Design Engineer

Recruiter
Anonymous
Location
Gateshead
Salary
Competitive
Posted
24 Apr 2017
Closes
09 May 2017
Sectors
Engineering, Design
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Established manufacturer with extensive experience in the design of process equipment, are expanding within their design team and require a Design Engineer. This is a permanent position, negotiable on salary.

Key Duties:

As a member of the Design team, the successful candidate will provide engineering expertise and support in the development of existing and new products. Duties will include:

• Daily and overall Project Engineering duties
• To liaise with various departments to ensure that any new projects are transferred to Engineering and aligned with the customer requirements
• When required act as a point of contact for customers' engineers
• Developing designs to full prototype, pre-production and series production levels, using Solidworks
• Produce detail drawings, bills of materials, part lists etc.
• To liaise with Manufacturing Engineers and the Production Department to ensure that any processes introduced meet customer requirements
• To provide problem solving support to manufacturing and R&D departments
• To manage the development and distribution of Engineering product documentation
• To write test procedures to ensure product meets customer expectations

Qualifications/Requirements:

As part of a growing Engineering department, candidates should have/be:

• Ideally possess a mechanical engineering degree at MSc, MEng or BEng level
• Expert 3D Solidworks knowledge
• Confident, Self-motivated, enthusiastic, able to work effectively as part of a team and possess good communication skills