Snr Project Design Engineer

Snr Project Design Engineer - Machine & Process Automation

£55,000 - £65,000 / award winning pension / excellent bonus / 35 days + B/Hs

You will be working for a global business who are world leader in their field (call JMT to discuss). This is an engineering role that can offer a lot of variation in your day to day; you will be developing new processes, running your own projects, helping/doing detailed design on new equipment such as automated equipment or piping design and working closely with senior management in various departments.

This is a responsable, broad role that would be ideal for somoene who has been in a senior design, development role at some point in thier career, or perhaps design management and is looking to step back into a technical project role.

The purpose of the job: Supporting a plant/production environment improving current processes, developing new machiner and automation (NPI/NPD), leading CAPEX projects and supporting design.

• Act as a Snr Mechanical Engineer.
• You aren't managing people, but are managing resource to help develop automation processes.
• Develop automation processes within a new facility.
• Lead key elements of capital projects (CAPEX) to expand the capabilities.
• Manage the engineering aspects of all new customer products and trials to the repair workshop and plant and define and control the standards, specifications and quality.
• Support the New Business Development team to technically evaluate and define realistic specifications.
• Support in the recruitment, training and development of skilled workshop technicians.
• You will be working autonomously on a day to day basis whilst working closely with stakeholders in design, engineering and the shop flop.

Background & experience:

• Degree qualified in Mechanical Engineering or similar. HND as a minimum.
• Experience working as a mechanical design engineer at some point would fit well.
• Experience working in a plant environment, potentially as a manufacturing, production, process engineer with project management would be advantageous.
• Must have experience / good knowledge of machine automation and process improvement within this.
• Knowledge of piping would be beneficial.
• Excellent communication skills

In return:

The benefits are genuinely excellent and the opportunity to progress is significant. Don't hesitate to get in touch if you think this could be a good fit, please contact James Taylor on for more details.

Similar job titles: Design Engineer, Development Engineer, Design Manager, Manufacturing Engineer, Process Engineer, Production Engineer, Project Manager, Chief Engineer, Engineering Manager, Production Manager, Manufacturing Manager, Process Improvement Manager, Design Engineer, Project Engineer.

Key words: Design, Plant, project, CAPEX, chemical, improvement, manufacturing, production, development, NPI, NPD.