Engineer (CAD)

Parker Hannifin; Alton; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career growth opportunities

Collaborative work environment

Open environment and idea sharing

Attractive compensation packages

Job summary

Parker Hannifin is seeking a CAD Lead to drive project design and drafting standards. You will plan, deliver, and govern CAD outputs, coordinating with engineering and cross-functional teams. Pro‑active in keeping CAD tools up to date, you will ensure drawings meet stringent standards and schedules.

You will lead the creation of 3D models and 2D drawings, support the Engineering Lead, and travel internationally up to 20% to align on project needs and implementations.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to lead projects from inception to delivery.
• Strong planning and scheduling skills across multi-discipline teams.
• Good cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Take a lead on projects or initiatives; ensure design phase is planned to schedule and budget.
• Produce and maintain Parker drafting standards and deliverables.
• Develop Parker processes for efficient delivery based on best practices.
• Collaborate with functions to provide value and optimise resources.
• Produce accurate 3D models and 2D drawings in a timely manner.
• Support project needs with Engineering Lead and stay current with CAD software.

Skills

Leadership

Project planning

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Education

HND or equivalent

Tools

AutoCAD

Autodesk Inventor

Autodesk Vault

Job description

Responsibilities

Are you ready to shape a brighter future? At Parker, we play a pivotal role in applications that change our world. We are in almost everything that moves. With our wide range of technologies, including in the clean tech space, we help our customers solve their most complex engineering challenges. We believe that the future belongs to those with vision. That’s why we’re seeking team players who share our purpose of enabling engineering breakthroughs that lead to a better tomorrow. Is that you? Working at Parker means belonging to a passionate, dynamic and innovative team, empowered to make a difference.

Your Responsibilities As a CAD Lead

• Take a lead on projects or initiatives; ensuring all projects/initiatives are well planned prior to start up thus ensuring the design phase of the project is completed to schedule and budget; planning will require as a minimum the production and maintenance of the following throughout the lifecycle of the project/initiative:-
• of a drawing list;
• a resource plan;
• a bar chart showing when drawings and documents will be produced in accordance with the overarching project/initiative schedule..
• Create, develop and maintain a consistent set of Parker drafting standards and practices for producing all models/drawing deliverables in a consistent format and manner.
• Based on World’s Best Practice, produce a set of Parker processes to enable efficient delivery.
• Collaborating with other functions within Execution and in the wider organisation to provide value in terms of support, advice, guidance, optimisation of resources.
• Production of accurate 3D models and 2D drawings in a timely and efficient manner.
• Working closely with the Engineering Lead to support project needs
• Pro‑active in keeping up to date with CAD software, systems and developments

Who We Are Looking For

• HND or equivalent professional experience
• Fluency with AutoCAD and Autodesk Inventor
• Good knowledge and understanding of Autodesk Vault document management system
• Knowledge of current drawing practices, including welding symbols, fabrication techniques, industry standards
• Willingness & ability to travel internationally, up to 20% working time

Ideally, you will also have

• Experience of sheet metal fabrication
• Experience and demonstrated success working in a cross‑functional engineering environment.
• Awareness of international engineering standards, regulations and export control requirements.

What We Offer

• Solid employer present on the market for over 100 years.
• Career growth and opportunities: we hire from within!
• Collaborative and empowered work environment where team spirit is at the centre of our success.
• Company values that encourage trust, respect, collaboration and professional growth.
• Open environment: we are excited to hear your ideas!
• Attractive compensation packages designed to hire and retain the best talents in the industry.

Parker Hannifin

Parker Hannifin is a Fortune 250 global leader in motion and control technologies. For more than a century, we’ve enabled engineering breakthroughs that make energy cleaner, transportation safer, medical treatments more effective, and manufacturing more efficient.

With empowered team members in more than 40 countries, Parker serves customers across aerospace & defence, energy, HVAC & refrigeration, in‑plant & industrial equipment, off‑highway and transportation.

Our scale is global, but our purpose is personal. We enable breakthroughs that improve lives, strengthen communities and create a brighter future.

Our Purpose — Enabling Engineering Breakthroughs that Lead to a Better Tomorrow — comes to life through our people‑first culture where teamwork drives performance, inclusion fuels innovation and growth is encouraged. This environment fosters collaboration and empowers team members from engineering and manufacturing to finance, supply chain, human resources, information technology and beyond.

By combining deep expertise with an entrepreneurial spirit, we help customers succeed in markets that demand performance, reliability, and sustainability.

As we look to the future, Parker is advancing initiatives in energy efficiency and sustainability while developing the next generation of talent and leaders to engineer a better tomorrow.