Reports to
Technical Director
Role Purpose
To evaluate and understand project and product design requirements and provide effective mentoring of all CAD Engineers. Seek to analyse existing designs with a view to increase efficiency or improve performance. Develop the drawing facilities within the Company.
Accountabilities
- Create structured design packs consisting of manufacture drawings, assembly drawings, layout drawings, bills of materials and other relevant documents.
- Generate solid models and engineering drawings from information supplied by project engineers and managers.
- Interpret customers design requirements, tackle engineering problems arising from designs ensuring solutions are implemented.
- Technically assist manufacturing, sales, procurement and project teams within the Company as well as customers and suppliers.
- Participate in design reviews, ensure revision control in drawings/designs and contribute to production planning and meetings.
- Complete design risk assessments of equipment and/or systems.
- Understand how relevant components, parts and instrumentation work and how these items should be installed and maintained.
- Work in collaboration with the process engineering team to ensure process specific requirements are captured within the design development of equipment.
- Have a good understanding of the design, function and build process of the process equipment and products built by the Company.
- Communicate with other engineers working on projects to ensure the different segments come together to make the overall system/design pack work.
- Be responsible for CAD Engineer in a mentoring role to include guidance and development of the post holder.
- Develop and further extend proficient computer and application skills to include technical knowledge of computer assisted design (CAD) software.
- Carry out site surveys as required.
- Conduct Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and produce technical reports.
- Test, collect and analyse data from tests on designs, modifying designs and retesting.
- Assist when required with marketing drives and the creation of technical marketing material.
Person Specification
Overview of required qualifications, knowledge, experience, skills and attributes.
Essential:
- Formal qualification in an engineering discipline, HND/HNC minimum, e.g. mechanical engineering, systems engineering would be considered
- Relevant experience
- Have a good knowledge of material properties
- Have innovative problem solving skills, creativity, proficiency and an ability to work in a team
- Excellent communication and people skills
- Good planning, administrative and organisational skills
- Ability to manage a number of tasks concurrently and meet deadlines
- Be hard working and conscientious
- Ability to work calmly under pressure
- Ability to work on own initiative, be self-motivated and work as part of a team without constant supervision
- Proficient in the use of CAD
- Excellent attention to detail
- Good ICT skills, including use of MS package
- Understanding of relevant health and safety legislation
- Hold a valid driving licence
Desirable:
- specific Autodesk Inventor experience
- Previous experience of working within food, drink and allied sectors
- Willingness to continue personal development