Design Engineer

Job Title: Design Engineer
Salary: £48,000Per Annum
Location: Brighton – commutable from Hove, Worthing, Eastbourne, Lewes, Burgess Hill and Shoreham-By-Sea

Key Skills: CAD, Mechanical, Design, Solid Works, Layout, Defence, SC, Specifications, Test, Manufacturing, Engineer and Mechanical Design.

Our client, large defence organisation is looking to recruit a Mechanical Design Engineer to support on a permanent basis at their Brighton location.

Reporting to the Senior Programme Manager, the Design Engineer shall be a Degree-Qualified Engineer, with adequate experience to carry out the following duties in a small team:

Main Responsibilities and Tasks:

Assimilate customer requirements and estimate labour and material costs

Generate conceptual solutions and design proposals, and guide draughtspersons and other engineers to produce detailed CAD design layouts and manufacturing drawings

Calculate first order strength and performance of design solutions

Select appropriate materials for a durable, minimum cost product

Choose material forming solutions suitable for the duty and quantity of components to be made

Check design drawings for completeness and accuracy

Select and source proprietary parts/components that are fit for purpose

Investigate problems, find solutions and write reports

Compile design specifications, test specifications, test reports and user manuals

Follow procedures to meet the requirements of ISO-9001

Be prepared to assist with other engineering duties (e.g. testing, experimentation, modelling, CAD design etc) as work-load may demand from time to time

Be constantly vigilant for new ideas and product opportunities by reading trade journals and tracking market trends

Analyse and decide on courses of action for DSFS, NCRs, Production Permits and concessions relating to mechanical engineering

Supervise specific projects, designs and sub-contractors

Actively manage the Configuration Control of all data packs, including implementation of design change requests

Liaise with Production Engineering to ensure optimum choice of production methods and materials for economic manufacture

Report resource and technical problems when they become evident.

Experience, Skills and Knowledge

Product Design and 3D CAD (Solidworks)

Experience across multiple sectors including aerospace / defence

Experience with mechanisms and pneumatics an advantage

Full life cycle design

Mechanical Detailing. (Some electrical knowledge an advantage)

Perform work accurately and with minimal supervision

The successful candidate will be required to obtain a UK MOD SC Clearance. Because of this all applicants MUST be a British national and have lived in the UK for more than 5 years. We cannot consider your application if you do not meet this criteria.

This vacancy is being advertised by Advanced Resource Managers. ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions.

Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission.

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