Junior Design Engineer We here at Work Lyf Group have a position available for a Junior Design Engineer within a well established design department for our client based in the bespoke automotive and design industry. The position will be primarily focused on developing new and existing products as well as managing multiple bespoke design projects, mindful of commercial and program constraints. Design and Development is defined as: Designing systems, processes, methodologies as well as component and vehicle designs to enhance the overall performance and visual of our range of vehicles for the customer and environment and the management of design and implementation of new product ranges. Transforming concepts into prototypes for testing, validating and improvement for ultimately mass volume production. This includes designing to meet costs, timing and quality requirements. Salary: £25,000.00-£35,000.00 per year DOE Benefits: Company pension Bereavement leave Childcare Company events Company pension Free flu jabs Free or subsidised travel Free parking On-site parking Sick pay Experience: Design Engineer: 1 years (preferred) Production/Manufacturing: 1 year (preferred) Project Management (preferred) SolidWorks: 1 years (preferred) AutoCAD: 1 years (preferred) Responsibilities Include: Manage projects in a timely manner and in line with the companies wider goals. Producing designs and drawings, both physically & electronically that are required, tailored to meet the customers requirements. To ensure design quality is followed & of an exceptional standard. Ensure designs are in line with legislation and Bodybuilder guidelines. Testing procedures with hands on experience. To be involved with Type Approval & Quality. Job Requirements: Working experience of using Solidworks & Auto CAD. Good attention to detail & high standards of quality. Experience of working with Solidworks or other CAD software. Excellent communication skills. Ability to meet deadlines and prioritise workloads Deliver the agreed engineering objectives established in the Weekly meetings and considering the organisations longer-term objectives. Implement and manage continuous improvement principals by highlighting deficiencies and recommending changes in training, working practices and processes. Contribute to the creation and implementation of best practice engineering vision, strategy, policies, processes and procedures to aid and improve operational performance Ability to capture and specify the design requirements and the development needed to deliver successful products and components to meet/exceed the customers specifications Creation of a range of 2D drawings and 3D models for a number of proposal/production and development systems, products, and components using CAD, preferably Solidworks. Liaise closely with all departments to fully understand design requirements Create initial feasibility studies Conceptualise new designs and design revisions Create detailed costed design blueprints Provide support to production to improve lead times Improve reliability performance to reduce or eliminate warrantable issues in the field Deal with parts suppliers, involving Purchasing where necessary Design in-line with UK/EU/International standards and legislation 2D and 3D CAD to produce designs, drawings and models Analyse issues to resolve issues, for example stresses, using tools such as Finite Element Analysis (FEA), Failure Mode and Effect Analysis(FMEA) Drive forward product development, innovation and think outside the box to generate engineering advantage for customers, thinking creatively to develop new/improved solutions Ensure that the function operates in accordance with any health, safety and environmental policies and procedures to ensure the safety and wellbeing of staff and visitors Assign engineering resources to New Product Development (NPD) and technology projects and strategy Stay current and up to date on any technology changes that may affect engineering design and development and advise others of any impact Contribute to new business initiatives and projects and review and communicate the impact on engineering activities Skills and Attributes: Broad experience of working in an automotive environment Able to demonstrate experience of working with relevant products Process driven Comfortable with hands-on engineering and possess strong knowledge of production processes Good eye for small details A representative of best practice Excellent communication skills Integrity and strong commercial capability Ability to build strong relationships Qualifications and Experience Levels: Able to demonstrate experience of working within design and development function Strong working knowledge of 2D and 3D CAD Experience of New Product Introduction, reworking design changes and upgrades through to production Experience of testing and prototyping Membership of an industry related Professional Body would be advantageous Overall Ensure that Health, Safety and Environmental requirements are adhered to. Implement and manage continuous improvement principals by highlighting deficiencies and recommending changes in training, working practices and processes. Salary: £25,000.00-£35,000.00 per year DOE