Design Engineer

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Design Engineer The Opportunity: Working within the existing design team of this quality British designed and manufactured product, the Mechanical Design Engineer will be responsible for the design, engineering and specification of all new products. You will also work on improving the design and maintenance of the existing product range, and any modifications as may become necessary. Design for manufacture experience is vital to your success in this fabulous Design Engineer’s position. The Opportunity: * Work closely with the Technical Engineering Manager, design and development department taking products from conception to detailed engineering drawings for manufacture. * Determine manufacturing methods for engineering designs accounting for both in – house and external manufacture capabilities. * Ensure that tolerance analysis is carried out during the design process, allowing for ease of manufacture, product function and eliminating tolerance build up issues during product manufacture and assembly. * Work with all departments involved in the NPD program, in particular, Development, Production Engineering & Purchasing, ensuring design for manufacture is implemented prior to product handover. * Work with the Production Engineering department to optimise designs to reduce costs, increase efficiency and maintain product quality. * Ensure Bill of Materials spreadsheets are generated during the design process enabling Production Engineering to generate product manufacturing costs. * Ensure new product progress feedback sheets are filled out and kept up to date. Preferred Skills: Minimum of 2 years experience working as a Mechanical Design Engineer. * Either degree educated or a proven engineering background with a strong bias to mechanical engineering. * Demonstrated ability in product development from initial prototype to mass production. * Sheet metal manufacture experience and knowledge of sheet metal processes would be ideal. * Proven experience of working with Solid Edge Solid Works. Associated Benefits: A competitive salary of £36500 Company Pension Scheme, 5% contributory Salary Sacrifice scheme. Working Hours: 8.30-5 Monday to Friday Meridian Business Support is a recruitment specialist acting on behalf of our client as an Employment Agency for this vacancy
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Location:
Clyst St Mary
Salary:
£36,500 - £38,500 /annum Pension, Life Assurance, Hybrid Work
Job Type:
FullTime
Category:
Engineering

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