Graduate Designer or Design Engineer

Role: Graduate Designer or Design EngineerSalary: £25,000 to £30,000 per annum, plus benefits and career growth opportunitiesHours: 8am- 4.30pm Monday to FridayLocation: Alfreton Area, easily commutable from Mansfield, Nottingham, Derby, Belper, Ashbourne, Bakewell, Worksop, Sheffield, Newark-on-Trent, Loughborough or Burton upon Trent.CompanyThis highly successful manufacturing company design a wide range of solutions using Injection Moulding, Vacuum Forming, Metal & Plastic Extrusion and fabrication processes. Through continued growth the business is now seeking to recruit a mechanically focused Graduate Designer or Design Engineer with AutoCAD or SolidWorks CAD experience.

Working as part of their small & highly regarded Design & Development team, the role has a wide range of duties that will be introduced & expanded on over time, which means the hiring manager can consider Graduate Designers or Design Engineers with AutoCAD or SolidWorks skills, combined with some hands on experience of designing for manufacture, amending existing product designs or undertaking new product design within real world commercial environments ie. via work experience, internships, projects or employment.

The Role & Responsibilities

Working under the guidance of the experienced Design Manager, the Graduate Designer will need to demonstrate an enthusiastic & proactive approach to work and the ability to follow processes & procedures that they will be trained on.

For the first 6 - 9 months of the Graduate Designers career within the company will grow their knowledge & detailed understanding of the company’s wide product range. The work will focus on supporting the business by undertaking product branding & printing projects (typically utilising Excel & Publisher software) as well as calculating & communicating cost estimations for clients who require bespoke changes to the standard products for specific projects (typically utilising Excel & AutoCAD).

After this initial 6 - 9 month period where you’ve grown your knowledge of the company’s products, materials, manufacturing processes and understand the typical changes Clients require, the Graduate Designer’s responsibilities will expand through assigned work & projects - growing across the design department to eventually include the full remit of skills including design changes, product development & improvements, design for manufacturing, new product design and the associated processes and procedures needed for success.

With training provided on the company’s products and procedures, this role will suit either a Graduate Designer or Mechanical Design Engineer with some knowledge or experience of manufacturing processes, design development or new product design skills.

Good communication & team work skills are needed as the Graduate Designer will work with others across the company, with external Suppliers and Clients too.

Preferred Knowledge & Skills

Graduate Designer or Design Engineer with AutoCAD or SolidWorks experience.

Good Mechanical knowledge including design calculations ie. Stress or Load Bearings. Ability to create accurate drawings & utilise calculations for design or for manufacturing.

Ability to design and manage your own projects, initially under the guidance of others - from product branding, print design, new products, testing new designs and designing improvements to existing products or production / manufacturing processes or equipment in the factory

Experience of programming CAM software, of Injection moulding, Vacuum forming, Metal and plastic extrusions or Aluminium fabrication is useful but not essential

Good knowledge of general engineering principles

Good computer skills ideally including Word, Excel, Publisher or similar software packages

This role represents an exciting opportunity to join a superb manufacturing business at an exciting time in their history, so if the role sounds of interest please apply now and send your most up to date CV to Alec at TechNichols Resourcing to be considered. Or call TechNichols Resourcing and speak with Alec for further information.We will endeavour to get back to all applicants but if you have not heard back within 5 working days unfortunately your application has been unsuccessful.