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Mechanical Design Engineer (SolidWorks & AutoCAD)

Mechanical Design Engineer with SolidWorks & AutoCAD experience for a well paid $100 - $130K Hamilton office based design role, for a highly reputable and growing Engineering firm in Hamilton. Immediate start is available for this well paid, well-supported...

Organisation
1st Call Recruitment
Location
Hamilton
Work type
perm
Category
General
Posted
30 Aug 2026

Job description

Mechanical Design Engineer with SolidWorks & AutoCAD experience for a well paid $100 - $130K Hamilton office based design role, for a highly reputable and growing Engineering firm in Hamilton.

Immediate start is available for this well paid, well-supported and very interesting Mechanical Design Engineer role for an experienced Mechanical Design Engineer who is highly competent with SolidWorks & AutoCAD..

Experience with producing a variety of one-off, bespoke Mechanical designs for stainless steel products to be milled, turned, fabricated and fitted is advantageous.

On offer to you are:

  • Very good salary and recognition of performance.
  • Flexible working hours between 6am-5pm & choice of 5 x 8 hr M-F days, or 4 x 9-hour days M-Th, with a half-day (4hrs) on Fridays.
  • A great, and active social club.
  • Interesting design work, where no two items are the same.
  • You are designing innovative mostly one-off stainless-steel items.

Our client is a very well-established and highly reputable jobbing workshop who is renowned for its ability to produce one-off components and full machines in stainless steel for a range of clients in New Zealand and Internationally.

They are seeking an experienced Mechanical Design Engineer who can think on their feet, solve any problems, and produce accurate designs using SolidWorks and AutoCAD.

Your skills & ideal experience sought being a Mechanical Design Engineer are:

  • You will have 5 or more years of applicable Mechanical Design Engineer experience.
  • A diploma, or degree, or time served experience as a Mechanical Design Engineer.
  • You will be adept at using SolidWorks & AutoCAD for a range of mechanical design work.
  • You will be very accustomed to producing highly accurate mechanical designs for mostly stainless steel components & stainless steel machines, augers, mixing paddles, bins & hoppers.
  • You will ideally have experience from the food & beverage industries or from other more industrial applications, that all require the design of stainless steel components & machines.
  • You will have a problem-solving aptitude, a can-do & will-do, collaborative & positive attitude to achieve great results

Our client does its very best to keep its workforce happy, and as a part of that there is a very active and fun social club.

They recognise performance, and where opportunities are available, & they develop their staff into other roles as may suit both parties at the time.

They have a well-kept, and up-to-date work environment, with, good systems, and they ensure their workforce has the best tools & machines at hand to produce the good work they do

This is a very good permanent role with a very good firm, whose business is expanding, so apply today!

Click Apply Now, or contact Patrick Baker, - patrick@1cr.co.nz - , or on 021563160 for a confidential discussion.

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