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# Design Engineer

- **Company:** Jth Recruitment Ltd
- **Location:** Peterborough, UK
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** AutoCAD, Computer Literacy, SolidWorks (CAD), Value Engineering
- **Published:** August 25, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/design-engineer/57273737

## About the Role

3D SolidWorks trained and competent - industrial fabrication drawings

Previous experience in equipment & steelwork design and fabrication techniques

Minimum 3 years industrial experience

HNC / HND qualification in engineering

Dynamic, enthusiastic and flexible approach

Willing to travel (occasional need for UK and foreign site surveys)

Commercial awareness applied to designing - value engineering approach

Excellent people skills and clear communicator with the ability to form strong team bonds

Computer literate with working knowledge of the following:-

SolidWorks (Weldments, sheet-metal, part modelling, piping, stress analysis)

AutoCAD

The ideal candidate will have experience in:-

 * Food machinery design
 * Hygienic food-safe solutions
 * Fabrication processes
 * CE marking, machinery directive and guarding requirements
 * Conversant with 2D & 3D

## Description

Working under own initiative, with support from our close-knit Project Engineering team, fulfilling "inception to completion" design and draughting requirements for food processing lines.

Developing models and fabrication drawings. Sheet-metal formations and structural steelwork. Working to and delivering highly hygienic (food safe) design standards., * Site survey of operating areas

 * Steelwork design, load bearing calculations, fabrication drawings.
 * Access walkways and staircase design and fabrication drawings.
 * Documented risk assessments for the specific solutions and the interacting layout.
 * Process layout refinement and design of interconnecting transfer chutes etc.
 * Identify foot-loadings for interaction with construction companies.
 * Identify utility connection points for the process layout.
 * Receive "as installed" layouts from the installing engineer and update as necessary


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