Automotive Design and Production Engineer with CATIA V5 Expertise

Mana Resourcing Ltd; Daventry; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading automotive component company in the UK seeks a Design & Production Engineer. This role involves CAD design using CATIA V5, managing prototype builds, and ensuring design feasibility. Ideal candidates will have strong engineering knowledge and hands-on experience. The company offers a competitive salary, a pension scheme, and additional holiday benefits. Located conveniently for commutes from various nearby towns, this position is perfect for those looking to advance their career in an innovative and supportive environment.

Benefits

Company Pension Scheme

25 days holiday + Bank Holidays

Great training

Qualifications

• Experience in engineering design and manufacturing environment required.
• Knowledge of DFM principles necessary.
• Familiarity with APQP, PFMEA, Control Plans, IATF 16949 is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop innovative powertrain systems for automotive brands.
• Create detailed CAD models and drawings for prototypes.
• Plan and manage prototype builds.
• Ensure process changes are correctly defined in ERP systems.

Skills

Strong Mechanical Engineering knowledge

Skilled in CATIA V5

Good understanding of production processes

Familiarity with Lean manufacturing methods

Hands-on approach to engineering

Good team player

Tools

CATIA

Job description

Overview

Design & Production Engineer – Location: Northamptonshire

The COMPANY Our client is an independent company who have carved themselves a niche supplying/designing powertrain components (exhausts, and other specialist Automotive components) to OE Automotive customers. Their reputation and expertise is such that many of the most prestigious manufactures utilise their services. We are proud to be an integral part of our client's continuing success which has resulted in a bulging order book and a recent expansion to a new purpose designed production facility. The company are proud to have received the Queens Award for Enterprise.

The Role

As a Design & Production Engineer you will based within a supportive team environment providing you with the opportunity to be involved in challenging and interesting projects - you'll turn ideas into precision-engineered reality. Developing innovative powertrain systems for world-class automotive brands and leading their journey from prototype to production. Covering four areas:

1. Concept & Feasibility
2. Prototype Development & Validation
3. Pre-Production & Industrialisation
4. Production Launch & Continuous Improvement

The minutia of the role includes;

• CAD concepts/designs using CATIA
• Provide early design and manufacturing input to assess feasibility, cost, and capability
• Design FMEA and Manufacturing Feasibility
• Create detailed CAD models and drawings for prototype manufacture
• Plan and manage prototype builds
• Review first-off parts
• Finalise designs for production release
• Develop and validate process flows and Standard Operating Procedures
• Ensure routings, and process changes are correctly defined in ERP systems
• Lead process capability

The Candidate

Our client is looking for strong a Design & Production Engineer applicants with, in addition to experience of working within an engineering design and manufacturing environment, the following skills:

• Strong Mechanical, Manufacturing, or Production Engineering knowledge
• Skilled in CATIA V5
• Good understanding of production processes, tooling design, and design-for-manufacture (DFM) principles
• Familiarity with APQP, PFMEA, Control Plans, IATF 16949 and Lean manufacturing methods.
• Hands-on approach to engineering
• Good team player!

Package

In return our client offers;

• Depending on Experience salary
• Company Pension Scheme
• 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays
• Great training

Location & Commuting

This role is commutable from:

• Northampton
• Upper Heyford
• Kislingbury
• Daventry
• Corby
• Kettering
• Wellingborough
• Rushden
• Towcester
• Southam
• Leamington Spa
• Wellingborough
• Milton Keynes
• Rugby
• Coventry
• Warwick
• Banbury
• Leicester
• Market Harborough

Alternative Titles

Production & Design Engineer, Design Engineer, Production Engineer, Catia V5 Engineer, CAD Engineer, Automotive Design Engineer, Automotive Production Engineer

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