Mechanical design engineer to support your design office

One more engineer in your team, without hiring

Peak workload, a project starting up, a skill missing for a few weeks: rather than hiring or sending the work to a contractor, you bring an independent mechanical design engineer into your design office. He works with your tools, standards and team, and takes a technical subject from scoping to the agreed deliverables.

Looking for a mechanical design office in Montpellier?

If you need to strengthen your design office, or move forward a design topic your team has no time for, that is exactly Volk Engineering's role. The work takes place at your premises, in Montpellier, Nîmes, the Hérault, the Gard and more widely in Occitanie; surveys, meetings and manufacturing follow-up are done on site.

On site or remote

• At your premises — full-time for a period, or a few days a week on an agreed schedule.
• Remote — on your software, with the licence and access (VPN, database, PDM) you provide: your files stay in your environment.
• Both — on site for kick-off, surveys and reviews, remote for the engineering work itself.

What you can entrust

• Mechanical design and CAD — parts, assemblies and sub-assemblies, welded structures, sheet metal.
• Detailed drawings and technical drawing — definition and manufacturing drawings, ISO dimensioning, geometric tolerances, bills of materials.
• Special machines — machine bases, frames, conveyors, lifting and handling, tooling, test benches.
• Integration in constrained environments — sensors, wired equipment, brackets and routing.
• Calculations and sizing — strength of materials, choice of thicknesses and reinforcements (ANSYS, RDM Le Mans).
• Rework of existing models — corrections, upgrades, technical files.

For a part without drawings to be surveyed at your site, see on-site industrial reverse engineering. For full project management, see the independent project manager.

Demanding design office experience

• Aerospace — two years on helicopter programmes: integration of boxes, harnesses, brackets and fasteners, drawings to the manufacturer's standards.
• Nuclear (ITER project) — one year integrating sensors and their routing in the tokamak, in highly constrained areas, technical reviews in English.
• Special machines and heavy fabrication — large frames, industrial conveyors, a lifting machine for operator ergonomics, equipment for nuclear research.
• Education — master's in Mechanical Engineering, industrial product design and development track, after a BTS in industrial product design.

On your software and your standards

CATIA V5 and V4, SolidWorks, Creo: models and drawings are produced in your environment, with your templates, naming rules and internal standards. No conversion, no rework: deliverables go straight into your database.

Frequently asked questions

How much does a support mechanical engineer cost?

It depends on the duration, location and level of autonomy required. The day rate or fixed price is stated in the proposal, after a first discussion about the assignment.

Is this outsourced design office work?

It is support: the work stays with you, in your tools and under your management, and the engineer joins your team for the duration of the assignment.

Can you work remotely?

Yes, provided I have access to your software and systems: licence, VPN, database or PDM. Your data thus stays in your system.

What is the minimum length of an assignment?

There is no minimum: a few days on a specific topic, or several months.

Do our documents stay confidential?

Yes. Nothing is shared or reused, and a non-disclosure agreement can be signed before the first technical discussion.