Overview: Further to ongoing sustained business growth, we are working closely with one of our manufacturing partners to appoint a Design Engineer with experience in 3D CAD to be developed within tooling & product design.
Benefits:
* Travel allowance
* Enhanced sick pay following first year of employment
* Health cash plan enrolment with company contributions
* Life insurance cover
* Income protection insurance cover
* Member of cycle to work and electric vehicle salary sacrifice schemes
* Access to independent financial advice
* Long service additional holiday entitlement
* 36.5-hour working week (early finish on Friday)
* Extensive training and development opportunities
Remit:
* Exciting opportunity for an ambitious Design Engineer to work closely with design, production, & commercial delivery departments to provide technical expertise with the company's product & tooling manufacturing capabilities.
* This role is suitable for someone early in their design career who enjoys hands-on CAD work and aims to grow in a collaborative, engineering-led environment.
* The successful candidate will benefit from a fully mapped out training & development plan with a clear progression pathway, emphasizing staff development.
Role:
* Design and develop in-house products from concept to production.
* Optimize customer-supplied designs using DFM principles.
* Create and maintain 3D CAD models and 2D technical drawings.
* Collaborate with tooling, production, and quality teams to ensure design feasibility and cost-effectiveness.
* Communicate technical recommendations clearly.
* Maintain design documentation and the drawing office database.
* Participate in design reviews and improvement initiatives.
Experience Requirements:
* HND/Degree in Product Design, Mechanical Engineering, or similar.
* Experience with 3D CAD (SolidWorks preferred; training provided for similar packages).
* Industry or placement experience in design/engineering.
* Knowledge of mechanical design and DFM principles.
* Strong communication, teamwork, and attention to detail.
* Experience and appreciation of injection moulding is an advantage.
* Understanding of materials and processes for volume manufacturing.
* Awareness of CADCAM, prototyping, or CNC tooling.
Key Words: “3D CAD”, “Product Design”, “Design Engineer”, “Application Engineer”, “Design & Development Engineer”, Graduate, “Design Engineering”, “Industrial Design”, SolidWorks, SolidEdge, CADCAM, Catia, “Graduate Engineer”, “Graduate Design”.
Note:
* This job is active; applications are being considered.
* Due to high application volume, only successful candidates meeting the requirements will be contacted within 10 working days.
* Applicants must be eligible to work and live in the UK.
Sierra 57 Consult - Technical Engineering & Manufacturing Recruitment Specialist - Plastics, Packaging & Precision Engineering.
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