JOB TITLE: Design Engineer
RESPONSIBLE TO: Engineering Manager
LOCATION: Flexible (Warwick HQ, occasional national and international travel)
OBJECTIVE: To execute engineering work at a high level of competence and constantly refine engineering processes and methods.
NATURE OF THE WORK
* New Product Introduction, System Design and Development
* Design of Production Equipment
* Working with architectural and engineering drawings
* Design of experiments and modelling system behaviour
* Broad experience and understanding of an array of manufacturing techniques
* Training and developing junior engineers
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
* Maintaining consistently high-quality output from the engineering department by leading concept generation and design activities, providing engineering support to all parts of the business.
* Oversight of major projects & Leading manufacturing processes and technology improvement activities
* Defining, maintaining, and improving engineering and business processes in line with industry best practice.
* Launch feasibility studies for new project requests.
* Provide innovative and robust designs to new projects as well as new products to be mass-manufactured.
* Apply manufacturing engineering / design for manufacture expertise to creating efficient manufacturing methods and tools for existing and new products.
* Mentor, support, and train junior engineers.
* Maintain and improve internal engineering processes.
* Troubleshooting manufacturing, product performance, and installation issues.
* Design of experiments to evaluate and characterise component and system performance and behaviour.
* Ensure project documents are complete, current, and appropriately stored and shared.
* Identify risks and plan for successful delivery.
* Advise the Specification team on our delivery capabilities and collaborate with pitching team to win new projects.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Skills & Characteristics
* Strong interpersonal skills and extremely resourceful.
* Exceptional time management and organisation skills with the ability to juggle multiple tasks at once.
* A good communicator with effective stakeholder management & conflict resolution skills.
* Be a good team player and an effective leader who motivates colleagues to work together.
* Meticulous record keeper who ensures everyone delivers on their commitments.
* Pragmatic problem solver who always gets the job done.
Knowledge & Experience
* CAD and CAM software, (SolidWorks preferred)
* Design for Manufacture / Design for Assembly
* Modern Methods of Manufacture (CNC/CAM, Additive, Laser Processing, Robotics and special purpose machines)
* Mechanical System Design
* Leading engineering development activities – FMEA, Concept and Design Reviews, New Product Introduction, Risk Registers etc