Jigs and Fixtures Design Engineer

Jigs and Fixtures Design Engineer

Location: Crewe
Contract: Initial Contract Until January 2026
Outside IR35
37 hours per week

Overview of the Role:

We are seeking a Jigs and Fixtures Design Engineer to join our client in Crewe on contract basis.

Reporting to the Senior Process Planning Manager, the successful Jigs and Fixtures Design Engineer will be designing tooling, jigs and fixtures for Final Assembly processes whilst capturing the tooling requirements from across the business and manages the process through. Alongside design, you will also be responsible for managing suppliers, the commissioning of the equipment and the handover to end user.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design of final assembly-based jigs, fixtures and tooling to aid the build of Bentley cars
• Development and implementation of jigs, fixtures, tooling and equipment in line with the required timing and levels of approved investment.
• Apply Practical Problem Solving and Control techniques to pro-actively deliver solutions, mitigate risk and solve issues.
• Ensure equipment complies with all Legal Statutes e.g. - Health and Safety at Work Act, Construction, Design & Management Regs, Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regs, Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order.
• Delivery of projects within agreed budget targets, managing the project potential risk cost.
• Delivery of all projects and generation of deliverable milestones & monitoring the detail in the project plans.

Essential Skills and Experience:

• Experience in designing jigs, fixtures and tooling for manufacturing purposes (Catia V5) Such as: glass setting fixtures, front end setting fixtures, positional brackets, pressure rollers, badge positioning fixtures
• Proven experience of working with Assembly tooling such as jigs, fixtures, tooling and setting equipment.
• Clear understanding of tolerancing requirements
• Working knowledge of relevant Health and Safety legislation such as Construction, Design and Management Regs.
• Great cross-functional communication skills to facilitate full engagement of stakeholders.
• Strong Project Management and Planning skills, with experience of software such as MS Project, to ensure regular status tracking and reporting.
• Ability to positively deal with change to maintain Quality, Cost and Delivery
• Solid experience of solving problems using Practical Problem-Solving techniques