CAD Design Engineer

Orbital are recruiting for an experienced CAD engineer in the technical sales department for our client based in Consett, County Durham. Our client are an advanced vacuum-based coating service provider. This is a temporary to permanent position.

The engineer will support the commercial sales activities by calculating the loading density for the processing of aerospace/defense, medical and luxury decorative parts. The individual will support commercial department answer RFQs, design & rapid facilitate deployment of tooling and masking fixtures to aid the business make quick wins and accelerate the sales pipeline. The individual will contribute to contract review to ensure that new projects are engineered and proven ready for production.

The individual should have at least 3 years of experience in a manufacturing/mechanical based engineering company and have extensive CAD design experience. It is beneficial to be familiar with 3D scanning and additive technologies as the company has 3D printing equipment to aid rapid prototyping.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Project manage numerous RFQs/technical projects simultaneously to meet specific deadlines.
• Understand and read technical drawings received from clients; for example, tolerances, surface finish & coating zones i.e. where required, permissible & non-permissible.
• Discuss technical queries and other requirements with clients
• Use CAD for the design and implementation of holding fixturing for cleaning, coating & for mechanical masks such as sleeves and caps that will protect areas of components from coating
• Knowledge of 3D printing in polymers to test the designs for functionality removing the need for a prototype stage & accelerating time to market

COMPETENCES

• Analytical & objective
• Strong communication & organisational skills
• Detail oriented

COLLABORATION

• Technical Project Department
• Commercial/Customer Service Department
• Segment Process Engineers
• Local Operations

EDUCATION / LANGUAGE SKILLS

• Apprentice Trained / HNC/D or Degree in Mechanical Engineering / On the job experience
• English fluent
• High level of computer literacy

PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

• Rapid implementation of tooling & reduction of time to market for key sales projects
• High level of successful projects leading to increased sales growth
• Implementation of best practice designs leading to improved first time pass rates