Design Engineer
Posted a week ago by Terry Parris Associates
Job Title: Design Engineer
Location: Crawley
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: £53 – 58K DOE
Shift: Monday to Friday: 08:45 – 17:15 (as a minimum)
Job Description
- Mechanical design for the integration of a full range of UV drying equipment and other products, using CAD programmes.
- Compiling parts lists and maintaining drawing records following the strict technical office procedures without deviation.
- To offer a practical approach – working with our team of assembly and test technicians as required.
- To offer creative thinking within cost and time restraints.
- The ability to work on several projects simultaneously meeting tight deadlines.
- Respond quickly to internal and external customer requests.
- Maintain a well-organised working area.
- Visits to customers’ sites both in the UK and overseas as necessary to gain engineering information.
- Ability to explain the integration of our systems clearly to our customers whilst on site.
- Liaising with customers to ensure adequate flow of information for orders acknowledged, service requirements related to problems, and any other issues as requested.
- To provide practical and cost-effective solutions to design change and modification for individual order requirements.
- To offer a forward thinking and self-motivated approach to all duties you perform.
- Record information in a logical manner.
- Controlling the issue level on BOMs within our MRP system, ensuring these follow the agreed descriptor control procedures and methodology accordingly.
- Liaising with suppliers to obtain quotations using detailed drawings released within the Vault (Engineering Data Management System).
- Provision of technical support to customers and internal sales/service departments. This may be by telephone, fax, e-mail, and, where required, hands on in the factory or on site in the UK/worldwide.
Essential Skills, Experience & Qualifications:
Mechanical Engineering degree (must be BEng or MEng - Mechanical based rather than BSc Product Design / Manufacturing Design etc.)
Experience of a Design Software (e.g. 2D: AutoCAD, 3D: Inventor, Solid Works, Catia or equivalent) (our operational CAD system is Inventor Suite 2021– with 3D: Autodesk Inventor & AutoCAD Mechanical desk top (for older 2D drawings))
Experience working in a design role (with 8-10yrs’ design experience) in an industrial environment.
Recent experience of design engineering work (not just reverse engineering or project management)
Machinery design (e.g. conveyor systems, bearing, linkages, mechanisms, packaging machinery or other 3-phase machinery)
Provide practical, creative, and cost-effective solutions to design change / modification
Multi-task with simultaneous projects meeting tight cost and time restraints (often a week or less)
Must speak clear, fluent English (written and verbal)
Must be free to travel worldwide with no restrictions
Advantageous Skills, Experience & Qualifications:
Experience with Autodesk Vault v2015 onwards
Relevant design experience with sheet metal work / electro/mechanical machinery / special purpose machinery for mechanical handling processes (welding / pick & place machinery / manufacturing line machinery / bakery machines etc)
Interest in mechanical / engineering hobbies (e.g. building models, vehicle maintenance, serious home improvements…)
Foreign language ability
TPA are a specialist recruitment agency recruiting on behalf of our client. If you think you are a close fit for this position, please do apply and we will also register you for any upcoming positions that may be suitable.
- Type:
- Permanent
- Start Date:
- ASAP
- Contract Length:
- N/A
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- Job Reference:
- 556416
- Job ID:
- 222017252
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