Senior Design Engineer in Watton

About The Role

Reports To: Head of Engineering/Technical Director

Duties Duties & Responsibilities

• The Senior Design Engineer will assume responsibility for technical support across EXHEAT Ltd. The role will support the heater engineering function and project teams with all aspects of engineering design, calculations, analysis, and engineering development.
• As a project engineering team leader the Senior Design Engineer will plan output and mentor their engineering team in the UK and in India.
• The Senior Design Engineer will ensure the EXHEAT Ltd engineering department follow and develop engineering best practice, drawing developments and design optimisation, ensuring accurate delivery to stakeholders
• The role will work closely with the Technical Manager (Heaters) to ensure that handover from Sales to Engineering is aligned with the project requirements.

Responsibilities

• Management of Project Engineering team ensuring deadlines are achieved.
• Close interaction with the Project Management Team supporting the projects team and project design engineers with client meetings when required.
• Review and development of engineering procedures and working practices within the engineering department to identify areas of improvement and standardisation which will lead to cost / time reduction and improved efficiency.
• Final drawing, technical documentation and bill of materials approvals, checked for accuracy and completeness.
• Assume responsibility for the development of engineering calculations, material selections and design analysis using the correct tools.
• Be the technical authority when working with other departments and assume client facing project engineering role
• Train and mentor, the Engineering team with technical appraisals and advice and lend experience to large or complex projects
• Champion design systems and software and be part of the systems change management team.
• Ensuring that all designs meet the requirements of EXHEAT Certification and local and international standards and regulations
• Improvement of existing and development of new products

Other Responsibilities

• Pro‑active management of the company systems ensuring all records are updated daily
• Ensure engineering procedures are followed and active recommendations for change and improvement are driven
• Actively generate and support initiatives that improve engineering accuracy and performance
• Communication tools to be used fully and effectively.

Benefits

• Company pension
• Early finish on Friday
• Cycle to work scheme
• On‑site parking
• Sick pay
• Tea, coffee, milk and fresh fruit provided
• Hybrid working 3 days in the office and 2 working from home following completion of probation review

The Employee shall devote their whole time, attention and skill to their duties hereunder and in addition such other duties as may from time to time be reasonably required of them for the proper and efficient running of the Employer’s business.

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