Design Engineer in Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey

We are seeking an experienced Mechanical Design Engineer for a 6 month contract based in Sunbury on Thames. Salary DOE.

It is essential that applicants meet the below criteria:

• Minimum of 2 years design experience in a CAD centric environment
• Basic Pneumatics experience (preferred)
• Experience with PDM or similar system
• Ability to extract data from various sources to create a SSOT (single source of truth)
• High level of excel competency
• Excellent 3D CAD ability (ideally SolidWorks), robust modelling techniques and collaboration in a multi-user environment.
• High Bill of Materials accuracy, supporting accurate product costing
• Experience with CADLink or similar software
• Passion for accurate 3D models to be converted into BOMs
• Understanding of lean production
• Project management experience
• Ability to communicate and present technical information at all levels, both report-based and verbal.
• Experience of developing products for a variety of manufacturing processes, such as sheet metal fabrication, machining, and welding. (preferred)
• Good technical ability, with understanding of mechanical interactions and solving from first principles.
• Experience in design of products encompassing mechanical and electrical elements.
• Knowledge of ISO 9001 (or similar) quality management systems.
• Strong mechanical engineering background, with knowledge of supporting engineering disciplines.
• Experience in developing products for use in hazardous environments (ATEX, IECEx), that are subject to the Machinery Directive.

Duties will include:

• Manage BOMs (BOM Structure, EBOM, MBOM) for manufacture, assembly and servicing
• Design of BOM structure for manufacture, assembly and servicing
• Work alongside other engineering functions (such as Electronic Engineering) to ensure mechanical, electrical and pneumatic elements of each product are carefully integrated.
• Work closely with the Operations and Quality teams to ensure a smooth transition of products and sub-systems into production.
• Undertake and support Engineering Change Requests, promoting thorough documentation control and lessons learned.
• Support the development of departmental processes, procedures and best practice.
• Delivery of high-quality design solutions to meet delivery and budget expectations.
• Ownership of processes to track progress and reporting