Design Engineer

Shillito Group are delighted to be supporting our international manufacturing client in the recruitment of a Design Engineer.

The Role:

As a Design Engineer, you will:

• Take projects through from concept to manufacture and into the market. Be responsible for driving through to completion.
• Support other projects and the ECR process to update and develop existing Products to maintain suitability for production, sales and approvals.
• Ensure technical documentation (specifications, drawings, work instructions etc.) are current and up to date.
• Assist the team and provide engineering support across the organisation including production, product management, quality, sales and marketing and customer service.
• Support the organisations continuous improvement and value engineering activities on existing products and processes, identifying areas for improvement and updating documentation.
• Other duties as required by the business.

KPIs:

• Project delivery against plans.
• Quality of drawings and technical documentation.

Key objectives:

To ensure:

• Products meet customer and market requirements.
• Engineering support is provided successfully across the business.

Skills required:

• Self-motivated.
• An effective communicator
• A good team player
• A creative problem solver with attention to detail.
• Good time management with the ability to focus on task completion.
• Experience with 3D modelling software (Solid works or similar).
• Experience of conceptualising as a form of communication.
• An understanding of mechanical principles.
• Good technical writing skills.

Experience:

• Degree Level Design Engineering from a Product Development, R&D background with relevant experience.
• Worked in Design departments with multidisciplinary teams and across a variety of projects, technologies and manufacturing methods.
• Knowledge of pneumatics systems and products would be advantageous but not essential.

Please apply for immediate consideration.

Shillito Group is a specialist recruitment and executive search partner, working with ambitious businesses to secure high-impact talent across commercial and engineering markets. Our reputation is built on deep expertise, trusted relationships and delivering results that go beyond the brief.