Senior Design Engineer in Birmingham

ORONA’s activities are focused on the design, manufacture, installation, maintenance, and modernisation of lifts, escalators, moving ramps and walkways. Operating in 100 countries, we have 330,000 lifts worldwide using our technology. With 2 manufacturing plants, Orona is Number 1 in Europe in terms of complete lift production capacity.

We are looking for a Senior Design Engineer with lift industry experience. Ideally based anywhere in the UK (except Northern Ireland), however it will require regular travel to meet with the team based in Sunbury. A company vehicle may be provided.

You will be responsible for all design aspects of the lift installation including:

• Drawing production
• Customer liaison
• Installation teams liaison
• Design standards
• Personally delivering final Builders Working drawings

Provides responsive internal and on-site design support and training. Other duties include:

• Producing Builders Works, Engineering, Lift finishes drawings and sketches in accordance with company standards, best practice, legislation, H&S guidelines and the Lifts Regulations.
• Understanding, interpreting and integrating Architectural and technical building drawings and information, and incorporating within a coordinated working design.
• Producing designs with an awareness of timescales and deadlines in respect of customer requirements.
• Recording design process on company software systems.
• Assisting in producing Operating and Maintenance Manuals, 'as fitted' information and regularly checking project completion schedules to ensure the O&M manuals are issued to customers in a timely manner in accordance with company practices.
• Ensuring the customer fully understands the builders work drawings and prepares the site to agreed drawings and attendances.
• Checking the site for compliance and advising any anomalies/proposals in writing to the customer.
• Completing site surveys to ensure site is prepared as per agreed drawings and schedules and advising customer on areas of non-compliance.
• Attending design meetings where required to liaise with the customer, Architects, project designers.
• Responsible for attaining customer approval of builders work drawings and lift finishes.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• 25 days holiday (rising to 30 days with service) + 8 days Bank Holidays
• Pension (Company contributions rising with service)
• Life Assurance
• Medical Cash Back Plan
• Enhanced Family Friendly Leave
• GP 24/7
• Employee Assistance Program
• Eyecare vouchers
• Long Service Awards
• Recruitment referral fee
• Training and Development opportunities

Requirements

• An accredited university degree
• Must have previous experience in the Lift Industry
• CAD - Should be conversant in Auto-Cad or similar design software.
• Technical Drawings - Fully conversant with engineering drawings and able to explain them to others.
• Problem Solving – able to identify problems, break them down into smaller elements, pinpoint possible solutions, prioritise these different elements and construct an action plan for tackling the problem.
• Innovative – shows good judgement about new ideas that will work and able to put them into practice.
• Stand Alone – has the self-confidence to be able to work with minimum supervision and be trusted to deliver work that is timely and accurate, right 1st time.
• Communication - good communicator both orally and in writing, providing clear and relevant information to others in a way that they can understand exactly the true message that is being sent. Must also be able to select the right medium to use.