PDG Designer And Checker

Capgemini Engineering; Filton; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering services firm based in the United Kingdom is seeking a talented Product Definition Group Designer/Checker to enhance their dynamic team in Bristol. In this role, you will be responsible for creating and verifying high-quality models and drawings, ensuring compliance with engineering standards, and supporting manufacturing processes. The ideal candidate should be proficient in CAD tools and have a keen attention to detail, as well as experience with change management and documentation rigor. This position offers a mixed work environment with 1-2 days on-site per week.

Benefits

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Access to digital learning platforms

Employee networks promoting diversity and equity

Qualifications

• Technical excellence and creative flair in engineering design.
• Familiarity with engineering change requests and documentation standards.
• Ability to ensure designs meet functional and manufacturing requirements.

Responsibilities

• Create and check high-quality models and drawings.
• Incorporate Definition Alteration Requests with accuracy and efficiency.
• Support manufacturing and build teams with layout and drawing interpretation.

Skills

CAD proficiency

GD&T knowledge

Engineering standards

Error detection

Change management

Documentation rigor

Tools

NX

Teamcenter

Formtek

LeanKit

Outlook

Job description

At Capgemini Engineering, the world leader in engineering services, we bring together a global team of engineers, scientists, and architects to help the world's most innovative companies unleash their potential. From autonomous cars to life‑saving robots, our digital and software technology experts think outside the box as they provide unique R&D and engineering services across all industries. Join us for a career full of opportunities. Where you can make a difference. Where no two days are the same.

Your Role

Are you a detail‑oriented designer who values precision and innovation? We're on the lookout for a talented Product Definition Group (PDG) Designer/Checker to bring technical excellence and creative flair to our dynamic team in Bristol.

In this pivotal role, you'll be at the heart of our product definition process—crafting models and drawings, incorporating Definition Alteration Requests (DARs), and supporting manufacturing and build activities. From layout creation to drawing interpretation and rigorous checking, your work will help shape the future of engineering excellence.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Creating and checking high‑quality models and drawings
• Incorporating DARs with accuracy and efficiency
• Supporting manufacturing and build teams with layout and drawing interpretation

Ensuring compliance with key procedures:

• EP 3.1 – Product Definition
• EP 1.3 – Definition Alteration Process

Your Profile

Technical Expertise

• CAD proficiency: Mastery of NX & Teamcenter is essential for creating and reviewing complex 3D models and 2D drawings.
• GD&T knowledge: Understanding Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing ensures designs meet functional and manufacturing requirements.
• Engineering standards: company‑specific drawing standards for compliance and consistency.

Attention to Detail

• Error detection: Ability to spot inconsistencies, missing dimensions, or incorrect annotations in drawings.
• Design intent alignment: Ensures that drawings accurately reflect the product’s functional and performance goals.

Process Discipline

• Change management: Experience with Engineering Change Requests (ECRs) and configuration control to maintain traceability.
• Documentation rigor: Skilled in maintaining drawing logs, revision histories, and release protocols.

Desirable

• Design & Update: Create and revise NX models and drawings for components, assemblies, and build instructions, including DAR incorporation and red‑line mark‑ups.
• Engineering Support: Generate layouts to support design, manufacturability, and build activities, often linked to producibility improvements.
• Drawing Review: Check and verify detailed drawings for accuracy, tolerancing, material specs, and feasibility; provide feedback to improve drafting standards.
• Collaboration & Control: Work with cross‑functional teams to resolve issues, maintain PLM control (Teamcenter), and ensure drawing revision history is accurate.
• Tools & Reporting: Use NX, Teamcenter, Formtek, LeanKit, and Outlook to manage inputs, track progress, and communicate PDG activity status.

What you’ll love about working here

• Diversity and inclusion standards listed in the Bloomberg Gender Equality Index and globally certified by EDGE+ for equitable and inclusive culture.
• Open access to digital learning platforms.
• Active employee networks promoting diversity, equity and inclusion like OutFront, CapAbility or (email address removed).

Need to know

• We are unable to support VISA sponsorship on this role
• This role will require 1‑2 days per week working from the client site in Bristol, with the rest from home
• This role requires BPSS Level clearance
• You can bring your whole self to work. At Capgemini building an inclusive future is part of everyday life and will be part of your working reality. We have built a representative and welcoming environment, for everyone.

Capgemini is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) under the UK Government's Disability Confident scheme. As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we will offer an interview to all candidates who:

• Declare they have a disability, and
• Meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.

Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organizations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end‑to‑end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fueled by its market leading capabilities in AI, generative AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem