Manufacturing Design Engineer
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Job Title: Manufacturing Design Engineer
Location: Sharston Unit 3
Reporting to: Principal Design Engineer
Hours of Work: 7:00-15:30 (Predominantly) Mon - Fri
To be carried out in accordance with company operating procedures, specified standards, health and safety policy.
Main Responsibilities
- To perform general Design office duties.
- Design of production components and relevant tooling.
- Reverse engineer components for product improvements or changes.
- To create CAD drawings in accordance with company standards.
- To process relevant CAD files in accordance with company procedures.
- To liaise with other departments for component/tooling manufacture.
- To create general production drawings and setup sheets to aid manufacture.
- To create documentation to support the design and certification of projects.
- To have the ability to work those hours necessary to complete the task in hand.
- To support and operate equipment.
- To ensure work areas are maintained to a safe standard.
- To attend meetings as and when required.
- To attend any training programs internal or external.
- To make management aware of any issues that may affect operations.
Key Competencies
- Must be competent user of Autodesk PowerShape/PowerInspect.
- Time served apprenticeship within a regulated manufacturing industry, minimum HNC/HND level in design related field or hold related experience in Aerospace/Automotive design.
- Design for manufacture experience essential.
- Design for assembly experience an advantage.
- Experience of injection moulded, vacuum formed, sheets metal and CNC parts essential.
- Reverse engineering experience using laser scanner or CMM an advantage.
- Sufficient engineering capability and experience to create effective engineering solutions from design to manufacture.
- Solidworks experience an advantage.
- Expected to work to tight deadlines.
- Effective Oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to work with a low level of supervision.
- Ability to carry out some occasional travel to various sites in Europe.
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