Lead Engineer - Remote

Lead Engineer - Level 3 - Remote

Location: Poole or remote, BH17 7EF
Salary: Competitive
Contract: Full time, Permanent

We are IMI Thompson Valves; we are recruiting and we want you.

IMI plc is at the forefront of delivering motion and fluid control technologies that create a more sustainable world, improving the quality of life for our customers and communities and ultimately delivering our purpose of Breakthrough Engineering for a Better World.

Our one big team work fairly and effectively but most importantly together to ensure we maintain the foundations that have enabled IMI’s success through its 150-year heritage.

Lead Engineer - About the role:

The role is part of the Engineering Department and involves working effectively with the Projects, Production and Quality Engineering teams and Manufacturing Department.

As our Lead Engineer, you will:

• Design market leading products applying sound engineering practice in a timeframe consistent with the business objectives.
• Liaise with customers through the quotation and pre-production phases in order to understand customer need and provide class leading technology.
• Apply innovation to product design, optimising value added performance characteristics and functionality to gain competitive advantage.
• Interpret and apply relevant engineering standards, legislation, certification and customer compliance requirements.
• Compile design reports, stress calculations, tolerance stack-up analysis, Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and other relevant design validation methodology.
• Apply significant specialist knowledge in technology, certification or industrial applications to New Product Development.

What We Offer:

• Opportunity to join a diverse, dynamic, and fun global team that likes to challenge the status quo with new ideas and maximum creativity.
• Strong Career progression opportunities.
• A company culture of promotions from within.
• Flexible Benefits purchase (e.g. additional annual leave etc).

What We Are Looking For:

• Mechanical Engineering Degree or equivalent qualification or experience.
• Knowledge of valve design technologies - relevant experience in materials, mechanics, engineering mathematics, magnetics, fluid power, corrosion, stress and thermodynamics.
• Knowledge of fluid power applications and circuit design, component selection, installation methods, performance interactions and control systems.
• In depth understanding of modern manufacturing methods, inspection and assembly techniques within a precision CNC engineering and electronics environment.
• Sound understanding of technical risk mitigation, design validation and qualification methodology.
• Proficient in engineering software as applicable, 2D and 3D CAD, FEA, CFD, Mathcad, MS Office, preferably using Autodesk platforms (AutoCAD, Inventor, Ansys).

If you feel you have the necessary skills and experience to be successful in this role, click on "APPLY" today, forwarding an up-to-date copy of your CV for consideration in the first instance.

No agencies please.