Mechanical Design Engineer

Mechanical Design Engineer - Antwerp, Belgium - 12-Month Contract

Our client, a leading partner to pharmaceutical, biotech and nutrition markets, has an exciting opening for a Mechanical Design Engineer for their new Capex investment project. As a scientific and technology innovator, this is a superb opportunity to onboard as our client continues to make strides towards a healthier world for all.

Responsibilities :

• Starts his / her designs by listening to the "customer".
• Organises design review meetings as appropriate during the design phase.
• Will subject the actual construction of the prototype to the prior formal approach of both the customer and the management.
• Looks into the safety of the designs as a prime focus. Following the safety aspects, he / she also gives attention to the ecological and environmental aspects of the concepts such as reduced noise levels.
• Formulates, as needed and in function of his involvement in cross functional teams, proposals for improvements to existing mechanisms.
• Performs at a high functional level, robustness and maintenance friendliness are equally obvious concerns.
• Identifies in the conceptual phase the wear parts and minimises these with a balance in mind between investment and repair and maintenance costs.
• Produces proper assembly and detailed drawings as well as parts list of each design made.
• Disposes of a fair working knowledge of machine shop operations to make economically justified design decisions by him / herself.
• Asks prices where needed for fabrication and trade purchase items.
• Performs a close follow up of the ordered parts as they are delivered to ensure quality of component parts.

Qualifications

If this role is of interest to you, please apply now!

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