Mechanical Design Engineer

If you're an ambitious Product Designer looking to build your career within a well-established UK manufacturing environment, this is your opportunity to join a respected manufacturer with over five decades of expertise in delivering award-winning lighting solutions. This full-time permanent role based on-site five days per week at the Worcester manufacturing facility, will give you an opportunity to expand your current product design knowledge.

You'll be part of an established Product Development Team, gaining hands-on exposure to real manufacturing processes, materials and product life cycles, not just designing on screen, but seeing your ideas come to life on the production floor. This role is paying circa £28,000

As a Product Design Engineer you will be responsible for:

Collaborating with product design and engineering teams on product discovery
Taking product designs from concept through to completion
Managing and maintaining up-to-date CAD files, assemblies and technical drawings
Creating technical documentation and assembly instructions
Preparing Bills of Materials and full manufacturing packages
Fault-finding and problem-solving design issues
Improving assembly methods.
Supporting continuous improvement across products and processes

Qualifications and Experience required for this Product Design Engineer role:

Degree Qualification in Product Design or a similar discipline
A Graduate or someone with 1-2 year's product design experience
Strong proficiency in Solid Works.
Experience using Adobe Creative Suite
Good understanding of manufacturing processes including metal machining, injection moulding and aluminium extrusion
Confident working with parts, assemblies and production documentation
Numerate, computer literate and highly detail-focused
Positive, proactive and forward-thinking mindset
Strong time management and organisational skills
Strong communication skills.

The benefits to you for this Product Design Engineer:

Annual Salary Circa £28,000 with annual reviews.

Career development opportunities
Exposure to manufacturing processes and product life-cycle management
Hands-on learning in materials, machining and production environments
The opportunity to see your designs move from concept to finished product
A collaborative, supportive product development team
Long-term career progression within a stable and growing business
Full-time, permanent employment with structured working practices

If you're ready to take ownership early in your career, contribute ideas and develop into a well-rounded product designer within a real manufacturing environment, I'd be keen to speak with you