Design Engineer

Vantis Software; Skelmersdale; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in Skelmersdale is seeking a Design Engineer to ensure the successful delivery of engineering projects. Responsibilities include maintaining high-quality standards, providing technical support, and ensuring customer satisfaction. Ideal candidates must have a degree in Mechanical Engineering and experience in a manufacturing environment. The role offers benefits like a pension scheme, life insurance, and generous holiday allocation.

Benefits

Auto-enrolment pension scheme

Life insurance 4x basic annual salary

24 days holiday + bank holidays

Access to well-being programmes

Free parking on site

Qualifications

• Degree qualified in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline.
• Ability to communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience in a manufacturing environment is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Deliver all design engineering work on time.
• Ensure products meet customer requirements and engineering standards.
• Provide technical support for products and activities.

Skills

Logical and analytical work

Effective time management

Strong communication skills

Building working relationships

Education

Degree in Mechanical Engineering or similar

Job description

Responsibilities

• The successful and timely delivery of all design engineering work allocated to you.
• Maintaining high quality engineering output.
• Working to defined company processes and standards.
• Maintaining customer focus and ensuring customer satisfaction through delivery of your work.
• Supporting the Business Group in the process of winning new work.
• Improving product design methods & procedures.

Main Duties

• Supporting the Engineering Team Manager to provide design engineering cover across the Business Group and across CRP when necessary.
• Performing design engineering activities within Design Engineering on a day-to-day basis.
• Ensure that all products are designed in accordance with customer requirements, company practice and recognised engineering standards.
• Improving product design methods and procedures.
• Generating technical presentations for either internal or external purposes.
• Ensuring information in drawings and documentation is both correct and complete.
• Providing technical support for products associated with the Business Group activities.
• Providing technical support relating to production plant and equipment if required.
• Assisting in the communication of technical data to Customers and sub-contractors.
• Interfacing with Supply Chain and Operations as required.
• Support and participate in company-wide improvement initiatives.
• Other appropriate activities as defined by the Business Group management.

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Work in a logical and analytical manner. Be a champion for procurement and related processes with the organisation.
• Work effectively on simultaneous projects; manage time flexibly and effectively with minor supervision.
• Advising and agreeing reasonable timescales for completion of engineering with sales and projects colleagues.
• Communicate effectively with good written and verbal skills.
• Build strong working relationships and work well within a multi-discipline team.
• Set example for and provide support/training to less experienced engineers.
• Awareness, understanding and effective application of relevant technical and HSE standards.

Education

• Degree qualified in Mechanical Engineering or other similar discipline (BEng (hons) or MEng (hons) or equivalent).

Experience Of

• Working across cultural boundaries.
• Communicating effectively, both internally and externally.
• Working within a manufacturing environment.
• Working quickly and efficiently on simultaneous projects.
• Conducting analytical calculations.

Benefits

• Auto-enrolment pension scheme
• Life insurance 4x basic annual salary
• 24 days holiday + bank holidays
• Access to well-being programmes
• Free parking on site