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Back to results| Job Title: | Mechanical Engineer |
| Sector: | Engineering - General |
| Location: | High Wycombe |
| Job Type: | Permanent |
| Salary: | £23,500.00 - £35,000.00 / annum |
| Deadline: | 03/03/2012 |
| Company: | Monodraught Ltd. |
| Contact: | |
| Ref: | JG-4158135 |
Mechanical Engineer
Job Description
Job Title Manufacturing Engineer / NPI Engineer
Department R & D
Reporting to R&D Manager
Salary £23.5 - 35K (Dependent on experience)
Location Cressex Business Park
High Wycombe
Buckinghamshire
Main Purpose of the Manufacturing Engineer / NPI Engineer
Working as part of an energetic and exciting multidisciplinary R&D team this role acts as the main facilitator for New
Product Introduction, with overall responsibility for product data management across a full cradle to grave life cycle.
Detailed Duties for Manufacturing Engineer / NPI Engineer
ï?ï? Design for manufacture, including the design and engineering of new products, selecting manufacturing methods,
location, and materials.
ï? Creating and maintaining bills of materials, parts lists.
ï?ï? Assessing manufacturing methods, assembly, production, installation, servicing and maintenance to minimise cost.
ï?ï? Risk assessment and failure mode and effects analysis.
ï?ï? Engineering analysis including stress/strain calculations, using FEA software.
ï?ï? Putting in place procedures to manage the above.
ï?ï? Testing and problem solving design features on development projects and on-going production.
ï?ï? Documentation installation, servicing and maintenance regimes.
ï?ï? Maintaining TCFs and DoC literature for products including identifying all relevant safety and test standards.
ï?ï? Continuation engineering duties for substitute parts, suppliers and sub-contractors.
ï?ï? Project management of assigned projects/work packages.
Essential Qualification and Skills Required*
2:2 or above in Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline to (BEng or equivalent qualification).
Experience working within a Production/NPI/QA Manufacturing Engineering role at a SME manufacturing company, will
consider a solid background/Education in the field if experience is limited.
Written and Verbal communication skills (English).
*Must be eligible to work in the UK without restriction
*Must hold a valid UK driving license or hold a license permitted in the UK
Desirable Factors
Good AutoCAD skills with Solidworks.
Knowledge of business and production management systems MRP/ERP
Experiencing of dealing with maintaining relationships and product quality with sub-contract suppliers for bespoke
assemblies.
Knowledge of CE marking requirements particularly in relation to the Machinery Directive.
Structured DFM training and Lean/ 5S/ Kaisen experience highly beneficial.
A willingness to add to skill set with programming, web languages, firmware, C+
Competencies required for the position of Mechanical Engineer
* Self-starter;
* Able to organise and prioritise workload effectively
* Proactive and confident to show initiative
* Responsible and reliable individual
* Methodical and analytical approach
* Able to follow through on projects to completion
* Able to create and deliver reports accurately and professionally.
Company Info
Since its inception in 1974, Monodraught has always sought to invent, explore and develop innovative products. By
maximising the use of wind and sun, Monodraught products make a major contribution to harnessing natural resources,
to the ultimate environment benefit of building for the future.
Due to our commitment to continuous improvement and innovation of our products we are investing in our R&D department
and so we are looking for someone with a willingness to get involved and value what we do at Monodraught value:
people, service and the environment. In return, we have a wonderful range of benefits to help reward our staff. They
are as follows:-
We have a Standard Life pension scheme where the company contributes 5% of the amount of your salary into your
pension fund. You can, if you wish, and many company members do, add more to your own pension fund. You can also opt
for a "nett salary contribution" arrangement where any pension contribution you make comes off your salary before
tax, so this gives an extra tax free cash sum added to your pension.
We have an excellent Health cover scheme paid for by the company.
We offer various other benefits such as; the cycle scheme to help employees get new bikes at a lower cost, eye care
vouchers which help toward eyesight tests and the cost of glasses and we also have a childcare voucher scheme.
All the above benefits apply, once you have been with the company for over six months, so if you think you are the
candidate that "qualifies", please consider applying.
We are also connected with the VKR Employee Foundation that enables us to apply for grants for our employees facing
difficult circumstances.
We also work in very environmentally friendly offices with natural lighting from our SUNPIPES and fresh air from our
WINDCATCHER natural ventilation and the offices operate as a "showcase" of all our latest developments. Alongside all
of this we hold fun charitable events that all the staff can enjoy and are just one of the ways Monodraught gives
back to the community.
