Principal Design Engineer

Huddersfield, UK Contract // Full Time Permanent hire 4 Days Onsite Required Skills

• Bachelor's/Masters degree in Engineering or a related field.
• Previous experience in a similar role within the Aerospace and Defense industry.
• Experience in heavy engineering industry, power transmission systems, gears and gear box
• Strong knowledge of quality management systems and industry standards (e.g., AS9100, ISO 9001)
• Strong knowledge of quality management systems and standards.
• Proficient in root cause analysis and failure mode analysis techniques.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Detail-oriented with a strong focus on team, quality and continuous improvement.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Design Proficiency in Transformation systems, Gears, Gear box and Marine engineering
• Experienced with in the production of mechanical specifications, scopes of work, calculations, drawings and schedules
• Analyse and manage multiple design related issues to identify root cause
• Modify designs based on the analysis to re-test and analyse until design meets specification requirements
  
  Make design changes on existing products and track them
• Write reports and present progress at project meetings and to clients
• Have an appreciation with the main design packages including, Solid Edge, Siemens NX, AutoCAD etc.

• Provide leadership and line management to the team, coordinating and overseeing their workloads, providing support to ensure that the team delivers, monitoring any issues, and ensuring timescales, KPIs and deadlines are met in order to meet the requirements of the customer
• Develop the team by focusing on individual performance and support requirements to achieve high standards.
• Works on multiple major projects of the highest complexity requiring forefront-of-field, innovative solutions.
• Acts independently at the organizational level, being self-supervising, within guidance and expectations of customers
• Contribute to the Creation and implementation of best practice engineering vision, strategy, policies, processes and procedures to aid and improve operational performance
• Ability to capture and specify the design requirements General and Task Management
• Lead on complex major projects requiring forefront-of-the-field, innovative, original solutions, provide technical expertise to the team
• You will participate in internal and external design reviews and you are responsible for the design acceptance by the client
• Make independent decisions on issues, providing expert technical support within Mechanical Engineering
• You shall be able to lead projects in a multi-discipline environment and be capable of coordinating all Mechanical engineering and design, with the other disciplines, Process, transmission systems, Gears, Gear box and Marine engineering.