Following internal movements from within the department, we are currently recruiting a Design Engineer to join our busy design team based in Littleport.
As a Design Engineer, you will be expected to provide day-to-day support to the design team on both hardware and umbilical/cable design activities, making key technical decisions commensurate with your experience. You will be experienced in Autodesk software packages, specifically Autodesk Inventor, AutoCAD and Vault, and have the ability to adapt to bespoke/non-standard software packages.
You will be responsible for generating documentation and designs, including calculations and reports for commercial projects.
Your main duties will be to:
* Conduct detailed design engineering for new projects, collaborating with other departments to ensure understanding of all customer/project requirements and to support the Proposals, Purchasing, Project Management, Quality and Production teams.
* Produce economic engineered solutions, considering all aspects from materials to manufacturability, whilst satisfying all customer and internal requirements. Liaise with suppliers on technical and engineering matters.
* Operate CAD packages and design software, maintaining files and working environment in an orderly and safe fashion conforming to JDR procedures. Produce design calculations and reports in support of hardware designs.
* Formulate good working relationships with customers and suppliers, communicating with the Senior Design Engineer frequently and keep them fully informed at all times. Taking ownership of meeting internal and external deadlines.
* Supporting on-site manufacturing and product assembly teams to ensure quality, cost and delivery objectives are achieved.
You will ensure full compliance, during all engineering and related activities, with regard to sound engineering practice and adherence to relevant internal and external procedures, guidelines, and standards.
Adept at working with others, you will communicate openly and well to ensure that any design issues are dealt with efficiently and effectively, ensuring a high level of accuracy is present in all design output. Accuracy and attention to detail must be a particular strength as you will be writing and reviewing procedures and processes on an on-going basis, including reviewing client documentation. With an analytical and problem-solving mentality, you will have a continuous adherence to sound engineering practices.
You should enjoy working in a diverse and supportive team environment, with the ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously.