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