Senior Design Engineer

Main purpose of job role:

A hands-on senior design engineering role responsible for leading individual projects within a small Engineering team, overseeing work allocation and ensuring outputs are accurate and completed to agreed timescales. Provide technical support to Application Engineering, Sales and Manufacturing Departments.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Maintain a work schedule defining all project tasks and agreed timescales for significant orders of new products.
• Account Manager for an important established customer. Tracking activity from initial quote to final product release. e.g. quotes, visits and supplier audits, submitting sign-off paperwork.
• Assist in reviewing and improving the procedures and software used during New Product Introduction and Technical data management, e.g. transition to SharePoint, Vault.
• Prepare, review and approve drawings, technical specifications, reports etc.
• Analyse sales/customer requirements and prepare technical proposals, specifications, and drawings for tender.
• Detailed design calculations e.g. Tolerances/ Stress analysis, etc. Verification of calculations from Applications
• Develop methods for validating new products to ensure performance specifications are met.
• Prepare detailed engineering sign-off documentation, as per customer requested format, e.g. Databooks. Collate evidence of compliance to relevant design standards and codes.
• Monitor and control unit and project costs to meet profit targets and agreed budgets.
• Provide technical support to manufacturing, sales & customers.

Essential Qualifications:

HNC/ HND/ Degree in an Engineering Discipline

Desirable Qualifications / Experience:

• Autodesk Vault
• MathCAD
• DFMEA / PFMEA
• Experience supplying to Nuclear sector
• Experience with injection mouldings
• Pressure Vessel Design PD5500, ASME, PED
• FEA / CFD
• Project Management

Skills & Knowledge Required:

• Competent understanding of fluid mechanics theory and practise
• CAD and 3D Solid Modelling skills
• High degree of proficiency with Office - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint
• Minimum 4 years Industry experience

Experience Required:

• Entire design process from initial concept to production
• Fabrication and welding industry experience

Personal Skills Required:

• Excellent organisational skills & disciplined methodical approach to engineering tasks.
• Focused on meeting regulatory and customer specification requirements.
• Able to manage multiple projects and tasks simultaneously

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