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Technical Recruitment Consultant @ Emotiv Technical Recruitment | Automotive, manufacturing, IT recruitment expert
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. Collaborating with both internal and external customers to ensure robust, efficient, and manufacturable designs that meet project and client need.
NATURE OF THE WORK
* Mechanical system design and development for shades, including but not limited to blinds and facades
* New Product Introduction from concept to production
* Working with the internal team, as well as clients, suppliers, manufacturers and contractors
* 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, particularly in relation to moving parts
* 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
* Extremely resourceful.
* Strong interpersonal and customer-facing skills, able to build effective relationships with clients, suppliers, and contractors.
* 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 to deliver results
* Meticulous record keeper who ensures everyone delivers on their commitments.
* Pragmatic problem solver who always gets the job done.
* Practical, hands‑on problem solver with a track record of delivering mechanical solutions in construction.
Knowledge & Experience
* Strong background in mechanical engineering for construction products (ideally with moving parts such as doors, windows, and façades).
* CAD and CAM software, (SolidWorks preferred)
* Design for Manufacture & Assembly
* Experience collaborating with construction product manufacturers.
* Modern Methods of Manufacture (CNC/CAM, Additive, Laser Processing, Robotics and special purpose machines)
* Experience working with architectural and engineering drawings to integrate mechanical solutions into building projects.
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Design, Manufacturing, and Engineering
Industries
Staffing and Recruiting, Construction, and Design Services
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