Product Engineer

Salary: £48,000 – £55,200 per year

Ref no: PR/ A

Job Title: Product Engineer

Role: Full time, permanent role

Location: Tamworth, Staffs

Salary: £48,000 – £55,200pa – depending on experience brought to the role.

Normal Hours Mon – Thursday 8.00am – 4.30pm

Friday 8.00am – 1.30pm

Our client is a mechanical control Cable manufacturer (Bonnet/Trunk release, Brake and Clutch cables, etc, etc) with its roots in India and now with operations around the world. 

In Tamworth there is a Product Engineering/Design/Development Centre as well as Warehousing facilities, and a repacking and quality hub supplying Indian manufactured cables to BMW and VW amongst others both in UK and EU.

Main Purpose of Role

Work within a professional Project Team to deliver product from Concept to Production.

Execute Engineering tasks as defined in the company’s product development process to meet schedule, budget, and specifications

TO APPLY FOR THIS ROLE YOU MUST HAVE A MINIMUM OF 3 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN PRODUCT ENGINEERING WITHIN PLASTIC INJECTION MOULDED AND DIE CAST PART DESIGN.

Main Duties

• Analyse and interpret the customer requirements to determine feasibility of product proposal.
• To develop and design the product or part from the first idea through the design process and the validation phase until the product is implemented in production.
• To work in accordance with the defined design process and to observe given legislation, directives and concessions which may affect the given area of design.
• To be responsible for developing and establishing layout and packing models, CAD drawings for prototypes and serial production.
• To ensure that the products meet all relevant specifications and are designed for assembly under normal serial production conditions
• Working directly with the customer and the Product Engineering team, communicating technical requirements and customer desirables.
• Support customer builds when needed.
• In co-operation with test and validation department to ensure that test specifications and methods are correct and correspond to customer’s expectations.
• Working within a Cross Functional Team, complete required deliverables identified by the Project Manager / Team to comply with the project Cost, Quality & Delivery expectations.
• Execute all other reasonable duties as requested by the R&D Manager

Attributes:

Strong organizational and time management skills – ability to plan and work on multiple, on-going projects

Good communication skills, both written and verbal, at all levels

Must have the ability to work well with others and to establish and facilitate good cooperation and communication.

Self-motivated

Adaptable to change

Desire to learn and develop

Good decision-making ability

Problem Solving:

To have a systematic approach to dealing with issues that challenge the desired procedures or performance of the department, while being mindful of the department’s objectives and KPI’s.

Desirable:

BS Degree in Mechanical engineering

Minimum of 3 years’ experience in Product Engineering

Skilled practitioner in Catia or equivalent 3D modelling software and PLM

Good working knowledge of computer systems; MS office, MS Project, MRP

LEAN principles / Business Improvement Techniques

Plastic Injection Moulded and die cast part design experience

Second language

Main interfaces

Internally: Application Engineers, Sales, Operations, Quality

Externally: Customers

Health & Safety Responsibilities

Demonstrate a personal commitment to Health, Safety and the Environment by following: –

The Health & Safety at Work Act, along with all statutory health, safety and environmental regulations.

Customers health, safety and environmental policy and related procedures.