CAD Design Engineer
3 days ago
Middleton
About the role Produce accurate and detailed CAD models & technical drawings for the manufacture of Unibox products & bespoke requirements against customer focussed design briefs. Liaising with multiple departments, being the key design contact on live projects with sales (and sometimes customers), Project Management, Procurement, Production & Installation teams. Key Personal Attributes • Team player, • Integrity, • Honesty, • Positive attitude, • Logical and methodical thinker, • Problem solver Responsibilities • Generating detailed drawing packs for both customer sign-off and production, • Project ownership and full understanding to facilitate communication across sales, production and installation teams, • Creating production detail design from design briefs or concepts, • Modifying and updating existing drawings as required, • Working with the Solidworks PDM Vault to ensure revision-controlled drawing detail, • Ensuring all drawings produced are accurate to brief and completed to schedule, • Ensure drawings meet the specifications required by the production team, • Provide technical advice and support to internal and external stakeholders, • Working within a strong and developing design team, • Maintain excellent levels of communication with internal teams, • Point of contact for design queries from clients or internal team members when required, • To look for opportunities to reduce costs in design, process, materials used and manufacturing techniques Qualifications • Minimum 4 years Solidworks experience (will consider similar level of ability with alternative software, ie. Autodesk Inventor), • Experience within revision controlled & process driven design environment, • Ability to work to critical deadlines, • Quick thinker with common sense, • Strong level of knowledge across a broad range of production for both design and process: Aluminium profile, Sheet metal fabrication, Tubular fabrication & welding, Sheet timber construction, sheet plastics construction, • Experience working on quick-turnaround projects whilst maintaining focus, • Experience collaborating with Account Managers to translate and interpret design briefs, • Experience in working in a client focussed environment, • Experience in a retail design or exhibition style industry advantageous, • Electrical and/or LED experience advantageous Required Skills • Keen attention-to-detail, • Ability to understand and apply new information, • Participate in new ideas and techniques to further self & process development, • Understanding of mechanical construction techniques, • Personable and positive attitude to work within a design team and with wider teams and departments, • Process and accuracy driven, • Excellent verbal and written communication, • Articulate, with the ability to communicate at all levels Pay range and compensation package • Attractive salary, • Free onsite parking, • Non-corporate working environment, • 23 days annual holiday (plus bank holidays), increasing on length of service, • Additional paid "Unibox" bank holiday on the last working day of the year before Christmas, • Christmas shut down, • Regular social events, • Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), • Cash health plan for everyday medical expenses (after passing probation), • Training opportunities for personal and professional development, • Introduction incentive program is offered for employees who successfully introduce a new starter (t&c's apply)