My client, a research and development company specialising in the use of composite materials to produce high performance structures based in Chippenham, are currently looking for a Manufacturing Engineer to join their growing team on a permanent basis.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a young, dynamic, and forward-thinking company where you will be more than just an employee, but an integral part of an ambitious future. The company also runs a 9-day working fortnight offering a 3 day weekend every other week!

The successful candidate wil conceptualise, innovate, design, and develop components, products, technologies, processes and the systems used to manufacture them, playing a key role in the development and ongoing of the company's products and technology roadmap.

Whether internally or customer lead, this role has responsibility for ensuring project success with regards to designed artifacts from inception, through concept design, detailed design, tooling design and into first article manufacture, using innovative engineering skills to ensure seamless integration. Both a desk based and hands-on position, demanding high levels of creativity and flexibility.

Provide support for New Product Introduction and work to ensure that all aspects of CAE design are created to support production development and mechanisation of manufacturing process, leading to automation.

Main Accountabilities

1) Work with leadership team, production staff, customers, collaboration partners, suppliers and as required external consultants, to design, develop and manufacture components and products.

2) Work closely with the New Product Introduction Manager to not only communicate project intentions for first article design and manufacture, but to ensure that numerous aspects of CAD design are agreeable to scaled production, allow for the adoption of LEAN methodologies and mechanisation, ultimately leading to automated or semi-automated artifact production.

3) Lead and supervise Project R&D activities relevant to component, product and technology development, analyse data from these prototype tests and generate progress reports summarising technical outcomes and lessons learnt.

4) Support project bid writing, identify potential funding sources and contribute to LEAN initiatives in an effort to support company development.

To apply and for more details please submit your CV in the first instance.