Through our vital research, the National Physical Laboratory is helping support scientific and commercial innovations, international trade, environmental protection and health and wellbeing. As our Senior Engineer you’ll be joining our Engineering Manufacture group, this role will have a strong focus on costing and estimation. This is a full-time role based in Teddington.
What you’ll be doing:
* Working directly with internal customers and the design team focusing on requirements, understanding what is important to them quickly, and ensuring successful delivery for the department and the customer.
* Collaborating within the Engineering Department supporting design and project activities
* Using your knowledge and experience in engineering manufacturing and estimating techniques to assess manufacturing projects, working from CAD models, drawings and written specifications to produce manufacturing plans, develop cost estimates, budgets and delivery schedules.
* Developing detailed methods for the manufacture of bespoke one-off/ low batch number mechanical manufacturing projects, in a research-led environment.
* Working with manufacturing engineering technicians to ensure successful delivery of projects, products and components to cost, schedule and quality.
* Maintaining and developing relationships with key sub-contract suppliers
Please note, this role will be known internally as ‘Senior Engineer’.