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Job Title:Mechanical Design Engineer - Agricultural
Location:Eye, Suffolk
Description
Department:Design Office
Reports to:Design Office Manager
Key Working Relationships:Sales, Projects, Purchasing, Production
Role:To carry out a hands-on draughting/drawing role as described below. (Those with mechanical and agricultural design experience could have additional design responsibilities.)
Principal Activities (Responsibilities & Tasks)
Agricultural Design Engineer Role:
- Produce a set of working detail and assembly drawings to meet the design brief in line with the technical specification in a timely and efficient manner.
- Liaise with the internal design team to discuss technical issues.
- Liaise with sales and operations to ensure designs meet customer expectations and specification.
- Liaise with purchasing to procure parts.
- Prepare contract documentation, drawings, bill of materials (BOM), CE documents, and O&M manuals.
- Carry out any reasonable task as instructed by your direct manager or other senior manager.
Key Skills and Requirements
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to organise and schedule workload in accordance with project milestones and delivery dates.
- Ability to work under pressure and to deadlines.
- Proactive approach.
- Good PC skills, including Outlook, Word, and Excel.
- Capacity to generate original design concepts and/or contribute to group design reviews (for design responsibilities).
Style and Values
- Confident and professional.
- Punctual and reliable.
- Self-motivated, able to work under own initiative, thrive in a challenging environment, be approachable, and have a flexible attitude.
- Understand the wider business perspective.
Personal Circumstances
- Eligible to work in the UK.
- Ability to occasionally work flexible hours, as required.
