Full-time, Permanent Position
Location - Oxfordshire, UK
** The role is only eligible for candidates based in UK and Ireland***
Force Recruitment have partnered with one of the leading food & beverages manufacturing client who are on a look out for a project engineer and design engineer for their site in United Kingdom.
Their customer base extends across Australia, South Africa, the Middle East, Europe and North America and are continuing to expand into new markets every year.
As part of the next stage of our development our client is building up their Operations team and currently have opportunities for Design Engineers to maximise the performance of their customers’ food processing equipment. As a Design Engineer, you will play a key role in ensuring a range of high quality, technically innovative and commercially competitive products suitable for the food industry as a stand-alone or full line solution.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
* Create 3D parts and assemblies in SolidWorks as per design brief and/or handover drawing
* Create full manufacturing drawing packs, to include drawings, BOMs, laser profiles, works orders and any other files to enable internal or external manufacture of parts
* Complete Design Risk Assessments for all designs
* Create 3D block layouts from 2D data and site measurements as needed
* Use AutoCAD to create and amend 2D drawings
* Participate in reviews of other Design Team member’s work
* Undertake site visits for information gathering and survey
* Customer liaison for design review & approval
* Supplier contact for sourcing and selection of materials and components for designs
* Responsible for the promotion of a Right First-Time culture within the design team
* Responsible for adhering to the standard drawing pack format to maximise efficiency from design through to production
* Review, coordinate and implement standard design practices and procedures for all design operations
* Work with Project Engineers to ensure all design requirements are in place to achieve timelines to ensure successful project execution
* By working with manufacturing, installations and projects ensure that any changes made post design are captured and incorporated in future output
* Work in partnership with QHS to ensure all products are designed in accordance to standards and finished product specification
* Review product specifications and promote a culture of improvements to design standards
* Responsible for ensuring all design output conforms to quality standards
QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE
* Degree level educated in a relevant engineering discipline or equivalent industry experience
* Detail oriented with a methodical approach
* Knowledge of and ability to use AutoCad 2D and SolidWorks 3D to a high level of proficiency is essential
* Proven experience in a Design Engineer position with knowledge of a fabrication environment
* Strong communicator, focused on solutions