Lead Manufacturing Designer

A rapidly growing manufacturing firm near Oxford are looking for a Lead Manufacturing Designer. The successful candidate will be required to design, development and offer general technical skills for my client's products, in accordance with the company's quality standards. You will join a small but busy technical department and possess a strong underlying technical ability together with a comprehensive understanding of manufacturing processes and procedures.

Main Duties Will Include:

• Lead new development projects as instructed by management.
• Provide technical support to production and sales departments.
• Liaise on technical matters with component suppliers.
• Produce, maintain, and manage technical assembly and manufacturing drawings.
• Assist management in decisions relating to design and development.
• Involvement in product on-water testing.
• Assist in the building and testing of prototypes from concept to pre-production stage.
• Production and control of BOM's.

Qualifications and Experience

• Formal Design education to degree standard and at least five years' experience in a Design / Engineering role.
• Advanced skills in 3D CAD (NX preferable), with Advanced Surface Modelling experience.
• Advanced skills in creating Exterior Conceptual Designs - Hand drawn and digital output.
• Experience designing tools and parts for Composite manufacture.
• Experience of managing design projects in multi-disciplinary teams.
• Understanding of a wide range of manufacturing processes common to automotive and marine industries.
• Familiarisation with Marine Industry is an advantage.
• Familiarisation with various moulding techniques/ laminate schedules is an advantage.

Due to the location you need to have your own transport, they are close to Oxford, Abingdon & Wallingford. Hours are Monday - Friday 7.00am - 3.00pm,

salary of £45 - £50k depending on experience, Bupa Healthcare, contribution pension and free parking