Design Engineer

at  AIS

We are looking for a Design Engineer to join our Team in Skelmersdale on a full time and permanent contract.

Responsibilities:

• The successful and timely delivery of all design engineering work allocated to you.
• Maintaining high quality engineering output.
• Working to defined company processes and standards.
• Maintaining customer focus and ensuring customer satisfaction through delivery of your work.
• Supporting the Business Group in the process of winning new work.
• Improving product design methods & procedures.

Main Duties:

• Supporting the Engineering Team Manager to provide design engineering cover across the Business Group and across CRP when necessary.
• Performing design engineering activities within Design Engineering on a day-to-day basis.
• Ensure that all products are designed in accordance with customer requirements, company practice and recognised engineering standards.
• Improving product design methods and procedures.
• Generating technical presentations for either internal or external purposes.
• Ensuring information in drawings and documentation is both correct and complete.
• Providing technical support for products associated with the Business Group activities.
• Providing technical support relating to production plant and equipment if required.
• Assisting in the communication of technical data to Customers and sub-contractors.
• Interfacing with Supply Chain and Operations as required.
• Support and participate in company-wide improvement initiatives.
• Other appropriate activities as defined by the Business Group management.

Knowledge, skills and abilities:

• Work in a logical and analytical manner. Be a champion for procurement and related processes with the organisation.
• Work effectively on simultaneous projects; manage time flexibly and effectively with minor supervision.
• Advising and agreeing reasonable timescales for completion of engineering with sales and projects colleagues.
• Communicate effectively with good written and verbal skills.
• Build strong working relationships and work well within a multi-discipline team.
• Set example for and provide support/training to less experienced engineers.
• Awareness, understanding and effective application of relevant technical and HSE standards.

Education:

• Degree qualified in Mechanical Engineering or other similar discipline (BEng (hons) or MEng (hons) or equivalent).

Experience of:

• Working across cultural boundaries.
• Communicating effectively, both internally and externally.
• Working within a manufacturing environment.
• Working quickly and efficiently on simultaneous projects.
• Conducting analytical calculations.

Benefits:

• Annual bonus
• 24 days holiday per year plus bank holidays
• Group personal pension scheme
• Life insurance 4x annual salary

Responsibilities:

• The successful and timely delivery of all design engineering work allocated to you.
• Maintaining high quality engineering output.
• Working to defined company processes and standards.
• Maintaining customer focus and ensuring customer satisfaction through delivery of your work.
• Supporting the Business Group in the process of winning new work.
• Improving product design methods & procedures

Main Duties:

• Supporting the Engineering Team Manager to provide design engineering cover across the Business Group and across CRP when necessary.
• Performing design engineering activities within Design Engineering on a day-to-day basis.
• Ensure that all products are designed in accordance with customer requirements, company practice and recognised engineering standards.
• Improving product design methods and procedures.
• Generating technical presentations for either internal or external purposes.
• Ensuring information in drawings and documentation is both correct and complete.
• Providing technical support for products associated with the Business Group activities.
• Providing technical support relating to production plant and equipment if required.
• Assisting in the communication of technical data to Customers and sub-contractors.
• Interfacing with Supply Chain and Operations as required.
• Support and participate in company-wide improvement initiatives.
• Other appropriate activities as defined by the Business Group management