Design Engineer | Plastics | Witney | £35,000pa - £45,000pa plus £8k bonus & benefits: An amazing opportunity has arisen for a Design Engineer to join a globally renowned manufacturer who have been leaders within their industry for decades. The successful Design Engineer will be joining a talented R&D team who are designing brand new products, from conception, into design, design modification and testing, and then being the design liaison with manufacturing. If you’re passionate about product design, then this opportunity is one not to be missed. Applications are welcome from a range of educational / technical backgrounds, you may have studied product design, engineering, or science and have a minimum of 3 years post University or studies design experience. Design Engineer Roles and Responsibilities: Carry out the design, delivery, modification and rectification of drawings for customer briefs Ensure all designs are thought through with a degree of FMEA carried out before manufacturing, reducing performance shortfalls Ensure the Design Plan maintains the view of product development Setting of milestone tracking for all project activities to ensure design costs are kept within budget Create a fully costed design brief as defined by the Product Management team. Ensure all costs, including labour input is recorded correctly Abide by company safety guidelines for example wearing appropriate PPE for testing The ideal Design Engineer will: Have a recognised degree in Engineering, Design, Physics or Chemistry Have previously been the design lead, with experience in product development, project management and project cost control Be able to design products using various CAD systems, ideally plastic components and injection moulded parts Experience / knowledge in Electronic systems, control or circuit design is desirable Working Hours & Benefits: Monday - Thursday: 09:00 - 17:00 Friday: 09:00 - 16:30 Annual Bonus £8,000 (paid quarterly based on targets) 25 Days Annual Leave One-hour unpaid lunch break (34.5 hours) Flexible working policies (core hours / distance flex - if applicable) Employer matched pension scheme (5%) Death in Service Scheme Cycle to work scheme On-site parking 'WeCare' well-being programme Training and Development Employee Discounts If you’re a Product Design Engineer, Product Designer or Design Engineer with experience in plastic product design, please send MARS Recruitment a copy of your CV for immediate review. MARS Recruitment is an equal opportunities employer and positively welcomes applications from suitably qualified applicants regardless of race, colour, sex, marital status, national origin, religion, age, disability, or any other protected status. Suitable candidates for the role will be contacted within 3 working days, unfortunately if you haven’t heard back in this time your application has been unsuccessful at this time. MARS Recruitment is a specialist Engineering & IT recruiter working in partnership with companies across the UK and offers services of both an Employment Business (for Temporary/Contract roles) and an Employment Agency (for Permanent roles)