Product Development Engineer

Product Development Engineer - Alness
Up to £42,000 (based on experience)
The Product Development Engineer`s role will require a hands-on approach. We expect this role to have a continuous improvement mindset and to help drive this culture and work under minimal supervision in establishing design objectives, testing procedures, communicating with customers and project management.

The individual will be responsible for supporting the successful launch of new products, ensuring they meet quality requirements, adhere to project time lines and achieve customer and manufacturing acceptance.

In this position you will have the opportunity to:-

• Liaise with customers to establish/confirm material and design requirements
• Oversee the qualification and validation of new product tooling
• Manage non-standard samples production
• Verify the new manufacturing methods
• Develop new test methods, including drafting of work instructions
• Communicate with customers and converters to negotiate and finalise product specifications based on first off samples production run results data
• Prepare project handover documentation to support the transfer of products to serial manufacturing
• Assist with internal projects, including designing and conducting experiments and testing to validate materials

Education:
Degree or equivalent training and/or experience, with focus on Product Engineering / New Product Development
Background and Experience: Minimum 2+ years` experience related to production, Product Development or quality
Candidate Attributes:

• Entrepreneurial attitude to their work with a bias for action to implement improvements
• Experience with project management
• MS Office, particularly Excel
• software, e.g., Draft Sight - would be an advantage
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment and coordinate multiple activities with a wide variety of disciplines within the company
• Willing to be hands-on in a manufacturing environment
• Excellent communication (verbal and written), organisation, and project management skills
• Ability to project a professional, competent image to customers
• Trusted to work individually and in a small team
• Attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability to set priorities and effectively time manage multiple projects and responsibilities
• Takes action without being asked or required to and achieves goals beyond job requirements
• Able to plan, anticipate likely events and develop appropriate continuing plans
• Possesses, acquires, and maintains the technical expertise required to do the job effectively and can perform complex tasks in area of expertise

To apply for this role, please contact
Recruiter: Angela McBrearty - Brook Street (phone number removed)