Electrical Design Engineer - National

Royal Mail Group; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal Mail Group is seeking an Electrical Design Engineer to join their innovative in-house design team. This role involves modernising processes, driving in-house capabilities, and working closely with maintenance teams to enhance reliability. The ideal candidate will have a strong engineering background, experience in product design, and proficiency in CAD/CAM software.

Benefits

£4,200 car allowance or £3,700 cash equivalent

Full family private healthcare

Annual bonus potential

Generous annual leave of 27.5 days

Increasing to 30 days after 10 years' service

Qualifications

• Minimum Level 4 NVQ in Electrical Engineering required.
• Experience in detailed product design and development.
• Strong engineering background with proven problem-solving ability.

Responsibilities

• Modernise and improve existing processes.
• Drive in-house manufacturing capability for engineering design projects.
• Promote a positive business culture within engineering.

Skills

Product design

Engineering problem solving

CAD/CAM software

Intuitive thinking

Education

Level 4 NVQ in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Autodesk

Job description

Job reference number324645

Electrical Design Engineer - National

Competitive Salary, £4,200 car allowance or £3,700 cash equivalent, full family private healthcare, annual bonus potential, generous annual leave of 27.5 days, plus bank holidays, increasing to 30 days after 10 years' service

Full time - 41 per week, Monday to Friday with flexibility required

Permanent

National

This is a national role where regular travel to various sites will be expected.

It's an exciting time for Royal Mail Engineering and Design are transforming how we work! Our Engineering vision is blossoming with the establishment of an in-house engineering design team focussed on innovation; transforming operational processes to improve the pace and quality we provide for customers as well as help us to achieve the business net zero strategy. With some exciting improvements deployed and more underway, the demand is growing for us to scale up across the business.

About the role

You will work actively as part of the Design Engineering team, striving to modernise and improve existing processes whilst driving new and innovative solutions into our current ways of working to improve business performance

You will identify future opportunities to drive in-house manufacturing capability to deliver key elements of engineering design projects
You will champion new processes to drive in-house capability, innovation and people development within engineering
You will work closely with maintenance teams to drive reliability into existing automation fleet

You will promote the business culture: Be Positive, Be Brilliant, Be Part of It and drive professionalism, positivity and engagement within all areas of RM Engineering.

About you

For this role you should have a minimum of a level 4 (NVQ or equivalent) qualification in an electrical engineering discipline.

You also have

Experience in detailed product design and development within an automated environment
A strong Engineering background with proven ability to demonstrate intuitive thinking towards engineering problem solving and solution delivery

Strong knowledge and experience of using CAD/CAM software and design packages (e.g Autodesk)
A proven track record of hitting product development deadlines and quality parameter targets
A proven track record of successfully delivering improvements and initiatives in a challenging environment

Next Steps

The next stage of the selection process will be a face to face interview consisting of competency based and role specific questions.

Trust forms the foundation of everything we do in Royal Mail. We want to be transparent about what kind of qualities we are looking for and build trust from the very beginning of your journey with us. The first step is your interview, and we mean your' interview. We want to give you the opportunity to shine. To enable you to do this, we will provide you with your interview questions ahead of the interview taking place. This will allow you time to prepare, and ensure you have your best examples in mind. Royal Mail Group values both trust, and our people.

We don't expect every candidate to meet the full criteria for the role. If your experience looks a little different from the job requirements, but you feel you have the relevant skills to bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you.

Royal Mail are proud of our diverse employee network groups and the active role they play to support belonging and encourage a positive work environment. We are firmly committed to inclusion and passionate about our people representing the communities we serve. We are happy to support your need for any adjustments during the application and hiring process. Please share the details within your application if required.

We are Forces family friendly and a Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant. We welcome applications from ex-Armed Forces personnel, reservists, veterans, cadet instructors and military spouses/partners.

For more information on Royal Mail Group and our values please click here: https://www.internationaldistributionsservices.com/en/about-us/

Closing Date: 03/06/2025. Please note, this advert may close early if the appropriate number of applications has been reached.
Interviews expected: TBC

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