Senior Design Engineer

Crown Holdings, Inc.; Saltaire; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development

Safety culture

Job summary

Crown Holdings, Inc. is seeking a Senior Design Engineer for the CMbE division, based at our Shipley Head Office. The role acts as a project design authority, translating customer requirements into robust design concepts and detailed documentation.

You will collaborate across functions to manage risk, define verification plans, and contribute to IP protection. Occasional travel may be required. The ideal candidate has strong CAD capabilities, experience with GD&TISO standards, and a background

Qualifications

• Formal technical qualification to degree level in Mechanical Engineering.
• Ability to communicate technical information across stakeholders.
• Strong planning and organisational skills with attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Lead design activities and act as project design authority.
• Generate design concepts from customer specifications and product requirements.
• Document design assumptions, trade-offs, and calculations in project files.
• Peer review technical content for gate reviews across projects.
• Support publications dept. with product manuals, build books, and SOPs.
• Occasional travel to customer sites or suppliers.

Skills

CAD proficiency

GD&T ISO standards

Materials properties

Sensor technologies

Electrical drive systems

Mechanical transmission

Hydraulic & pneumatic

Packaging machinery knowledge

Project leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

BOM management

MSO/PLM systems

Job description

Job Description

We have a new vacancy for a Senior Design Engineer, predominantly based at our Head Office in Shipley.

About CMbE

CarnaudMetalbox Engineering (CMbE) designs, develops, and manufactures high-performance metal forming and finishing machinery for the production of beverage, food, and aerosol cans. With our commitment to innovation and precision engineering, it is an exciting time to join our business. CMbE offers you the opportunity to grow and develop your skills in an expanding industry.

Your mission in CMbE

The successful candidate will act as a project design authority, responsible for the delivery of project technical solutions. This role is responsible for generating technical requirements from customers and product specifications; generating design concepts for solutions to specific functional requirements; and evaluating design concept technical and project risks to select preferred solutions. This role is also responsible for documenting design concept assumptions, design trade-offs and calculations within the project design file. The successful candidate will be involved in peer reviewing technical content for gate reviews across projects, identifying opportunities for the protection of design Intellectual Property (IP), and generating test plans to verify design concept and system performance. Occasional travel is required for this role.

Experience leading technical projects is crucial for this role. Primary duties will include, but are not limited to, co-ordinating with the quality department to define incoming inspection requirements to verify component quality; preparing and presenting technical reports for project gate reviews; and contributing to planning design activities with the project manager. The ideal candidate will have experience in contributing to the continuous improvement of the NPD process. The candidate will be able to demonstrate their ability to capture project technical risks and issues throughout the project lifecycle. This role is also responsible for providing technical support to the publications department for the creation of product manuals, build books, and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s).

Essential to this role is knowledge of material properties and standards; geometric dimensioning and tolerance principles and standards (ISO); machining methods and techniques; and configuration management (BOM) and Material Resource Planning (MSO) packages. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate sound knowledge and experience of CAD systems to generate models and drawings.

The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate technical knowledge of sensor technologies/solutions; electrical drive systems; mechanical transmission systems; and hydraulic, pneumatic and lubrication systems. Technical knowledge of packaging machinery is desirable.

About You

Candidates must hold a formal technical qualification to degree level, or equivalent, in a Mechanical Engineering discipline. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills to communicate technical information with various stakeholders; together with strong verbal and written skills, problem solving skills, the ability to work effectively within, and across, project teams and be highly organised with a high level of attention to detail. The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate a high quality of work, adaptability, and think strategically.

What CMbE Offers You

• The opportunity to build a career in a multi-cultural environment
• To be rewarded fairly and promoted based on merit and performance
• Professional and personal development through training and work experiences
• Strong engagement and commitment to the safety of our employees

Join us and become part of an international team of professionals across the Crown packaging group who are passionate about precision engineering, can making machinery and sustainable packaging!