The Quality Engineer will inspect the quality of internally and externally made components, ensuring the standard of client’s equipment maintains the correct level of quality and to review the ongoing quality level of supplied components.
You will also audit internal manufacturing processes to ensure procedures are followed and quality parts are produced.
Pay, Hours and Benefits
£27,742
Monday to Thursday, 7:30am – 4pm, 12:30pm Finish on Friday’s
30 days holiday (inc statutory) plus an additional three days at Christmas
You must have a recognised apprenticeship, this is essential
Experience in a wide range of machined and fabricated components
Knowledge of measuring equipment
Self-motivated
High level of attention to detail
Computer literate
Familiar with Epicor or other similar business system
Quality Engineer Key Responsibilities
The Quality Engineer will inspect all necessary components made internally and externally ensuring they have been manufactured to the correct level of quality
Report quality issues via non-conformance system and quarantine non-conforming parts
Assist with the review of suppliers and assist with organising the calibration of measuring equipment
Complete inspection reports for critical components
Ensure that spare parts are inspected without impacting the part lead time
Support the development of a robust quality system
The Quality Engineer will have occasional travel (including overseas) to suppliers
Probe Technical Recruitment, providing Manufacturing, Production & Quality Recruitment Support since 1994
This is a great opportunity within a leading company’s centre of excellence, which is privately owned and with operations in 20 countries. In the UK, they develop and manufacture bespoke products, with over 90% being exported.
They currently have a number of patents, world firsts and are committed to continuous product development on a concurrent engineering basis.
Development Engineer Package and Benefits
£33,000
£4,000 company performance bonus
Free life Assurance
Joint contributory pension scheme,
Private medical insurance (after a qualifying period)
Due to further growth, a vacancy has arisen in the R&D department for a Mechanical Development Engineer with special responsibility for finite element simulation.
The position is intended as a junior role for applicants who typically have approximately 3 years post-graduate industrial experience, who can grow into the role and gain the required skills and knowledge from more experienced colleagues and additional training provided by the company.
Development Engineer Key Duties
Support the design and development of products by use of SolidWorks CAD software, ANSYS simulation software and other tools and techniques as required.
Conducting structural integrity calculations (based on formula and FEA), relating to pressure safety requirements and compliance with the Pressure Equipment Directive and other international pressure equipment regulations.
Development Engineer Key Skills Required
A minimum 2:1 degree in Mechanical Engineering or related subject from an IMechE accredited course.
Familiarity and preferably practical experience with core mechanical engineering theory including stress analysis, dynamics, thermodynamics and fluids.
Experience using Mathcad
Typically 3 years industrial experience in a technical Engineering role, preferably in new product development environment.
Preferable - experience in applying stress analysis techniques.
A minimum of 1 year’s practical experience using simulation software (preferably ANSYS) conducting stress, thermal and modal analyses and knowledge of ANSYS APDL and the Workbench environment would be advantageous
Probe Technical Recruitment, providing Design, R&D & Projects Engineering Recruitment Support since 1994
This is a great opportunity within a leading company’s centre of excellence, which is privately owned and with operations in 20 countries. In the UK, they develop and manufacture bespoke products, with over 90% being exported.
They currently have a number of patents, world firsts and are committed to continuous product development on a concurrent engineering basis.
Product Development Engineer Package and Benefits
£35,000 - £38,000 dependant on experience
£4,000 company performance bonus
Free life Assurance
Joint contributory pension scheme,
Private medical insurance (after a qualifying period)
37.5 hours per week – with flexible hours
Early finish on Friday’s
This Product Development Engineer's role is Commutable From: Milton Keynes, Leicester, Peterborough, Rugby, Kettering, Corby, Wellingborough, Banbury, Market Harborough, St Neots
The Role
A vacancy has arisen for an experienced Product Development Engineer within the Research and Development Department providing life-cycle support of existing products across clients range of products.
This position would suit someone who is currently in a Product Development Engineer role, a Product Engineer, Design Engineer or possibly even a Draughtsman.
Product Development Engineer Key Responsibilities (but not limited to):
The Product Development Engineer will be evaluating and implementing design change requests related to the full range of products.
Preparing, maintaining and revision control of 3D CAD models, drawings and BOM’s using SolidWorks and Keytech PLM software, including the updating and correcting of CAD modelling errors in legacy SolidWorks Drawings, Parts and Assemblies.
Re-drawing legacy AutoCAD designs in SolidWorks and providing CAD draughting support to Research and Development Engineers.
Working closely with and supporting other departments (Production, Production Engineering, Purchasing, Quality) and suppliers to improve existing designs with respect to design for manufacture and assembly.
Provide assistance to other departments and suppliers to help solve technical problems during manufacture and assembly.
Oversee validation testing required during the design change process and summarise results in a technical report.
Provide input to new product development based on experience of existing products. Performance of other tasks as detailed by the Product Development Manager and/or the R&D Manager.
Product Development Engineer Key Skills Required:
HNC, HND or Degree in Mechanical and / or Production Engineering (ideally).
A minimum of 5 years practical experience in 3D CAD is essential, preferably using SolidWorks.
Experience in PLM Systems and document revision control.
Familiar with the principles of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).
Experience in a product development and product manufacturing environment.
Knowledge of special materials such as austenitic and Duplex stainless steels, hastelloy, titanium, tantalum etc. would be an advantage.
Ideally knowledge of permanent joining methods such as welding, brazing, adhesive bonding etc and knowledge of manufacturing processes such as casting, injection moulding, machining, fabrication, forming etc.
Probe Technical Recruitment, providing Design, R&D & Projects Engineering Recruitment Support since 1994
Due to structured growth we are seeking to recruit a Day Shift Reliability & Lubrication Engineer to join our team of reliability professionals.
Benefits:
In return for your maintenance, lubrication & reliability engineering skills and experience, we offer a negotiable starting salary in the region of £27,000 - £35,000, plus company pension & genuine industry accredited training and a real career path, as part of our growing business which offers you the opportunity to join an organisation that plays a vital role in keeping key industry sectors in operation.
Duties of a Maintenance Reliability & Lubrication Engineer
As a Reliability Maintenance Engineer, you will be required to manage critical lubrication stocks, undertake lubrication and condition monitoring activities such as vibration analysis, thermography and oil analysis on site, which will focus on the use of data collection equipment to identify issues such as machine imbalance, misalignment and poor lubrication.
Requirements of a Maintenance Reliability & Lubrication Engineer
Ideally you will have gained your maintenance experience of supporting plant within a production, manufacturing or process environment as a mechanically biased maintenance engineer and have a passion for reliability centred maintenance.
Ideally you will be apprentice trained with formal VA1 accreditation, however as a minimum you must be qualified to a City & Guilds / NVQ standard Mechanically, hold a driving licence and be pc literate with the ability to draft base technical reports.
This is a great opportunity to move your maintenance career into the world of reliability centered maintenance where you will be given the opportunity to acquire a realm of reliability focused training and accreditation.
The role is commutable from Cambridge, Kettering, Huntingdon, Northampton, Peterborough & St Neots
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