Design Engineer

Posted 1 week ago by Lighthouse Personnel LTD
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Design Engineer

Salary Negotiable DOE | Mon-Thurs 8:30am-5pm, Fri 8:30am - 4pm | 20 days holiday plus B/H and 2 week Xmas shutdown | Additional days holiday per year in service | Design | Engineering | Solidworks | Machine build projects |

Our client is a manufacturing company, based in Harwich, who are looking to add a Design Engineer to their growing design team.

The successful candidate will co-ordinate and manage key machine build projects through the system and will act as customer liaison; responsible for the co-ordination, organisation and allocation of tasks to other members of staff involved in the project.

Duties (include but are not limited to)

  • To co-ordinate and manage key machine build projects through the system.
  • Oversee the issue of BOMs to production department, ensuring each machine is issued correctly.
  • Customer liaison and the co-ordination, organisation and allocation of tasks to other members of staff involved in the project.
  • Deal directly with customers either by telephone, electronically or face to face.
  • Respond promptly to customer inquiries if required.
  • Obtain and evaluate all relevant information to handle design requirements from the customer.
  • Keep records of customer interactions and transactions.
  • Communicate and coordinate with internal departments.
  • Customer site visits to evaluate machine requirements.
  • Developing R&D projects as directed.
  • Supervision and control over the design and manufacture.
  • Procurement of test parts, assembly and trialling.
  • Documentation to support new developments.

Person Specification

  • Design experience
  • Solidworks experience
  • Ideally experience within the manufacturing/engineering fields
  • A strong communicator who can lead customer/client interaction
  • A positive and outgoing attitude, even when dealing with difficult situations.
  • Comfortable working within tight deadlines.
  • Excellent written, verbal, and IT skills with the ability to effectively articulate customer information.
  • Be willing to occasionally work additional hours to complete projects.

Driving Licence required: No (although would be an advantage)

DBS/criminal records check to be carried out by employer: Yes

LIGHTHOUSE PERSONNEL LTD ARE A RECRUITMENT AGENCY WORKING ON BEHALF OF A CLIENT.

PLEASE NOTE WE RECEIVE A LARGE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS PER VACANCY AND UNFORTUNATELY CANNOT RESPOND TO ALL APPLICANTS. THEREFORE, IF YOU HAVE NOT HEARD FROM US WITHIN A MONTH FROM APPLICATION DATE, IT IS LIKELY THAT YOU HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL.

If you have been successful, we will contact you by the phone and begin taking you through our step by step recruitment process, doing our utmost to ensure the role is right for you, ascertaining your suitability in the process. This process will all be explained on initial contact.

Required skills

  • Communication Skills
  • Solidworks
  • Managing Deadlines
  • Design

Reference: 52757444

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