At a Glance
- Tasks: Design and develop high-quality gas and steam turbine components in a hands-on role.
- Company: Join a leading engineering team in Newcastle with a collaborative culture.
- Benefits: Competitive rates, hybrid working, and long-term career potential.
- Other info: Opportunity for continuous improvement and innovative contributions in a dynamic environment.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in turbine manufacturing while enhancing your engineering skills.
- Qualifications: Mechanical engineering background with experience in gas or steam turbines.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
Mechanical Design Engineers – Gas / Steam turbine
Location: Newcastle (Hybrid – ~3 days on site)
Contract: 12 months initially (long-term potential)
IR35 Status: Outside IR35
Rate: Competitive / top rates available (to support co-location)
About the Role
We're looking for experienced Mechanical Design Engineers to support a major Gas turbine or Steam turbine manufacturing programme based in Newcastle. You'll join a collaborative and supportive team where your technical expertise will directly contribute to the successful delivery of high-quality turbine components and assemblies. This is a hands-on, high-impact role, working at the heart of manufacturing engineering.
You will be responsible for interpreting engineering requirements, analysing turbine data, and delivering practical technical solutions that support manufacturing, inspection, and assembly activities.
What You'll Be Doing
- Apply your turbine engineering knowledge to identify and mitigate technical risks within manufacturing processes.
- Collaborate closely with manufacturing, engineering, quality teams, and suppliers to resolve technical queries.
- Support manufacturing readiness, reviewing requirements and addressing production issues with practical solutions.
- Conduct and document technical investigations, concessions, lessons learned, and continuous improvement actions.
- Contribute innovative ideas to enhance manufacturing performance, quality, and delivery reliability.
What You'll Bring
- Strong foundation in mechanical engineering principles, applied to practical environment.
- Experience working with gas turbine or steam turbines.
- Proficiency in Siemens NX (essential).
- Experience in first-of-type manufacturing projects with aerospace-level standards and documentation (highly desirable).
The engineer must be eligible to work in the UK and successful candidates will undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS).
Design Engineer Gas Turbine in Newcastle upon Tyne employer: Belcan
Join a leading engineering firm in Newcastle as a Design Engineer for Gas Turbines, where you'll thrive in a collaborative and innovative environment. With a strong focus on employee growth, competitive rates, and a hybrid working model, this role offers the chance to make a significant impact on high-quality turbine manufacturing while enjoying a supportive work culture that values your expertise and contributions.
