Applications Engineer (Mechanical)

Mechanical Applications Engineer

Ripley, Derbyshire

£30,000 - £50,000 DOE + Bonus + Private Healthcare + 5% Matched Pension

Permanent | Full-Time | Office Based Preferred

Are you a mechanically biased engineer who enjoys the technical side of developing solutions, but also likes working with customers and seeing projects through from initial enquiry?

Recruit 2 You are working with an established and growing engineering business looking to recruit a Mechanical Applications Engineer to join its Sales and Engineering team.

This is a varied role sitting between engineering and technical sales, where you'll take customer requirements and help turn them into practical, commercially viable engineered solutions.

You'll be involved from initial enquiry and concept development through to costing, technical proposals and contract award, working on bespoke equipment for customers across the Energy and Process sectors.

What you'll be doing

As Mechanical Applications Engineer, you will:

Review customer specifications, drawings and technical requirements

Develop concept designs and preliminary engineering solutions

Carry out mechanical engineering calculations to support proposals

Prepare technical documentation, sketches and specifications for costing

Support proposals for bespoke equipment including pressure equipment, heat exchangers, piping systems, structural frames, filtration systems, modular skids and noise control equipment

Liaise with suppliers to obtain technical information and pricing

Coordinate internal and external cost estimates

Produce bid cost sheets and detailed technical proposals

Identify alternative engineering solutions where appropriate

Work closely with Sales, Engineering, Project, Quality and Supply Chain teams

Provide technical support to both internal teams and customers

Attend customer meetings within the UK and occasionally overseas

Support product development and continuous improvement activities

What we're looking for

We're particularly interested in candidates with experience in Applications Engineering, Proposals Engineering, Technical Sales or a mechanically focused engineering role involving customer specifications and technical solutions.

You'll ideally have:

At least 2 years' experience within Applications Engineering, ...