28 mechanical design engineer jobs found in Didcot

What you’ll be doing as a Principal Mechanical Design Engineer Set precise technical requirements with Project Definition Briefs for strong project foundations. Refine Technical Asset Standards to enhance process efficiency and effectiveness. Uphold engineering standards in Mechanical Engineering to optimise asset performance. Lead the development of innovative designs for the water and wastewater sectors. Inspire teams on mechanically focused projects, driving meaningful change. Achieve technical sign-off and assurance for seamless project handover. Support the advancement of innovative technologies through research. Location: Hybrid – Clearwater Court, Reading Working Pattern : 36 hours a week. This position requires the candidate to have access to a vehicle and a valid driver's license. Additionally, there is a car allowance of £5,800 included. What you should bring to the role To thrive in this role, the essential criteria you’ll need are: Be degree...

Job title: Principal Mechanical Design Engineer – Water Sector Location: Reading Hours: 36 hours per week (Hybrid working available) Salary: £60,000 - £80,000 + £5,8000 car allowance An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced Principal Mechanical Design Engineer to take a leading role within a forward-thinking organisation supporting major water and wastewater infrastructure programmes. This position offers the chance to influence engineering strategy, guide standards, and provide expert leadership across technically challenging projects, while contributing to sustainable asset delivery and innovation in the sector. Role Overview The successful candidate will act as a senior technical authority for mechanical engineering, responsible for shaping project requirements, driving engineering quality, and delivering robust solutions. Key responsibilities include: Defining clear and accurate technical requirements to support effective project delivery Enhancing...

Are you a Mechanical Design Engineer looking to take that next step in your career? Do you want to work on exceptionally varied and diverse projects?  As the demand for our expertise continues to grow, we now have an exciting opportunity for a Mechanical Design Engineer to join our significantly experienced and talented Engineering Team based at our Reading office.  Our client list includes Education, commercial, retail, industrial, leisure and many more. As a Mechanical Engineer at Ridge, you will be exposed to many sectors and many cultures. Building services engineers design, install and maintain the services that are needed to allow the building to do what it's designed to.  What you need to do to be effective in this role: Working as part of a design team delivering detailed design  Liaising closely with other professionals, including structural engineers, architects, surveyors, and contractors of in-house and external project teams  Attending a range of project group...

Job title: Principal Mechanical Design Engineer – Water Sector Location: Reading Hours: 36 hours per week (Hybrid working available) Salary: £60,000 - £80,000 + £5,8000 car allowance An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced Principal Mechanical Design Engineer to take a leading role within a forward-thinking organisation supporting major water and wastewater infrastructure programmes. This position offers the chance to influence engineering strategy, guide standards, and provide expert leadership across technically challenging projects, while contributing to sustainable asset delivery and innovation in the sector. Role Overview The successful candidate will act as a senior technical authority for mechanical engineering, responsible for shaping project requirements, driving engineering quality, and delivering robust solutions. Key responsibilities include: Defining clear and accurate technical requirements to support effective project delivery Enhancing...

Company Description Join the world of the future in a fast-growing international company! At SEGULA Technologies you will have the opportunity to work on exciting projects and help shaping the future within an engineering company which is at the heart of innovation. SEGULA Technologies serves Clients in the automotive, energy and rail sectors in the UK. We focus on design, construction, installation, commissioning, operation, maintenance, decommissioning and dismantling also covering logistics and documentation. Job Description We have an immediate need for a Mechanical Design Engineer with experience using CATIA V5 & Windchill. Role details as follows: 1. Job purpose To develop innovative mechanical design solutions, to current and future aerospace industry challenges, on existing and next generation smart motor and power generation technologies.To lead and deliver project based engineering work-package activities, by ensuring mature and robust mechanical...

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Mechanical Design Engineer to create, own, and maintain complex mechanical designs and CAD data, working closely with cross-functional engineering teams. This role is suited for a confident, independent engineer with deep expertise in 3D CAD, strong understanding of GD&T, and the ability to lead technical discussions and guide junior colleagues.  ZeroAvia is at the forefront of building a new clean‑aviation ecosystem, and the successful candidate will be joining a world‑class team that is passionate about developing solutions that are not only zero‑emission but also commercially competitive and technically groundbreaking. Requirements Responsibilities: CAD Design & Ownership: Full ownership of CAD design and associated data for assigned components and assemblies.  Create detailed 3D CAD models of complex parts and assemblies (NX preferred).  Produce highquality 2D production drawings conforming to ASME standards and...

Mechanical Design Engineer - Special Purpose Machinery £40,000 - £48,000 + Flexitime + Overtime (At 1.5x Pay)+ Training + Benefits Monday - Friday, 37.5 Hours Aldershot - Commutable From: Farnborough, Farnham, Guildford & Woking Do you have mechanical design experience within a machinery, engineering or manufacturing environment? Are you looking for an exciting new role within a leading bespoke machinery manufacturer who are offering overtime to increase your earnings, first class training and excellent development opportunities? Due to continued growth, my client is looking for a design engineer to join the team, working out of their state of the art facility near Aldershot. The successful applicant will get the chance to work on extremely exciting projects for customers worldwide wide, liaising with the design, projects and manufacturing teams. You will be designing bespoke, special purpose machinery for customers across the globe, servicing a range of industries...

Mechanical Design Engineer Location: Northampton Sector: Building Services Engineering Employment Type: Permanent, Full-time Salalry:  DOE - £30,000 - £60,000 Role Overview An opportunity for a Mechanical Design Engineer to join a growing building services design team, working across a varied portfolio of projects from concept through to construction and handover. The role suits an engineer who enjoys hands-on design, technical problem solving, and close collaboration with project and delivery teams. Key Responsibilities Produce mechanical building services designs from RIBA Stage 2 through to Stage 5 Design HVAC, heating, ventilation, domestic water and associated mechanical systems Prepare calculations, schematics, technical specifications and detailed design drawings Work closely with electrical engineers, BIM teams and project managers to ensure coordinated designs Support design development with a focus on buildability, cost efficiency and programme Attend...

Mechanical Design Engineer Location: Northampton Sector: Building Services Engineering Employment Type: Permanent, Full-time Salalry:  DOE - £30,000 - £60,000 Role Overview An opportunity for a Mechanical Design Engineer to join a growing building services design team, working across a varied portfolio of projects from concept through to construction and handover. The role suits an engineer who enjoys hands-on design, technical problem solving, and close collaboration with project and delivery teams. Key Responsibilities Produce mechanical building services designs from RIBA Stage 2 through to Stage 5 Design HVAC, heating, ventilation, domestic water and associated mechanical systems Prepare calculations, schematics, technical specifications and detailed design drawings Work closely with electrical engineers, BIM teams and project managers to ensure coordinated designs Support design development with a focus on buildability, cost efficiency and programme Attend...

Principal Mechanical Design Engineer Location : London (Hybrid) Employment Type : Full-time Sector : Water & Wastewater Infrastructure About the Role Our client, a leading engineering and design‑build delivery partner in the UK water sector, is seeking a Principal Mechanical Design Engineer to strengthen their mechanical engineering team. This hybrid role involves delivering high‑quality mechanical design solutions on major water and wastewater projects. Key Responsibilities • Develop cost‑effective mechanical design layouts meeting specification, safety, and constructability standards. • Evaluate whole‑life design costs including design hours, material selection, buildability, and cross‑discipline impacts. • Ensure consistent use of standard design practices across projects. • Support proposals with engineering estimates and feedback. • Lead multidisciplinary coordination to ensure fully integrated design delivery. • Maintain high standards in...

Cutting Edge Music Tech - On-Demand Vinyl Records We are seeking a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer to help us redefine the physical and digital music industry. We've invented a new technology to produce on-demand vinyl records and built a web platform for music creators to create and sell their products worldwide via our store at zero cost. We partner with leading record labels, streaming services, digital providers, distributors, and iconic global artists to build a global solution for physical media, but most importantly, we give small and emerging artists frictionless access to offer vinyl and CDs to their fans through our innovative solution and planned production/fulfilment centres in Europe, the USA, and Asia. The vinyl market has grown over 20% yearly for the last 16 years, and CDs are growing again for the first time in two decades. By 2030, there will be nearly 200 million music creators worldwide (with AI accelerating this even further). Most would love to have...

Principal Mechanical Design Engineer Location : London (Hybrid) Employment Type : Full-time Sector : Water & Wastewater Infrastructure About the Role Our client, a leading engineering and design‑build delivery partner in the UK water sector, is seeking a Principal Mechanical Design Engineer to strengthen their mechanical engineering team. This hybrid role involves delivering high‑quality mechanical design solutions on major water and wastewater projects. Key Responsibilities • Develop cost‑effective mechanical design layouts meeting specification, safety, and constructability standards. • Evaluate whole‑life design costs including design hours, material selection, buildability, and cross‑discipline impacts. • Ensure consistent use of standard design practices across projects. • Support proposals with engineering estimates and feedback. • Lead multidisciplinary coordination to ensure fully integrated design delivery. • Maintain high standards in...

We have an exciting opportunity for a Graduate Mechanical Engineer to join our in-house design team here at Trant. The Graduate Mechanical Design Engineer will be working within a multi-disciplinary team to initially deliver the detailed designs of the mechanical aspects of clean and dirty water projects for various water companies in the UK. But the design team do provide detailed designs for both the Process & Water sector and Energy sector. This is an excellent opportunity for a Graduate to start their career, working with a talented design team, producing detailed designs for interesting projects, within a welcoming and supportive work environment. Reporting to the Mechanical & Process Design Manager, duties will include but are not limited to: Produce design deliverables for water, wastewater and bio solids treatment plants Assist in all aspects of mechanical design from site surveys of existing assets, optioneering, feasibility studies, detailed design and...

MECHANICAL DESIGN ENGINEER SOUTHAMPTON  We are currently growing our in-house design team. We are a friendly and professional multi-disciplined team, responsible for providing the detailed design of energy and water projects in the UK and overseas. Due to new project awards and a healthy forward order book, we are now recruiting for a Mechanical Design Engineer with a background in designing within the water and/or energy sectors. Reporting to the Mechanical Design Manager, duties include:  · Working as part of a multi-disciplined team of engineers responsible for the production design deliverables for water, wastewater and bio solids treatment plants · Responsible for assisting in all aspects of mechanical design from site surveys of existing assets, optioneering, feasibility studies, detailed design and tender pricing · Production of procurement specifications for mechanical equipment; hydraulic calculations and production of detailed design construction...

Mechanical Design Engineer  Warwick – Hybrid £40,000 – £55,000 + Benefits – Permanent VIQU are working with an established engineering manufacturer delivering large-scale, heavy-duty mechanical systems to recruit a Mechanical Design Engineer with strong experience in structural fabrications and load-bearing equipment. This role is focused on heavy fabricated structures (3mm plate and above) Key Responsibilities of the Mechanical Design Engineer: Design and develop heavy-duty fabricated structures and assemblies Design and detail welded and bolted joints for structural applications Produce 3D models, assemblies and 2D manufacturing drawings with full GD&T/GPS Apply strong mechanical reasoning to understand load paths, stress, deflection and structural behaviour Support validation, verification and design reviews for large mechanical systems Work closely with manufacturing to ensure practical, buildable designs Investigate field and service...

Mechanical Design Engineer  Warwick – Hybrid £40,000 – £55,000 + Benefits – Permanent VIQU are working with an established engineering manufacturer delivering large-scale, heavy-duty mechanical systems to recruit a Mechanical Design Engineer with strong experience in structural fabrications and load-bearing equipment. This role is focused on heavy fabricated structures (3mm plate and above) Key Responsibilities of the Mechanical Design Engineer: Design and develop heavy-duty fabricated structures and assemblies Design and detail welded and bolted joints for structural applications Produce 3D models, assemblies and 2D manufacturing drawings with full GD&T/GPS Apply strong mechanical reasoning to understand load paths, stress, deflection and structural behaviour Support validation, verification and design reviews for large mechanical systems Work closely with manufacturing to ensure practical, buildable designs Investigate field and service...

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer – Heavy Industrial Equipment Heavy Engineering | Stress Analysis | 3D CAD We are recruiting an experienced Mechanical Design Engineer to join a specialist engineering team designing heavy-duty industrial mechanical equipment used in demanding environments . This role is ideal for a hands-on mechanical engineer with strong fundamentals in mechanical design, stress calculations and heavy machinery . You will play a key role in the design and development of large mechanical components and assemblies , ensuring designs are robust, manufacturable and capable of operating in high-load industrial applications. Key Requirements To be considered for this role, candidates should have: Minimum 5+ years’ experience in mechanical design engineering Experience designing industrial machinery or heavy mechanical equipment Strong understanding of mechanical engineering fundamentals Ability to perform manual stress and load...

Contractor/Temp Mechanical Design Engineer Engineering Ampthill - Bedfordshire About the Role We are urgently seeking to recruit a  Mechanical Design Engineer , initially on a 12 month contract basis to be based predominantly on-site at our Ampthill, Bedfordshire offices. The Mechanical Design Engineer will be responsible for carrying out the duties of the Engineering department, including design, prototyping, design proving, engineering documentation, and supporting calculations. This role demands a high level of innovative thinking and the ability to synthesise ideas into functioning and manufacturable products that are compliant to design specifications and applicable legislation. Working within a team of engineers and Design Authorities to design and develop high integrity components, complex mechanisms and linkages that will function and be durable in challenging military environments. Responsibilities and Duties: Use requirements specifications and a...

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer – Heavy Industrial Equipment Heavy Engineering | Stress Analysis | 3D CAD We are recruiting an experienced Mechanical Design Engineer to join a specialist engineering team designing heavy-duty industrial mechanical equipment used in demanding environments . This role is ideal for a hands-on mechanical engineer with strong fundamentals in mechanical design, stress calculations and heavy machinery . You will play a key role in the design and development of large mechanical components and assemblies , ensuring designs are robust, manufacturable and capable of operating in high-load industrial applications. Key Requirements To be considered for this role, candidates should have: Minimum 5+ years’ experience in mechanical design engineering Experience designing industrial machinery or heavy mechanical equipment Strong understanding of mechanical engineering fundamentals Ability to perform manual stress and load...

About Engineered Arts Engineered Arts is the leading manufacturer of full-size humanoid robots used for entertainment, education and communication. With 20 years of hardware and software development, our robots have been sold in over 30 countries worldwide with customers such as NASA, PwC, Meta and many more.  Our Ameca robot is well known as ‘the face of AI’ and a social media viral success, taking advantage of the generative AI craze. Along with our ultra-realistic Mesmer range of animated figures our robots continue to surprise and excite visitors at museums, theme parks, visitor attractions and trade shows as well as aid leading universities with AI and robotics research. Our robots are poised to break into the future mega-expansion service robot segment, with applications such as front of house, receptions, check-in desks, information points and PoS. We are a team of dedicated engineers and creatives striving to develop the very best experiences for our customers....