Senior Product Engineer

Senior Product Engineer      Our client is a precision engineering company providing high-quality products and services for customers in the science and semiconductor industries. They are currently looking for a Senior Product Engineer to join their team in Hailsham.   Reports to: Senior Engineer   The main purpose of this role: To be an integral part of the Engineering team, ensuring our products are delivered on time, to specification, and within budget, following the best DFMA principles. Providing manufacturing engineering support for the design and development team. Leading and contributing to projects that reduce costs, improve, and maintain quality.   The main requirements and employee accountabilities are:   PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT Maintain project management processes and deliver development projects on budget and on time. Perform feasibility studies on selected NPI’s. Create and check detailed drawings to BS 8888 (308). Locate new and maintain existing supplier collaboration partners for product developments. Create BOMs and planning sheets for new products and systems. Ensure that all data is provided to Operations in the correct format. Carry out FMEA. COST REDUCTION Identify cost-out opportunities in the current range and define and deliver on projects. Support sourcing and actively participate in in/outsourcing projects to improve profitability. Support manufacturing and actively participate in in/outsourcing projects to improve profitability. TECHNICAL INNOVATION AND COMPETITIVE POSITION Keep up to date with technical innovation in the UHV and manufacturing areas. Understand competitive positions and perform reverse engineering and benchmarking of competitive products. ENGINEERING CHANGES Support the engineering change system in a timely and controlled manner, calling upon other team members to assist when appropriate. Ensure up-to-date drawings are available in manufacturing. Identify root causes of engineering problems and seek to eliminate them. CUSTOM DESIGN Provide engineering support for quotations and technical inquiries. Provide timely production engineering support for custom orders to agreed deadlines. QUALITY Identify and deliver opportunities to improve quality through redesign/production engineering. PEOPLE AND BUDGET Assist in providing data on metrics for public display. Provide technical support to other team members and help them check their work. COMMUNICATION Ensure the team is aware of current ‘best practices’ for DFM. Ensure that drawing numbers are allocated correctly and that the registers are maintained. Liaise with department leaders to maintain open communication with them and their reports. The essential skills/experience required for this role are: 5+ years in a similar role. Experience with Microsoft Dynamics. Ability to lead small teams. Good communicator across all engineering disciplines and levels of ability. Able to manage own time effectively. Ability to mentor other engineers. Required Qualifications: HNC/D in Mechanical and Production Engineering Mechanical Engineering Degree  Salary: negotiable, DOE   37-hour week, flexible working with a 12pm Friday finish.     Benefits: 25 days of holiday plus bank holidays (some holiday may be needed for Christmas shutdown) Company pension scheme: employee 3%, employer 6% Life Insurance: 4x annual salary, rising to 6x if you join the company pension Occupational Health checks, including an annual health check for all employees Occupational Sick Pay (dependent on length of service: 1-3 weeks full pay) Annual eye check and assistance towards prescription glasses or safety glasses