Design Engineer
Job Type : Permanent, Full Time
Salary : £28000/annum Negotiable + Benefits
DESIGN ENGINEER
This is a family business where changing people’s lives through the products that they design, manufacture and install is a daily occurrence. With 35 years’ experience under their belt, they are a leading provider in the UK, a market leader in Europe and have a presence in many other countries worldwide.
Based at their ISO9001 accredited, purpose-built manufacturing facility in Derbyshire, they believe the future success and growth of their business is inextricably linked to the introduction of innovative, high-quality solutions.
Design Engineer Salary, Hours and Benefits
* £28,000 (possibly negotiable)
* 37.5 hours per week, with some flexibility
* 31 days holiday, increasing with service
* Life insurance
* Profit related pay
Commutable From: Derby, Sheffield, Chesterfield, Nottingham, Mansfield, Worksop, Newark
Design Engineer Role Overview
Our client is looking for an additional Design Engineer to assist in delivering even more life changing products to their customers.
You will be joining a family-owned business which is expanding rapidly in the UK and internationally. There is a positive, friendly and encouraging family culture across the business.
Person Specification
* The Design Engineer will need a strong mechanical bias, ideally coming from an automotive background (but not essential).
* Able to apply your fabrication skills to the bespoke design of various products.
* You must fulfill the demanding requirement of delivering both customer functionality and manufacturing repeatability, whilst providing on-site fitters with a solution which can readily be installed on site, with the minimum of inconvenience.
* The design journey must be documented to a high standard, with the information provided enabling other stakeholders within the business to prepare the engineers’ design for market. As such, the candidate should be proficient in the basic Microsoft packages, and ideally have an aptitude for CAD style drawing packages or similar.
* Optimal customer service is a pre-requisite for client and as such, the candidate should be comfortable in dealing with their customers on a one-to-one basis as the situation may occasionally dictate.
* Underpinning all of the above they are looking for a confident, self-motivated individual who enjoys the challenge of solving problems yet is able to deliver a high standard of work within a challenging timeframe.
* A clean driving license is essential for this role.
Design Engineer Key Responsibilities
* A key member of the team, reporting into the Design Team Leader, you will design specific products focusing upon customer functionality, ease of on-site installation, and manufacturing repeatability throughout the design process. The procedure needs to deliver source material for additional stakeholders within the business targeting the prompt and efficient delivery of new products to the market.
Probe Technical Recruitment, providing Design, R&D & Projects Engineering Recruitment Support since 1994
More Information
- Address DE5, Lower Hartshay, Derbyshire
