Development Manufacturing Engineer

Meridian Business Support; Clyst St Mary; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company Pension Scheme (5% contrib)

Salary Sacrifice scheme

Job summary

Meridian Business Support seeks a Manufacturing Development Engineer to help ensure manufacturability of British-designed products within the Design and Development team. You will provide manufacturing and assembly guidance across new product design and prototype iterations to drive robust, repeatable and cost-effective solutions.

Key duties include advising on sheet metal manufacturing, tolerances, welding considerations, and identifying manufacturing risks early in development while supporting

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent in Mechanical Engineering
• Experience advising on design for manufacture
• Strong understanding of sheet metal processes and tolerances, welding experience essential
• Ability to identify manufacturing risks early in design and product development

Responsibilities

• Provide manufacturing and assembly guidance throughout new product design and prototype iterations
• Challenge designs to improve manufacturability and repeatability
• Assess tolerances, access, fastening methods, material selection and other design considerations
• Ensure production engineering initiatives are implemented in designs (cost reduction and optimisation)
• Support pre-production builds

Skills

Mech Eng deg

DFM experience

Sheet metal expertise

Welding knowledge

Education

Mechanical Engineering degree

Job description

Manufacturing Development Engineer

The Opportunity: If you're a sheet metal Manufacturing Engineer or Development Engineer then this is a wonderful opportunity to work on British designed, British made, and British sold products. You will work within the Design and Development team, ensuring that designs are fit for technically robust, manufacturable, repeatable and cost-effective. The Manufacturing Development Engineer will provide manufacturing and assembly guidance throughout new product design and prototype iterations and improve design for manufacture initiatives throughout the R&D department.

The Opportunity:

• Using your practical experience within a sheet metal environment, and your knowledge of welding, you will challenge designs where appropriate and work closely with NPD design engineers by recommending practical solutions to improve part manufacturability and repeatability
• Assess component and assembly tolerances, access, fastening methods, material selection and other design considerations that may affect manufacture
• Provide guidance on manufacturing requirements to support design decisions throughout the product development process
• Ensure Production Engineering initiatives are implemented within designs, such as cost reduction and optimisation driven improvements
• Provide support throughout pre-production builds

Preferred Skills:

• Degree or equivalent qualification in Mechanical Engineering, or a related Engineering discipline
• Strong understanding of engineering design principles and experience in advising on design for manufacture
• Strong understanding of sheet metal manufacturing processes, assembly, materials and associated tolerances including their influence on product design - welding experience essential
• Ability to identify manufacturing risks within early design and product development phases

Associated Benefits:

• A competitive salary up to £40000
• Company Pension Scheme,5% contributory
• Salary Sacrificescheme.

Working Hours:

8.00am - 4.30pm Mon to Friday