Mechanical Design Engineer


Company:	Meridian Business Support
Salary:	£40,000 to £40,000 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Exeter, EX2 7HF
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	10 Sept 2026
Closing date:	9 Oct 2026

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Summary

The Opportunity:

Working within the existing design team of this quality British designed and manufactured product, the Mechanical Design Engineer will be responsible for the adaption of existing designs on a really broad product range which is manufactured on site. In addition to your responsibilities as a Mechanical Design Engineer, you will work closely with the wider R&D team making recommendations for process improvements.

The Role:

- Product design and development – Accountable for design updates of existing products from initial concept through to manufacture, ensuring designs meet customer, technical, functional, quality and cost requirements

- Design for manufacture – Ensure products are designed for efficient, repeatable and cost – effective manufacture and assembly

- Cross-functional collaboration – Work closely with new product development teams, Production Engineering, Quality, Purchasing and Marketing to ensure successful product design implementation

- Project support and delivery – Accountable for being the technical support for R&D initiative projects, ensuring that project deadlines are met, relevant stakeholders are involved and project progress is reported

- Design risk management – Identify, assess and mitigate design risks throughout existing product design updates

- Engineering standards – Ensure designs comply with engineering standards, legislation and company procedures, liaising with the new product development stakeholders

- Continuous improvement – Provide design support for manufacturing departments within the business for optimisation, continuous improvement and cost reduction projects

Preferred Skills:

- 5 years experience in a sheet metal or manufacturing business as a Design Engineer

- Degree or HND in Mechanical Design or a related Engineering discipline

- A strong understanding of sheet metal manufacturing processes, materials and tolerances would be highly beneficial as some of the role will also involve process improvement.

- Proven experience of working with 3D CAD packages and generating 2D technical drawings (ideally a knowledge of SolidEdge).

Associated Benefits:

A competitive salary of £40000 dependent on experience

Company Pension Scheme, 5% contributory

Salary Sacrifice scheme.

Working Hours:

8.00-4.30 Monday to Friday

Meridian Business Support is a recruitment specialist acting on behalf of our client as an Employment Agency for this vacancy.

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