Automotive Design Engineer

6 months ago


Bristol, United Kingdom Hiring Wizard Full time

WH Bence have an exciting opportunity for an Automotive Design Engineer to join their team.

Location: Yate, Bristol

**Salary**: £40k - £45k dependent on experience

About us:
Based in Yate, North Bristol, W H Bence is a manufacturer of specialist mobile facilities such as medical screening trailers and relocatables for Breast Screening, MRI, CT, Heart Catheterisation, Chemotherapy Clinics, Fire Appliances and Emergency Service Command Centres.

Bence, a family owned and run company, has been trading since 1983 and built an excellent reputation as the UK's foremost specialist coachbuilder with a prestigious client list.

The current production programme includes major build projects for clients Siemens Healthcare, Philips Electronics (UK), Canon Healthcare, Agito Medical, MOD, Babcock Critical Services, London Fire Brigade, 3 NHS Trusts in England and, internationally, for delivery into Kuwait and Oman.

Taking on an additional production facility the young, second-generation directors continue to expand the business. With a full and growing order book this is an exciting time to join - we look forward to meeting you.

Good Design is at the heart of what we do, the base for everything we manufacture.

Good Design has built our reputation.

Automotive Design Engineer - Key Responsibilities:

- Taking responsibility for design quality, its accuracy, timely delivery and management
- Improve and expand the Bence product
- Keep up to date with new ideas, design and legislation
- Investigate new materials that could be introduced into our next generation designs
- Ensure a consistent and compliant approach to design
- Maintain and improve the standard of creative design work
- Liaise closely with the Sales team to create innovative designs for presentations or during a bid and tender process
- Liaise closely with procurement ensuring working drawings are available for suppliers to provide quotations in line with lead times and expected production timelines
- Work with, and understand, the requirements of metal fabrication and woodwork/joinery so drawings offer ease of production for the trades working on the workshop floor
- Work with the Production and Operations teams to identify potential cost savings by design improvements
- Work with the refrigeration suppliers (air conditioning, chiller) to ensure mountings, bracketry, pipework are all suitably routed for a mobile environment
- Have an understanding of general electrical principles

Automotive Design Engineer - You:

- Qualifications and Automotive Experience us essential
- Thorough understanding and working experience of Solidworks software design package
- Knowledge of engineering principals
- Competent to work with all aspects of Microsoft Office
- Numerate, capable of accurate calculations
- Good listener and client facing, able to communicate well and to clearly understand and interpret the brief
- Problem solver
- Have a sound understanding of quality control and health and safety
- Possess plenty of drive to get things done
- If ever required, able to work late to meet a project deadline

Automotive Design Engineer - Benefits:

- On site parking
- 4 weeks holiday plus Bank Holidays



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