Product Engineer in Sinope, Leicestershire

Product Engineer – Mechanical Design & Engineering Change

£40,000 – £50,000 + Bonus + Pension + 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays

Commutable from Leicestershire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Staffordshire

Are you an experienced Product Engineer / Mechanical Design Engineer looking for a role where you can use your engineering expertise to solve technical problems, improve product quality and influence change across a successful and established product development and manufacturing business?

Working within a close-knit engineering team, you will take ownership of engineering changes, component issues and support corrective actions across existing product ranges. Combining hands-on mechanical engineering knowledge with cross-functional problem-solving, you will work closely with Design, Quality, Production and Supply Chain teams to resolve issues and ensure products continue to meet the required technical and manufacturing standards.

This is a varied, technically focused position suited to a Product Engineer / Mechanical Design Engineer / Project Engineer / Applications Engineer / Production Engineer who enjoys investigating problems, reviewing designs, producing and checking CAD drawings, and driving engineering issues through to successful resolution.

Why Apply?

• £40,000 – £50,000 salary, depending on experience.
• Annual company bonus.
• Company pension.
• 25 days' holiday plus Bank Holidays.
• Varied mechanical engineering and product support responsibilities.
• Opportunity to influence product quality, reliability and manufacturing performance.
• Work within a collaborative engineering team in an international group.

The Product Engineer Role:

Taking responsibility for the management and continuous improvement of all released products and components throughout their lifecycle. You will provide technical support to the wider engineering function while coordinating the resolution of component, design and manufacturing issues.

Your responsibilities will include:

• A focus on product performance, quality, change of source, obsolescence and continuous improvement.
• Investigating component and product issues, working with Design, Quality, Production, and Supply Chain teams to identify root causes and implement corrective actions.
• Managing engineering change notifications and ensuring changes are properly assessed, documented and implemented.
• Coordinating change-of-source activities when components or suppliers need to be changed.
• Supporting the investigation of returned products and components.
• Reviewing engineering drawings and CAD models produced by Design Engineers and Project Design Engineers, checking technical accuracy and approving drawings where authorised.
• Producing and amending mechanical CAD drawings where required.
• Carrying out tolerance analysis and assessing the impact of engineering changes on component fit, function and manufacture.
• Working closely with internal stakeholders to balance engineering requirements, product quality, cost and manufacturing considerations.

Your Background:

You will be an experienced Mechanical Design Engineer, Product Engineer or similar engineering professional with a strong understanding of mechanical design principles, engineering drawings and manufactured components.

You may currently be working as a:

• Mechanical Design Engineer or Senior Design Engineer.
• Product Engineer.
• Manufacturing Engineer or Production Engineer with strong mechanical design experience.
• Engineering Change Engineer with a solid mechanical design background.
• Applications Engineer.

To be successful, you will ideally have:

• A strong mechanical engineering background, gained within a product design or manufacturing environment.
• Good working knowledge of mechanical design principles, tolerances and component interfaces.
• Experience producing and interpreting detailed engineering drawings and 3D CAD models.
• Experience reviewing engineering drawings and assessing the technical implications of design changes.
• The ability to investigate engineering problems, identify root causes and drive corrective actions.
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills, with the confidence to influence stakeholders and coordinate issues through to resolution.
• A relevant mechanical engineering or similar engineering qualification.
• Experience with engineering change control, supplier changes, component obsolescence, corrective action reports or returned product investigations would be particularly advantageous.

This Product Engineer job is commutable from Leicester, Loughborough, Coalville, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Hinckley, Derby, Burton upon Trent, Swadlincote, Tamworth, Long Eaton, Lutterworth, Nuneaton and surrounding areas.

To apply please send your CV to Luke Smith at Euro Projects Recruitment Ltd.

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“Please note that if you are not contacted within the next ten days then your application, on this occasion, has not been successful.  We thank you for taking the time to apply.”

This job is posted by Euro Projects Recruitment, a recruitment consultancy specialising in engineering and manufacturing appointments from tool room to boardroom. We combine over 100 years of technical knowledge and recruitment expertise to introduce the best candidates to the best companies. We are passionate about your future and persistent in our efforts to secure you the right job.