Job Ref: 215343481

Date: 2021-12-08 12:16:59

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Our well established and respected client has a permanent vacancy for a Design Engineer to provide special product design proposals to satisfy the customer’s technical and commercial constraints whilst ensuring conformance to safety, quality and relevant National and International standards.

You will work closely with all Manufacturing functions to ensure designs align with corporate best practice and are engineered for efficient manufacture at the Milton Keynes facility.

The role:

Support the company in its growth of special engineered products by working closely with Sales and all current and potential customers.

Obtain all data necessary to prepare the quotation and engineered solution of a customer’s project by liaising with External Sales, direct with customers, vendors and internal departments.

Design special products using CAD from conception through to detailed design in accordance with BS 8888 and company standards.

Seek to provide solutions that reduce both the product and manufacturing environmental impact through the complete product life cycle.

Ensure design solutions are safe for manufacturing operatives, installers/integrators, end users, maintenance operatives and end of life decommissioning.

Calculate product costs based on the corporation policy.

Checking of colleagues’ work.

Ensure ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 policies and procedures are adhered to.

The Person:

Mechanical Engineering qualification to HNC / HND level minimum 3+ years design experience of:

Jigs, fixtures, tooling, mechatronics or special purpose machines

OR

Electrical or electro-pneumatic controls within industrial automation

Electrical knowledge (Basic principles)

3-D modelling experience

Dynamic, seeks out opportunities for improvement, delivers solutions

To be able to manage a dynamic workload and have a flexible approach to the role

Work well as an individual or within a group

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Desired skills and experience:

Understanding of electro-pneumatic control including circuit diagrams

Design of control panels

Knowledge of serial interface communication

Electrical drives and control experience

PLC / micro-controller programming

Due to the large number of responses we receive it is not always possible to respond to every application. We will only contact those candidates short-listed for this role. If you have not heard from us within 7 days please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion. If you wish to apply for further roles please do so. We will retain your details on file and contact you should a suitable vacancy become available

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