Design Engineer

Design Engineer

Location: Desford, Leicester (LE9) , LE9 Salary: From 16.63 to 24.94 per hour Date posted: 31/05/2012 09:55 Job type:Contract Company: Meyer-Scott Recruitment Contact: Toby Lowther Ref: Totaljobs/TE12/05/25 Job ID: 53737912

Design Engineer, Desford 16.63 24.94 per hour Duration 12 months. (22-K117-1A - 1735943)

Our client is looking for unique individuals who have the potential to help build their business, serve their customers and thrive within their dynamic and global business. Founded over a century ago this business has been making progress possible and driving positive sustainable change on every continent.They have several UK based facilities, located in Shrewsbury, Desford, Wolverhampton and Peterlee in Durham.

From Calgary to Cairo and from Sydney to Salt Lake City, our client operates hundreds of offices and facilities across the world.This client with its global presence, product breadth and financial strength enables them to win in today's competitive marketplaces - just think of the opportunities that would become available to you!

Our client has a contract vacancy for a Design Engineer within the Compact Wheeloader Engineering Team at their facility in Leicestershire. The successful candidate will be working on improvements to current production models and the development of new products.

Job Description

The Engineer will have a varied and exciting role creating new designs from concept through to detailed design ensuring the parts are validated and meet the functional requirements.

The candidate will be responsible for the production release of the parts and expected to work with suppliers to ensure the parts can be manufactured and meet the cost and quality targets.

The successful candidate will need to be flexible and be able to work on multiple areas of the machine i.e. structural fabrications, non-metallic components & cab interior.

Critical to the success of the role will be an enthusiastic attitude showing the initiative to solve engineering problems and be able to work to tight deadlines.

As part of this role, communication with other design centres will be required for worldwide design collaboration.

Qualifications

Machine engineering design experience.

Computer literate with Pro-E CAD engineering skills

Experience in designing structural fabrications & non-metallic components.

Knowledge and experience of problem solving analysis.

Knowledge of engineering processs, drawing standards, specifications, and Teamcentre workflow is desirable.

Experience of Off highway equipment or other heavy machinery

Ability to self direct but also work effectively in a diverse team environment.

Engineering / Science Degree or equivalent industry experience