Senior Tool Design Engineer

Expleo is a trusted partner for end-to-end, integrated engineering, quality services and management consulting for digital transformation. We help businesses harness unrelenting technological change to successfully deliver innovations that will help them gain a competitive advantage and improve the everyday lives of people around the globe.

We are currently recruiting a Lead Tooling/Mechanical Design Engineer to support one of our Marine customers on a rolling contract. The successful candidate will play a key role in delivering a high-quality service to our client and will be expected to be proactive and self-motivated in delivering the targeted outputs to support the product.

The Manufacturing Engineers will report directly to the Programme Delivery Leader (PDL) and their role will involve them to be based at our Client's site.

Working within the ME team in our Marine Business Unit, the successful candidate will join our experienced team, with whom you will work on varied projects in high-tech and future-oriented industries taking on exciting and responsible tasks according to your skills and knowledge, thus expanding your existing know-how.

Responsibilities

• The role will be to develop & manage current production processes to improve Quality, Cost &Time whilst supporting planning and the introduction of new products and processes.
• Good CAD knowledge in creating both 2D and 3D manufacturing data sets. (Modelling/detail drawings/Bill of Materials)
• Liaise with ‘in-house’ production to fully understand the end requirement and function.
• Create Tooling specification and requirements document.
• Liaise with and support design and manufacture supply chain.
• Attend design reviews, ‘Factory Acceptance Tests’ (FAT), ‘Site Acceptance Tests’ (SAT) and Tool trials where applicable.
  
  

Qualifications

• Engineering Degree or equivalent, with proven practical Engineering & manufacturing knowledge and experience
• Candidates without accredited qualifications will be considered depending upon experience
  
  

Essential Skills

• CAD proficient
• Proactive ‘Team Player’ with a focus on delivery and quality who is able to work and act autonomously.
• Ability to liaise at all levels of the business management levels.
• Excellent communication skills and decision maker.
  
  

Experience

• Knowledge of Tooling and Production process.
• Practical problem solving and communication skills.
• Planning, schedule control & project management.
• Good communication skills.
  
  

Benefits

• Collaborative working environment – we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and our peers through good times and challenges 
• We empower all passionate technology loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects  
• Expleo Academy - enables you to acquire and develop the right skills by delivering a suite of accredited training courses 
• Competitive company benefits
• Always working as one team, our people are not afraid to think big and challenge the status quo 
• As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we have committed to:
• Ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible
• Communicating and promoting vacancies
• Offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job
• Anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required
• Supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long term health condition, enabling them to stay in work at least one activity that will make a difference for disabled people
  

“We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age”.

We treat everyone fairly and equitably across the organisation, including providing any additional support and adjustments needed for everyone to thrive