Mechanical Design Engineer

Posted 12 January 2026
LocationCramlington
Job type Permanent
Industry Sector TechnicalManufacturing
ReferenceJ140100
Job FunctionProduction

Job description

The Rewards and Benefits on offer:

  • A Competitive basic salary

  • Company pension

  • Holiday allowance

  • Private Medical cover

  • Free onsite parking

  • A permanent role from day 1!

  • You will have the opportunity to work on a range of diverse and unique technical projects.

MTrec’s new opportunity:

MTrec recruitment are proudly representing our well-established engineering company based in Northumberland, specialising in the design, manufacture, and installation of advanced turnkey engineering solutions.

As a Mechanical Design Engineer, you will be involved in the end-to-end design and delivery of specialist products and collaborating with a range of integrated project teams to bring the clients requirement into reality.

If you are an experienced design engineer, looking for your next career move with a diverse and high-tech engineering business, apply now for an immediate response!

The Job you will do:

  • Review and understand all relevant contract information and data from the Proposal Team.

  • Review and comment to Line and/or Project Management on Project Costing, Scopes of Work and Project Schedules.

  • Assist the Engineering Manager, in determining the required execution strategy of the project taking account of project schedule.

  • Attend the project handover meeting and participate in a start-up meeting with the engineers assigned to the project from the Drawing Office and other engineering disciplines.

  • Ensure the completeness and on-time delivery of the Design scope of supply (i.e. calculations and documents) according to Contract requirements, Project requirements and all Engineering Office procedures and standards.

  • Monitor progress of allocated project activities within the Design Office scope of supply from a quality and time schedule point of view.

  • Initiate, implement and control corrective actions within the Design Office and report any schedule / cost / technical deviations.

  • Ensure feedback / lessons learnt from the project is communicated to the relevant Engineering parties or other disciplines within the organisation.

  • Provide any pertinent construction information to the Project Engineer for inclusion in the Operation, Installation & Maintenance manuals and, on request, review and comment of the same.

  • Provide any pertinent input to the Quality Engineer for the preparation of the project-specific Inspection and Test Plans.

  • Assist with the preparation of any other engineering deliverable as is required to support other function.

  • Conduct product training/transfer of knowledge, including generation and maintenance of training material, mentoring and support of departmental and team personal development goals.

About you:

  • Recognised Engineering Apprenticeship would be beneficial

  • HNC Engineering Discipline (or equivalent).

  • 3 years related Design Experience

  • Effective technical skills, including a good working knowledge of Autodesk Inventor, AutoCad, Ansys and Mathcad

  • Excellent communication & interpersonal skills.

  • Be able to technically represent their discipline in a multi-disciplined team.

  • Be able to effectively plan and control their own workload as dictated by project requirements. Be self-motivated and proactive in progressing the Engineering deliverables required for their projects.

  • Be willing to adapt to change.