Junior Design Engineer

Job Title: Junior Design Engineer
Location: Crawley
Employment Type: Permanent
Shift: Monday - Friday 08:45 - 17:15
Salary: £28-£32k DOE


Essential Qualifications & Skills
Mechanical Engineering degree (preferably BEng or MEng - Mechanical based rather than BSc Product Design / Manufacturing Design etc.)
Some experience of a Design Software (e.g. 2D: AutoCAD, 3D: Inventor, Solid Works, Solid Edge, Catia or equivalent) (our operational CAD system is Inventor Suite - with 3D: Autodesk Inventor & AutoCAD)
Ability to work displaying organisation, enthusiasm & own initiative
Multi-task with simultaneous projects meeting tight cost and time restraints (often a week or less)
Computer literate (Word, Excel - intermediate level)
Good communication skills (both written and verbal)
Must speak clear fluent English (including technical vocabulary)
Full UK manual driving license

Beneficial Qualifications & Skills
Experience of a Design Software (e.g. 2D: AutoCAD, 3D: Inventor/Solid Works
Our operational CAD system is Inventor Suite 2021: Autodesk Inventor & AutoCAD)
Knowledge of / qualifications in / experience with an Electrical discipline
Recent experience of design engineering work (not just reverse engineering or project management)
Understanding in the construction of BOMs (Bills of Material) - mechanical.
Foreign language ability

Training
Extensive training is provided for all staff. You will be given in house training in production to gain knowledge of our product range, and see the flow of materials from goods in, to assembly (electrical/electronic & mechanical), test (full system testing, analysis & fault finding) and despatch.
In house Navision MRP training from department staff.
Other courses as identified and required.

Job Description

• To be an integral part of the Engineering team starting to work under own initiative
• Taking the standard production folders, working from the order acknowledgement, technical specification and relevant quotation details to create the required documentation to construct a UV/IR/LED system
• Mechanical and light Electrical design of the full range of UV/IR/LED drying equipment
• Begin to offer creative thinking to reduce cost
• Visit to customer’s sites both in the UK and overseas as necessary to gain relevant information
• Understanding the customers’ requirements to ensure the fan, water, ducting and cabling requirements are communicated clearly
• Responsibility for the control and issuing of routine production orders
• Create detailed BOMs enabling Purchasing and Production to purchase and build the UV/IR/LED systems
• Work within set processes and ensure continuity of BOM structures and flow of information
• Checking that the mechanical and electrical parts are of the latest specification and meet the requirements of the system ordered
• Record information in a logical manner
• Maintain a well-organised working area
• Controlling the issue level on BOMs within our MRP software, ensuring these follow the agreed descriptor control procedures and methodology accordingly
• Liaising with suppliers to obtain quotations using detailed drawings released within the Vault (Engineering Data Management System)
• Using Inventor/AutoCAD Computer Aided Design system to produce 2D and 3D drawings of parts and assemblies using approved parts
• Respond quickly to internal and external customer requests
• Provision of technical support to customers and internal sales/service departments. This may be by telephone, fax, e-mail, and, where required, hands on in the factory or on site in the UK/worldwide
• A commitment to knowledge sharing and cross skills training and a general appreciation of the need to eliminate single point failure
• Must be able to effectively communicate and assist production with questions relating to released systems
• To help advise sales order processing team and production with queries regarding standard system configurations

TPA are a specialist recruitment agency recruiting on behalf of our client.
If you think you are a close fit for this position, please do apply and we will also register you for any upcoming positions that may be suitable.