Resident Engineer Mechanical

Job Responsibilities:

• designing and implementing cost-effective equipment modifications to help improve safety and reliability

• developing a project specification with colleagues, often including those from other engineering disciplines

• developing, testing and evaluating theoretical designs

• discussing and solving complex problems with manufacturing departments, sub-contractors, suppliers and customers

• making sure a product can be made reliably and will perform consistently in specified operating environments

• managing projects using engineering principles and techniques

• planning and designing new production processes

• producing details of specifications and outline designs

• recommending modifications following prototype test results

• using research, analytical, conceptual and planning skills, particularly mathematical modelling and computer-aided design

• considering the implications of issues such as cost, safety and time constraints

• working with other professionals, within and outside the engineering sector

• Monitoring and commissioning plant and systems.

Skills required:

• Effective technical skills

• The ability to work under pressure

• Problem-solving skills

• Creativity

• Interpersonal skills

• Verbal and written communication skills

• Commercial awareness

• Team working skills.