Senior Design Engineer

The Company

Our client is a specialist manufacturer. Due to a period of growth, they are now looking to take on a Senior Design Engineer.

The Role

• The role will give the candidate responsibility for all the projects they are currently designing.
• Manage design function covering all live projects.
• Liaise with Project Manager and Production to ensure timely handovers.
• Support live programs and forecasted programs of work to highlight any high-volume times.
• Keep track of projects throughout the design phase.
• Work to the design program for the team and ensure the dates are adhered to from both their team and the customer's approval turnaround.
• Offer site support for any specific queries on a project at any stage.
• Check drawings prior to being sent for approval and manufacture.
• Weekly update report on ongoing projects.

The Person

• Ideally degree qualified and have worked in a similar role.
• Autodesk Revit experience is essential.
• Good computer literacy and working knowledge of the full MS Office suite.
• Able and willing to visit site/attend meetings now and then to support our other offices.
• Self-driven individual to work on their own initiative and also work well as part of our wider team with a high attention to detail.
• Good time management skills and ability to work due diligently to tight deadlines.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills.
• The successful candidate will be comfortable with design engineering principles and an understanding of managing a full design function.
• Good working knowledge of 2D and 3D CAD systems (AutoCAD and SolidWorks preferred).
• A dynamic approach to problem solving.
• Confident communication with customers answering any technical based enquiries.
• Ability to interpret customer requirements to create documents and information packs.
• Experience of managing a small team.

The Benefits

• You will be working for a well-established growing employer.
• An excellent salary.
• A company experiencing continued growth, expansion and investment.
• The company are fully compliant with the latest health and safety requirements for current safe working practices.
• 4 day working week.