CAD Design Engineer

Dudley
1 month ago
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Based in Dudley, working within a well-established R&D department, you will design and use CAD to create accurate, detailed drawings for manufacture. Working in a vast range of industries including aerospace, biomedical, mining, printing, rail and road.

This position reports directly to the R&D Manager and is an integral part of the R&D team as well as supporting the rest of the business with technical drawings and information.

CAD Design Engineer Job Overview

Creation of 3D models, technical and manufacturing drawings to meet current requirements, technical and drawing standards.
Design and drafting of electro-mechanical systems, components and assemblies.
Use of quality tools such as FMEA, DFMA.
Ensure drawings and supporting technical information remains up to date and correctly organised.
Revising parts and assemblies to ease manufacture and/or mitigate quality issues
Supporting NPI, design changes and the Engineering Change Process.
Assisting in the product safety certification process for CE and other relevant approvals.
Contribute to the production and management of costed Bill of Materials for manufacture.

CAD Design Engineer Job Requirements

Graduate/HND in mechanical engineering or equivalent.
Mechanical design experience with ideally an understanding of electrical systems and a variety of manufacturing processes, materials and components.
Proficient in 3D CAD (Ideally Autodesk Fusion).
Use of engineering tools (e.g. stress calculations, FEA, FMEA, DFM) with an understanding of when to use what tool to achieve the most suitable result.
Ability to use a variety of measuring equipment.

CAD Design Engineer Salary & Benefits

Salary - £30k to £38k Depending on Experience
Holidays - 25.5 days plus bank holidays
Auto Enrolment Pension - 3% Employer contribution
Option of Hybrid working -schemes in place to maximise flexibility staff.
Death in Service insurance - covers 4 times p60 earnings
Participation in non-contractual annual bonus scheme, linked to appraisal schemeBennett and Game Recruitment are a multi-disciplined technical recruitment agency based in Chichester, West Sussex operating across the UK with specialist teams covering a range of industries.

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