Salary- £35,000- £42,000 per annum dependent on experience (please advise what you would be looking for)
Type- Permanent
Location- Wiltshire
My client design and manufacture products and systems and they are looking to take on a Production Design Engineer, on a permanent basis, in the Wiltshire area.
The Production Design Engineer will ideally have the following attributes:
- Qualification in Mechanical Engineering (HNC/ HND/ Degree or similar) ideally or have the equivalent work experience from time served with transferable skills
- 4 years’ or more experience working in a similar hands on role in an engineering production / manufacturing environment – have been involved in production, design and process improvement etc.
- 3D CAD skills with ideally the likes of SolidWorks, SolidEdge or similar and be able to read engineering drawings – they can help develop design skills if needed
- Previous experience in working with systems design, electronics, or PLC devices ideally
- Have experience in hands on testing, FMEA and development work
- Project engineering or management skills preferred
- Any hydraulic or pneumatic knowledge would be desirable but not essential
- Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
- Good MS Office skills are needed too
- Be able to work well alone as well as part of a team
- Being flexible to travel if required
- Working with the engineering and production team
- Offering production support as well as being involved in new design and R&D overall
- Utilising production, project management, CAD, testing and prototyping skills
- Using problem solving tools to help produce solutions for manufacturing
- Liaising between Engineering and Sales when needed for customer requirements on any quality issues
- Integrating design solutions into production
- Being involved in designing new systems and processes to ensure the cost efficient integration of new products
- Being involved in NPI
- Designing fixtures and tooling for assembly tasks
- Always supporting continuous improvement
- Creating design concepts when required using CAD from concept through to detailed design
- Undertaking FMEA, DFM and reliability studies
- Providing technical information to support other departments when needed