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Role Overview

Do you have a background in designing bespoke machinery and leading projects from start to finish? 

Are you a Senior Design Engineer or Design Manager with good industry experience in bespoke machinery design?

We are looking to recruit an experienced individual for a bespoke equipment manufacturer based in Staffordshire. 

The company have a long history of providing bespoke solutions to customers all over the globe and are often requested to create one off machines for specific tasks. 

After another great growth year for the company in the way of orders and project requests, and this upturn is now requiring a new Design Manager to join the company and assist in the demand for new projects to be designed.

Salary and Benefits

• £45,000 - £55,000
• 33 days holiday, including bank holidays.
• Healthcare 
• 37 Hours per week, 8:45am – 5:00pm, 4pm finish on Friday’s, with some flexibility.
• Immediate Start 

Commutable from: Stafford, Sutton Coldfield, Burton, Derby, Tamworth, Rugeley, Lichfield, Burton, Burntwood, Cannock

Candidate Requirements 

• Qualified to HND / Degree level in an engineering discipline, ideally Mechanical or Product Design. 
• You must have a sound knowledge of mechanical engineering principles and product design processes. 
• It is essential that you have several years' experience designing using 3D CAD in Mechanical Machinery Design. 
• Experience of working in a manufacturing environment. 
• A Design Manager or Engineer with experience of managing a small team.
• Candidates should have a strong Design background in Fabrications, Machine Parts and Hydraulics.

Key Responsibilities

• As the Design Manager you will be responsible for updating existing machines and working on new and existing product ranges, with a strong partnership to shop floor and other engineering personnel. 
• You will take ownership of Design Projects from start to finish. 
• Management of all design activities from concept through to production validation.
• The robust design of products in accordance with the department procedures. 
• Investigating design factors such as function, materials, performance, interchangeability, cost, operational efficiency. 
• Preparation of Project Engineering data for new product assemblies and components, e.g. 3D / 2D Drawings, BOM's, Technical Specifications. 
• Customer technical liaison on new projects, ensuring that the designs meet the customer's requirements and often exceed their expectations and remain competitive to achieve sales growth and increase market share.

The Company

For over 60 years, this business has been constantly evolving their product portfolio to meet the demands and ever-changing needs for some of the world’s largest industries. From the design of their first ever product, the business has sustained manufacturing excellence, setting the industry standard.

Today they operate from a purpose built, state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Northampton, where they routinely design and develop system solutions for bespoke applications.

Due to an increasing volume of sales they now need to expand and strengthen their Engineering department.

Control & Instrumentation Hardware Engineer Package, Benefits and Hours

• Salary up to £55,000
• 37 hours per week; Monday to Thursday 8:30am – 17:15pm, Fridays 8:30am – 12:30pm
• 25 days holiday, plus statutory
• 10% employer pension, 4% from employee
• Excellent contractual benefits package to include: death in service, income protection benefits and health insurance, together with a non-contractual annual profit share bonus

Commutable From: Northampton, Long Buckby, Leicester, Coventry, Milton Keynes, Rugby, Banbury

Role Overview

The control & instrumental hardware engineer will design, development, and commissioning of control systems, including variable speed motors and drives, PLC based test systems, P&ID diagrams.

You should be experienced in in electrical CAD design and creating high quality project documentation to deliver exceptional solutions for customers. 

This role will see you assist with commissioning of systems both in-house and at customer sites within UK and internationally.

Control & Instrumentation Hardware Engineer Key Requirements

• Degree / NVQ level 5 or equivalent engineering qualification.
• 2 years designing (electrical CAD) & developing C&I systems.
• PLC Programming (Siemens Step 7 / TIA Portal / Controllogix / Beckhoff PLC / Codesys desirable)
• Knowledge of industrial communication protocols (e.g. ProfiNET, CAN)
• Industrial wiring and switchgear, Industrial sensors e.g. encoders, transducers for pressure, flow, temperature etc.
• Understanding of UK electrical legislation  UKCA, CE, UL, CSA
• Safety standards ISO 13849, IEC 61508

If you are interested in this Control & Instrumental Hardware Engineer role, please apply today for more information and be sure to leave your contact details.

I ampleased to be supporting our industry leading manufacturing client in their search for a permeant Mechanical Design Engineer.

Benefits:

• £32,000 - £42,000
• 25 Days annual Leave + Bank Holiday
• Company Pension
• Life Assurance Scheme

This Mechanical Design Engineer role will see you creating 2D & 3D designs using Autodesk Inventor to customer specification to meet increased demand within this growing precision engineering business.

The ideal candidate will be a mechanical design engineer with liaising with clients, supporting technical issues from a design perspective and have exposure to manufacturing environments.

Design Engineer Experience:

• Mechanical Engineering qualification.
• 2D & 3D design.
• Manufacturing exposure.

This role is open to design engineers, mechanical design engineers, senior design engineers and design managers.  

If you are interested in this “Mechanical Design Engineer” role, please apply today for more information and be sure to leave your contact details.

Commutable from: Leicester, Coventry, Lutterworth, Derby, Coalville, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Hinckley, Melton Mowbray, Tamworth, Burton Upon Trent, Corby.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Junior Design Engineer to join an engineering business in Lichfield that manufacture world renown engineer solutions

Salary and Benefits

• Up to £25,000 DOE
• 30 days holiday, including bank holidays.
• Healthcare Scheme
• Early finish Friday
• Company bonus
• Immediate Start 

You will be gaining hands on experience within an established manufacturing company applying AutoCAD design experience delivering complex hydraulic and pneumatic equipment. 

Part of a small team as Junior Design Engineer you will get exposure to all parts of the manufacturing process from initial concept of customer specification to prototyping and final build. 

Candidate Requirements 

• Qualified to HND / Degree level in an engineering discipline or equivalent.  
• Minium 1 year experience with a manufacturing environment
• Experienced with design using AutoCAD, Solidworks or Inventor.

The ideal Junior Design Engineer will have some hands-on engineering experience post-graduation and is looking to join a stable, established business to progress their career.  

Please note this is a permanent role, not fixed term contract and does not offer sponsorship.  

If you are interested in this Junior Design Engineer role, please apply today for more information and be sure to leave your contact details.

Commutable from: Lichfield, Burntwood, Cannock, Sutton Coldfield, Tamworth, Rugeley and Burton.

An opportunity has become available for a Mechanical Design Engineer to progress their career within a leading Worcestershire engineering business. 

• £35,000 - £45,000 DOE
• 25 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays.
• Early finish Friday.
• On-Site free parking.

As a Mechanical Design engineer, you will be working within the wider engineering team to develop new and existing projects to remain market leaders.

You will have a sound background of cradle to grave design engineering and the ability to communicate with internal and external stakeholders. Both experienced and junior engineers with 1 years’ experience will be considered. 

Design Engineer Requirements:

• Mechanical Design Engineering Qualification.
• 1 Year design engineer experience within relevant industry.
• SolidWorks

The role is open to Mechanical Design Engineers, manufacturing engineers and project engineers,

If you are interested in this Mechanical Design Engineer role, please apply today for more information and be sure to leave your contact details.

This Design Engineer role is commutable from: Worcester, Evesham, Bromsgrove, Droitwich, Tewkesbury

An opportunity has become available for an Electrical Design Engineer to progress their career within a leading Worcestershire engineering business. 

Design Engineer Benefits:

• £35,000 - £45,000 DOE
• 25 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays.
• Early finish Friday.
• On-Site free parking.

As an electrical design engineer, you will be working within the wider engineering team to develop new and existing projects to remain market leaders.

You will have a sound background of project management with electrical design and the ability to communicate with internal and external stakeholders. 

Design Engineer Requirements

• Electrical Engineering Qualification.
• Experience with machinery design or industrial design.
• Accurately create BOM’s and technical documentation.

The role is open to Electrical Design Engineers and Electro-Mechanical Design Engineers.  

If you are interested in this Electrical Design Engineer role, please apply today for more information and be sure to leave your contact details.

Commutable from: Worcester, Evesham, Bromsgrove, Droitwich, Tewkesbury