Role: Graduate Designer or Design Engineer
Salary: £25,000 to £30,000 per annum, plus benefits and career growth opportunities
Hours: 8am 4.30pm Monday to Friday
Location: Alfreton Area, easily commutable from Mansfield, Nottingham, Derby, Belper, Ashbourne, Bakewell, Worksop, Sheffield, Newark-on-Trent, Loughborough or Burton upon Trent.
Company: This highly successful manufacturing company designs a wide range of solutions using Injection Moulding, Vacuum Forming, Metal & Plastic Extrusion and fabrication processes. Through continued growth, the business is now seeking to recruit a mechanically focused Graduate Designer or Design Engineer with AutoCAD or SolidWorks CAD experience.
The Role & Responsibilities: Working as part of their small & highly regarded Design & Development team, the role has a wide range of duties that will be introduced & expanded on over time. The Graduate Designer will work under the guidance of the experienced Design Manager and will need to demonstrate an enthusiastic & proactive approach to work.
For the first 6-9 months, the Graduate Designer will grow their knowledge & detailed understanding of the company’s wide product range. The work will focus on supporting the business by undertaking product branding & printing projects (utilising Excel & Publisher software) as well as calculating & communicating cost estimations for clients requiring bespoke changes to the standard products (utilising Excel & AutoCAD).
After this initial period, the Graduate Designer’s responsibilities will expand through assigned work & projects, growing across the design department to include design changes, product development & improvements, design for manufacturing, new product design, and the associated processes and procedures needed for success.
Good communication & teamwork skills are essential as the Graduate Designer will work with others across the company, with external suppliers, and clients.
Preferred Knowledge & Skills:
1. Graduate or experienced Designer or Design Engineer with AutoCAD or SolidWorks experience.
2. Good Mechanical knowledge, ideally including design calculations (e.g., Stress or Load Bearings).
3. Ability to create accurate drawings & utilise calculations for design or manufacturing.
4. Ability to design and manage projects, initially under guidance.
5. Experience of programming CAM software, Injection moulding, Vacuum forming, Metal and plastic extrusions, or Aluminium fabrication is useful but not essential.
6. Good knowledge of general engineering principles.
7. Good computer skills, ideally including Word, Excel, Publisher or similar software packages.
This role represents an exciting opportunity to join a superb manufacturing business at an exciting time in their history. If the role sounds of interest, please apply now and send your most up to date CV to Alec at TechNichols Resourcing to be considered. Or call TechNichols Resourcing and speak with Alec for further information.
We will endeavour to get back to all applicants, but if you have not heard back within 5 working days, unfortunately, your application has been unsuccessful.
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