Senior Design Engineer

Our client is a successful and well-established manufacturer. They are looking for a Senior Design Engineer to join their team. 

• Salary depending on experience (TBC).    

• Hours of work: Monday – Thursday, 8.00am – 4.30pm, and Friday 8.00am – 3.30pm.
As a Senior Design Engineer, you will be responsible for the production of detailed design information on a range of product types, as part of their second line engineering process.  You will form a key member of the design team provide support to both pre and post-sales functions, and coordinating the workload of other Design Engineers. You will be central to the R&D activities related to air handling products/solutions.

You will take sales estimation proposals and develop them into mature solutions ready to be handed over to the projects team.

The design information will require a thorough review of scope of works, specification compliance and will entail the production of detailed general arrangement and fabrication drawings alongside the production of bill of materials.

Qualifications / Experience Required:

•    Experience in the design of air handling units

•    Experience of fault finding, diagnosing issues with air handling units

•    Strong understanding of production and assembly processes within a fabrication environment

•    Excellent time management skills and the ability to work in a high-pressure environment

•    Excellent communication and problem-solving skills

•    Flexible approach to working hours with the overall focus of delivering projects on and on budget

•    Strong two-way communication skills and approachable

•    Strong client relationship skills

•    Working to ISO9001 quality procedures and CDM regulations

•    Strong commercial awareness

•    Excellent oral communication and interpersonal skills plus high quality standards of written work and drawings

Duties / Responsibilities:

•    Taking ownership in developing designs to an agreed specification, including the key measures of meeting deadlines, meeting design criteria, liaising with suppliers.

•    Developing designs for projects from initial enquiry, producing costings and producing BOMs (Bill of Materials). Final design sign off of above information required prior to handover to the project team.

•    Co-ordinate the daily workload of the design team and multiproduct enquiries.

•    Lead and/or be directly involved in [potentially multiple] R&D projects related to Air Handling equipment and solutions, including but not limited to cost engineering, core functionality development, evolutionary upgrades, framing system improvements, and certification programmes e.g. Eurovent certification.

•    Working as part of a multi discipline engineering team consisting of ventilation, building services, refrigeration, acoustic and control engineers to develop complex product solutions.

•    Drive process management efficiencies and improvements.

•    Develop and improve handover procedures to post order engineering teams.

•    Working on varied types of drawings from single line design concepts to intricate detailed manufacturing drawings.

•    Liaising with the drawing department to produce accurate working drawings for production.

•    Liaising with the drawing department to produce sales proposal drawings.

•    Provide technical advice to assist with projects and products, including (but not limited to) functionality, performance, efficiency, lifespan, quality, and cost.

•    Provide technical support to the pre-sales team, including site visits and client meetings.

•    Mentoring and developing the design team with an emphasis on personal development, positivity, and employee engagement.

•    Overseeing the day-to-day work completed by the team including specifications, designs and BOMs.

•    Representing the team providing updates in project progress, new technologies, new product development in addition to technical and risk management implications

•    Keeping drawing schedules up to date for issued and received drawings.

•    Managing risk effectively, collaborating with all departments and adapting to situations.

•    Encouraging and supporting the company’s continuous improvement ethos by carrying out technical design reviews, testing regimes, and analysis of new and existing products to improve efficiency and quality.

•    Investigating potential product development opportunities and lead the prototyping and testing of new products.

•    Maximising value engineering opportunities.

•    Keeping up to date with new technology, current and forthcoming legislative obligations, and providing a clear roadmap for new opportunities within the company.

•    Promoting and co-ordinating technical knowledge within the company, including technical knowledge sharing and harvesting.

•    Presenting to other teams and providing updates on new products to increase the knowledge base of peers, including external CPDs.

•    Dealing with and managing customer technical requests in a professional manner.

•    Maintaining a high level of quality in accordance with Company policies.

•    Providing technical support and training to internal and external customers.

•    Managing workload proactively to achieve objectives and ensure activity schedules are kept regularly up to date.

•    Managing the development and integration of MP Air Pro Software, ensuring the software and database is kept up to date with the latest information.

•    Any other ad hoc duties that may be required from time to time for the smooth running of the business.

This role would suit someone with experience of AHU / HVAC / Air Conditioning design, with previous job titles such as Product Design Engineer / Mechanical Design Engineer / Electrical Design Engineer / AutoCAD Technician / Autodesk Technician / CAD Engineer / CAD Draughtsman / Draughtsperson / Draughts Person / CAD Technician / Design Engineer / Autodesk Technician / Senior CAD Designer / other similar senior CAD based Engineering role.