comply with specifications and relevant standards. 
• Respond to stakeholder specifications 
• Develop and provide cost estimates in collaboration with all business disciplines.  
• Present analysis results and project solutions to key stakeholders such as technical leads, senior leaders and customers as necessary. 
• Develop and execute functional and non-functional test specifications to ensure compliance requirements. 
• Development and preparation of technical records and reports as may be necessary to demonstrate compliance with associated specification and any relevant standards. 
• Design to meet internationally recognised standards. 
• Provision of technical support to key internal and external stakeholders as required e.g. Sales, Service, Production, Buying and Quality Departments. 

Essential 

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical, Mechatronic or Product Engineering or equivalent experience. 
• Previous design experience in detailed mechanical design of mechanisms and static structures.  
• Proven experience of designing, problem solving and enhancing existing or new products. 
• Experience of task management, defect management, requirements capture, verification and validation tools. 
• 3D CAD modelling through to detailed manufacturing drawings to international standards. 
• Experience in material research and modern part manufacturing techniques. 
• Analysis and simulation of parts / mechanisms using a combination of hand calculations and computational finite element analysis. 
• Undertake travel to customers, suppliers and associated companies both in the UK and Abroad. 

Desired 

• Experience in application of international design standards. 
• Experience in: 
  • Aluminium / iron casting design 
  • Plastic moulding design 
  • Gear design 
• Utilisation of advanced computational and simulation techniques (for example: AMESIM, MATLAB, Simulink). 

Rotork is the market-leading global flow control and instrumentation company, helping our customers manage the flow of liquids, gases and powders across many industries worldwide.

Our purpose is Keeping the World Flowing for Future Generations.

For over sixty years, the world has relied on us to create the things that keep everything moving. From oil and gas to water and shipping, pharmaceuticals and food- these are the flows on which our modern world depends.

Today we're respected and admired for our people, performance and products. Our success flows from our commitment to engineering excellence, and that's what we will always pursue, safely and sustainably.

Rotork is going through an exciting period of change and growth, building on our existing market success. It's a great time to join us and make an impact in shaping the future of our business.