Design Engineer

Job Description

Our client based in the UK and Ireland has been in business for 40 years and is one of the fastest-growing food production line solutions specialists around.

They have been delivering advanced food production line solutions, equipment, and after-sales care to the global food industry. Today, they employ 120 people across two production sites and have designed, manufactured, and installed food production line solutions for major blue-chip food producers in 63 countries.

As part of the next stage of their development, they are looking to add a Design Engineer to the team to maximise the performance of their customers’ food processing equipment. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the company's journey and to build and develop your career with a high growth, engineering solutions and capital equipment business. As a Design Engineer, you will play a key role in ensuring they provide a range of high-quality, technically innovative and commercially competitive products suitable for the food industry as a stand-alone or full-line solution.

Main Duties & Responsibilities:

1. Create 3D parts and assemblies in SolidWorks as per design brief and/or handover drawing
2. Create full manufacturing drawing packs, to include drawings, BOMs, laser profiles, works orders and any other files to enable internal or external manufacture of parts
3. Complete Design Risk Assessments for all designs
4. Create 3D block layouts from 2D data and site measurements as needed
5. Use AutoCAD to create and amend 2D drawings
6. Participate in reviews of other Design Team member’s work
7. Undertake site visits for information gathering and survey
8. Customer liaison for design review & approval
9. Supplier contact for sourcing and selection of materials and components for designs
10. Responsible for the promotion of a Right First-Time culture within the design team
11. Responsible for adhering to the standard drawing pack format to maximise efficiency from design through to production
12. Review, coordinate and implement standard design practices and procedures for all design operations
13. Work with Project Engineers to ensure all design requirements are in place to achieve timelines to ensure successful project execution
14. By working with manufacturing, installations and projects ensure that any changes made post design are captured and incorporated in future output
15. Work in partnership with QHS to ensure all products are designed in accordance to standards and finished product specification
16. Review product specifications and promote a culture of improvements to design standards

Previous Experience/Qualifications:

1. Degree level educated in a relevant engineering discipline or equivalent industry experience
2. Detail-oriented with a methodical approach
3. Knowledge of and ability to use AutoCAD 2D and SolidWorks 3D to a high level of proficiency is essential
4. Proven experience in a Design Engineer position with knowledge of a fabrication environment
5. Strong communicator, focused on solutions