Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

Our clientOur client is a design-led, high-volume manufacturer based in Teesside, currently undergoing significant investment and growth. Engineering sits at the heart of the business, with a strong track record of bringing innovative, well-engineered products to market at scale. With ambitious plans for long-term market leadership, the company continues to invest heavily in product development capability, infrastructure, and people.The opportunity

This is a senior-level mechanical design role with genuine influence across a busy and robust new product development pipeline. You will play a leading role in taking products from early concept through to manufacture, working from first principles and closely collaborating with a large, established Design & Engineering function.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading mechanical design activities across multiple new product development projects
• Designing from first principles, producing robust 3D models, detailed 2D drawings, and engineering calculations
• Performing FEA analysis to validate and optimise designs
• Working closely with manufacturing, procurement, and suppliers to ensure design for manufacture and design for cost
• Supporting prototyping, testing, and validation using in-house facilities
• Creating and maintaining BOMs and supporting configuration tools to enable efficient manufacture
• Applying a strong understanding of manufacturing processes
• Playing a visible role in continuous improvement of engineering standards, processes, and best practice
• Reporting directly into the Head of Engineering and contributing to technical direction and decision-making

About you

You will be an experienced mechanical design engineer with a strong background in new product development within an engineering or manufacturing environment. Comfortable working with responsibility and autonomy, you will combine analytical rigour with practical, hands-on engineering capability.

You are likely to have:

• Significant experience in mechanical design for manufactured products
• Proven ability to design from first principles
• Strong proficiency in SolidWorks (or similar), including FEA and PDM
• High competence in GD&T and detailed drawing creation
• Experience designing components and assemblies for:
  • Plastic injection moulding
  • Aluminium or plastic extrusion
  • Castings
  • Sheet metal
• A solid understanding of materials selection and mechanical engineering fundamentals
• Experience of working in high-volume or industrialised manufacturing environments
• A degree or HNC/HND in an engineering discipline
• Strong communication skills and the confidence to work cross-functionally

Apply now

If you're looking for a senior design role where engineering genuinely matters - and where you can see your designs move from concept into high-volume production - we'd love to hear from you.

Apply now to start a confidential conversation and learn more about this opportunity in Teesside.