Design and Product Development Engineer

3 weeks ago


Sheffield, United Kingdom Independent Forgings and Alloys Full time

**Design and Product Development Engineer**

**Key Details**

Work hours: 37 hours per week

Location: Hillsborough, Sheffield

Job type: Permanent, Full-time

Independent Forgings and Alloys (IFA) is one of the UK’s leading independent aerospace and industrial forgers. The unique feature about IFA is the combination of open and closed-die forging while also undertaking the whole production process from raw material to the finished product in one location. Operating from a 680 000ft2 facility in Sheffield, we manufacture high-integrity, open-die and closed-die forged components in nickel alloy, titanium, stainless steel and carbon alloys for customers and tier-one suppliers within the aerospace, nuclear, power generation, marine as well as oil and gas sector.

**Main Purpose of the Role**

Reporting to the Design and Product Development Manager, you will be involved in the design of closed die forging dies, trim tooling, extrusion / heading tooling for use in drop stamps and presses.

**Key Accountabilities**
- Creation and interpretation of engineering drawings.
- Design of dies & tooling for Closed die products - Drop Stamp, Extrusion and Precision Forging.
- Maintain drawing office records to ensure both customer and internal drawings are kept up to date.
- Constructing cost estimates for new products.
- Supporting and liaising with other departments and where required, customer technical liaison.
- Conduct 2D or 3D simulation to ensure correct design for a better quality part.
- Collaborate with colleagues to develop manufacturing processes, reduce waste, improve production processes and reduce cost.
- Effective design and implementation of products into the manufacturing process.
- Design and draw/model Jigs, Fixtures, Gauges and Inspection layouts.

**Skills and Experience**

**Essential**:

- Previous manufacturing design experience working within a business that produces precision engineered products, in a highly regulated industry, preferably from the Aerospace or Oil & Gas sectors.
- Experience common design software and simulation software Ability and experience in creating and utilise CAD models.
- Ability to plan and organise workload and to work on own projects.
- Ability to work under own initiative and as part of a team.
- Attention to detail and a pro-active approach to work.
- Proficient experience of MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
- Continuous improvement focused.
- Problem solving and project management skills.

**Desirable**:

- Understanding of hot metal forging processes and associated manufacturing methods Specific Forging knowledge/experience.
- Precision Blade forging experience?
- Experience with Siemens NX
- Experience of CMM or FARO dimensional assessment.

**Qualifications**

**Essential**:

- Undergraduate in an Engineering Discipline.
- Or BTEC (or relevant aligned qualifications) with supporting experience and qualifications.



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