Senior Mechanical Engineer

Entech Technical Solutions
Kenn, North Somerset, Somerset, United Kingdom
Yesterday
£53,000 pa

Salary

£53,000 pa

Job Type
Permanent
Work Pattern
Full-time
Work Location
Hybrid
Seniority
Senior
Education
Degree
Posted
28 Apr 2026 (Yesterday)

Senior Mechanical Engineer

Salary up to £53K

Hybrid: 3 days working onsite in the offices in Clevedon, and 2 days working from home.

Responsibilities

Deliver best practice mechanical engineering of semiconductor manufacturing equipment.

Technical delivery of mechanical engineering expertise to a project, including subsystems, and technology developments.

Lead and guide 'Mechanical Engineering' activities across applicable projects

Advocate and support the adoption of best practice mechanical engineering to improve the delivery of the engineering function to time, cost, quality and specification, whilst ensuring the appropriate level of effective technical governance is in place for safety, compliance, quality and reliability.

Support the creation and distribution of work packages, often across multiple cross functional teams, guiding the project toward a successful passage through project milestones through to completion and volume production.

Ensure mechanical engineering of product development meets stakeholder and product requirements, and is compliant with relevant regulations, directives and standards, by design

Act as a role model for junior members of staff, helping in providing relevant training and ensure consistency and quality.

Requirements

Experience of mechanical engineering and design in a relatable engineering industry

Experience of design for x principles (x being manufacture, cost, assembly, maintainability etc)

Thorough knowledge and understanding of mechanical design engineering best practice

Ability to interpret requirements and technical deliverables and translate this into robust design solutions

Ability to focus on delivering to project milestones and timescales

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