Details:
- Salary: £40,000 - 47,000 - Annum
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Annum
- Location: Bradford West Yorkshire
- Date: 3 days ago
Description:
Our client is an award winning manufacturer that is going from strength to strength, they are looking for a Design Engineer to join their team.
As a Design Engineer you will be responsible for the production of detailed design information on a range of product types, as part of the second line engineering process. You will form a key member of the design team provide support to both pre and post-sales functions. You will take sales estimation proposals and develop them into mature solutions ready to be handed over to the projects team. The design information will require a thorough review of scope of works, specification compliance and will entail the production of detailed general arrangement and fabrication drawings alongside the production of bill of materials.
Salary: Up to £47,000 depending on experience.
Hours of work: Monday – Thursday, 8.30am – 5.00pm, and Friday 8.30am – 4.30pm.
Location: Bradford, fully office based.
PLEASE ONLY APPLY IF YOU MEET THE MAJORITY OF THESE REQUIREMENTS:
* Experience in design of air handling units.
* Experience of fault finding, diagnosing issues with air handling units.
* Strong understanding of production and assembly processes within a fabrication environment.
* Excellent time management skills and the ability to work in a high-pressure environment.
* Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.
* Flexible approach to working hours with the overall focus of delivering projects on and on budget.
* Strong two-way communication skills and approachable.
* Strong client relationship skills.
* Working to ISO9001 quality procedures and CDM regulations.
* Strong commercial awareness.
* Excellent verbal communication and interpersonal skills plus high quality standards of written work and drawings.
Responsibilities:
- Taking ownership in developing designs to an agreed specification, including the key measures of meeting deadlines, meeting design criteria, liaising with suppliers.
- Developing designs for projects from initial enquiry, producing costings and producing BOMs (Bill of Materials). Final design sign off of above information required prior to handover to the project team.
- Developing new product ranges as part of the Research & Development process.
- Working as part of a multi discipline engineering team consisting of ventilation, building services, refrigeration, acoustic and control engineers to develop complex product solutions.
- Working on varied types of drawings from single line design concepts to intricate detailed manufacturing drawings.
- Liaising with the drawing department to produce accurate working drawings for production and sales proposal drawings.
- Providing mentoring and technical support to other engineers and technicians on areas of speciality.
- Keeping drawing schedules up to date for issued and received drawings.
- Managing risk effectively, collaborating with all departments and adapting to situations.
- Maximising value engineering opportunities.
- Dealing with and managing customer technical requests in a professional manner.
- Willing to learn and develop product knowledge.
- Updating Internal Shared Knowledge Platform with updated design information, changes to process methodologies.
- Attending site surveys and client meetings to provide client technical support, and or support pre/post sales departments.
- Making sure the Company is aware of new legislative requirements in this area and is compliant with its regulatory obligations.
- Carrying out a regular review of the latest standards to ensure the Company meets the latest guidelines.
- Maintaining a high level of quality in accordance with Company policies.
- Providing technical support and training to internal and external customers.
- Attending meetings as requested and providing reports as required.
- Managing workload proactively to achieve objectives and ensure activity schedules are kept regularly up to date.
- Managing the development and integration of Air Plus Software, ensuring the software and database is kept up to date with the latest information.
- Any other ad hoc duties that may be required from time to time for the smooth running of the business.
Previous relevant backgrounds for example; Mechanical Designer / Autodesk Technician / CAD Engineer / CAD Draughtsman / Draughtsperson / Draughts Person / CAD Technician / Design Engineer / Autodesk Technician / Mechanical Design Engineer / CAD Designer / other similar CAD based Engineering role