Contractor - Senior Design Engineer - Vehicle and Suspension in Shoreham-by-Sea

Our vision is to create a safe and sustainable world. Ricardo, member of WSP, is a global strategic, environmental, and engineering consulting company. With over 100 years of engineering excellence and employing close to 3,000 employees in more than 20 countries, we provide exceptional levels of expertise in delivering leading-edge and innovative cross-sector sustainable products and solutions. Every day, we enable our customers to solve the most complex and dynamic challenges to help achieve a safe and sustainable world.

The Role

As a Contractor - Senior Design Engineer – Vehicle and Suspension engineering you will be a part of the Global Mechanical Design team responsible for the design of suspension and subframe components from clean sheet to production. The Senior Design Engineer will become a member of the design team and will work closely with the Chief Designer to take ownership of a particular mechanical design system as identified by the Chief Designer.

Key Responsibilities

• The mechanical design of components through concept, definitive and detail design phases.
• Carry out detailed mechanical design work including 3D modelling, basic stress calculations, FMEA’s, 2D layouts, 2D detailing, tolerance stacks as required. Agreeing the design approach with the project Chief or Lead Designer.
• Responsible for the following engineering activities:

• System and component specifications and that design meets the requirements.
• Creation of 2D drawings to allow manufacture or purchase.
• Creation of assembly drawings and bill of materials.
• Carry out design change requests as per process and in a timely manner.
• Fit and function of their responsible parts or system and their interaction with other systems.
• Layout drawings are up to date.
• Creation of component or system design plans.
• Meeting design timing plans on assigned tasks.
• Work closely with manufacturing and process engineers to ensure products are designed for manufacture & assembly.
• Responsible for reporting progress of all assigned tasks to the project management teams, chief designer or engineering manager.
• Creation of technical reports and documentation as required for engineering projects.
• Highlights all mechanical technical risks to the chief designer or engineering manager.
• Responsible for preparing and presenting mechanical designs at design reviews.
• If required, generates minutes from design reviews.
• Keeps up to date with and dissemination of:

• latest manufacturing techniques and drawing standards.
• latest technology trends.
• latest developments in design tools.

Key Skills and Experience

• Degree (Bachelor or Masters) in mechanical engineering or similar field or with equivalent experience.
• Experience as a Design Engineer.
• Broad range of mechanical design knowledge specializing in one of the following areas: suspension design, subframe design, suspension and steering components.
• Preferred experience in any of off-highway, commercial vehicle or automotive areas.
• Experienced user of Catia.
• PLM experience, PTC Windchill preferred.
• Familiarity of technical specifications.
• Ability to understand and produce technical drawings to high standard with GD&T competency.
• Able to produce designs to specified deadlines and achieves required timescales.
• Confident proactive character, ability to take the lead in challenging situations.
• Good communication skills, dealing with other employees, external clients & suppliers.

Additional Requirements

• Able to communicate effectively in English at all levels.
• Self-motivated.
• Team player.
• Effective problem solving capabilities.
• Ability to work to tight deadlines.
• Ability to work with minimum supervision.

Working here

You will be warmly welcomed into our workplace where every voice matters. We are diverse thinkers and doers, coming together to create a culture of inclusion. We will support you to find your place. We will encourage you to use your passion and expertise to make a positive impact through the projects you work on. Your knowledge and desire to bring about change will be invaluable in helping deliver innovative solutions that support communities across the globe in becoming safer and more sustainable.

We want you to know how much you are valued. Your remuneration and benefits package will reflect that. You will receive a range of benefits which include support for your physical and mental health.

Diversity, Equality and Inclusion statement

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person's potential, and we'll help you reach yours. We have an ambitious diversity, equality, and inclusion approach. We value diversity; recognising that a more diverse workforce creates a richer and more varied working environment. Diversity also drives innovation, by allowing us to offer our clients the best consultancy service that we can. As part of our commitment to engage positively and pro-actively with all our employees to ensure an inclusive culture, we are recognised as a 'disability confident' employer.

Next steps

Once you have submitted your application a member of our Recruitment Team will be in touch. Please be aware that the timing can vary dependent on the volume of applications that we receive for each role and in some cases, we may start to review applications prior to the closing date. Ricardo is a Disability confident employer please advise the recruitment team via recruit@ricardo.com if you require any adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process.