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QiStaff Solutions
Posted 10 days ago, valid for 14 days
St Asaph, Denbighshire LL17, Wales
£39 - £42 per hour
Full Time
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Sonic Summary
- The Design Engineer position is based in St. Asaph and offers a salary range of £39,000 to £42,000 per annum.
- The role requires the successful candidate to have experience in engineering and design, specifically in creating complex optical systems and collaborating with commercial customers.
- Key responsibilities include developing designs, producing manufacturing data packs, and verifying designs using finite element analysis.
- The position also involves supporting junior engineers and ensuring compliance with health and safety policies.
- Candidates are expected to work 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday.
Based – St. Asaph
Salary - £39 - £42k pa
Job Title
Design Engineer
Reports to
Principal Engineer
Responsible for
Engineering & Design
Grade
S&AP1
Principal Accountabilities
Reporting to the Principal Engineer, the post holder will work within our clients premises based at St. Asaph.
The key responsibilities of the Design Engineer will be to work with the commercial customer to create an understanding of their requirements; to create concept and final designs for complex optical systems based on these requirements, including opto-mechanical and structural assemblies; to generate review meeting documentation to support the final design; to produce the manufacturing data pack (drawings, BOM, assembly instructions, etc.).
Key Tasks
· The successful candidate will work largely unsupervised on work packages agreed with the Principal Engineer.
· Develop and maintain relationships with key customers (internal and external) to clarify, confirm and deliver agreed technical requirements and work scope.
· Regularly attend team meetings held to establish work programmes, customer requirements and technical specifications and to input design ideas and concepts for consideration into these meetings.
· Actively participate in project planning, including the assessment of work priorities and capacity.
· Provide structural and opto-mechanical design solutions to customer requirements.
· Provide structural and opto-mechanical design verification using finite elements analysis and dynamic simulation techniques to demonstrate design performance and fitness for purpose.
· Participate in design problem solving activities, providing specialist expertise as and when required.
· Provide and communicate design review reports in accordance with internal procedures and customer requirements as agreed with the Principal Engineer.
· Contribute to both internal and customer design reviews.
· Production of and checking of assembly / detailed design drawings in line with relevant Engineering Standards (in particular, BS 8888 & ISO 10110).
· Final drawing review and sign-off of project drawings against final customer specifications.
· Production of written guidelines, procedures or work instructions for company use.
· Assist with the specification and procurement of capital equipment for company or customer use.
· Use of metrology equipment for inspection and verification of fabricated parts.
· Supporting the next generation of Design Engineers (graduates, undergraduates, apprentices, work placement students, etc.) through on-the-job training and continual professional development.
· Keep accurate time sheet records of work completed for each individual project.
Special Features
· Travel as part of the company to customer premises (UK travel and possibly abroad)
General Duties
You will ensure that appropriate management systems and procedures are in place to meet your health and safety duties and responsibilities contained within the health and safety policy. In particular you will ensure that appropriate risk assessments are carried out in respect of significant hazards and that safety inspections are undertaken on at least an annual cycle in each workplace under your control.
It is the responsibility of employees to apply the Equal Opportunities Policy in their own area of responsibility and in their general conduct.
All staff have a responsibility for promoting high levels of customer care within their own areas of responsibility.
Staff must be aware of the commitment to Sustainability.
All staff must promote healthy behaviour and positive mental health and wellbeing.
Post holders are expected to co-operate with the Professional Development Review (PDR) process, engaging in the setting of objectives in order to assist in the monitoring of performance and the development of the individual.
You will assess the training and development needs of each member of staff under your control to ensure they are adequately supported in relation to their work responsibilities.
Such other relevant duties commensurate with the grade of the post as may be assigned by the Manager in agreement with the post holder. Such agreement should not be unreasonably withheld.
The key responsibilities contained in this job description are indicative not exhaustive. Duties and responsibilities may be altered in discussion with the post holder.
All post-holders within the Directorate are expected to be able to provide support across all areas, beyond their immediate team, as requested by the Director and commensurate with their skills, knowledge and experience.
Hours of work are 37 in total – Monday to Friday.
