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Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

£38k - £46k

Monday to Friday, 38 worked hours per week. In the office.

We do operate a flexi hour system so it is possible to work the 38 hours in four days

Llantrisant

Main Duties :
Sales Support & Innovation

1. Establish customers technical and project timescale requirements and document accordingly.
2. Determine project and product development costs to establish project viability.
3. Participate in Customer visits to support Sales activities and provide technical expertise.
4. Support Sales in the preparation of concept designs, delivering concepts through Phase Gate 1 to meet the technical,commercial and delivery requirements of the customer and the business.

Departmental Efficiency

5. Provide guidance and assistance to Design Engineers to ensure a consistently high level of departmental performance.

6. Ensure Design "output" is consistent and correct irrespective of project.

7. Ensure all drawings and documentation produced by Design are checked and approved for use prior to release.

8. Ensure testing, experimentation and trials are documented and filed appropriately.

9. Monitor departmental operating performance, report on departmental measures at SMT meetings to provide higher
levels of success.
10. Ensure housekeeping requirements are accepted, improved and maintained in the design office and lab areas.

11. Work with the Technical Director to allocate resource, hold project reviews on a regular basis and ensure project
delivery on time.
Departmental/Functional Innovation

12. Develop tools and techniques to establish proof of compliance through simulation, rapid prototyping and testing,
allowing the department to use these tools to produce better product designs.
13. Identify improvement opportunities, team-working within and with other departments to implement effectively thereby
improving quality, increasing capacity and/or reducing costs.
14. Develop design solutions to implement in new products and/or equipment that will provide an operational benefit to
the business.

15. Work under own initiative to develop new ideas and their implementation.

16. Ensure processes and procedures are reviewed and updated to improve departmental and company performance.

17. Develop where appropriate, technological innovations that provide a competitive advantage
Support Activities

18. Provide technical support to all departments as and when required.

19. Provide technical advice and support relating to international safety standards so that new products are developed to comply with approval specifications and achieve 'right first time' success rate.

20. Any other reasonable duties required by the

Company.

Desirable Requirements :
1. An aptitude for man management, an ability to engage with, and influence people to achieve .
2. Team player.
3. Working knowledge and practitioner of CAD systems.
Essential Requirements :
1. Good organisational skills.
2. Good working knowledge of NPI systems, world class development systems and good working practise.
3. Good communicator and equally good listener.
4. Problem solver and an ability to remain "unphased" by technical issues.

Hours of Work :
1. Normally Monday to Friday - Day shift
2. Overtime may be needed to be worked when required by the business