Senior Mechanical Engineer

3 weeks ago


High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom Instron Full time
{"Key Responsibilities": "Key Responsibilities

As a Senior Mechanical Engineer at Instron, you will be responsible for the design, manufacture, and support of standard and custom thermal products. This includes supporting operations of the thermal product manufacturing cell and legacy products. You will also aid the T&T products manager in developing business strategies to drive growth of the thermal business revenue through data analysis, efficiency projects, and other business management tools.

You will lead projects to develop bespoke products and accessories to meet the testing needs of our customers not covered by our standard catalogue. Your focus will be on chambers & furnaces for materials testing at above and below ambient temperatures (Thermal Products). You will also lead type 0 (custom to standard) and operational engineering projects.

Key Tasks & Responsibilities

  • Develop high-quality, custom thermal products sold into a regulated environment
  • Collaborate as a team member on multi-functional project teams, across multiple projects to deliver in a fast-moving development environment
  • Provide technical leadership for thermal products and operations staff in conjunction with the operations manager
  • Develop project requirements based on appropriate technology using inputs from internal and external stakeholders, including collaborators and customers
  • Act as the focal point for thermal products and ensure effective communication with other departments in High Wycombe, Norwood, and relevant stakeholders
  • Estimate tasks and execute work packages within defined scope and budget
  • Develop and define product tests, simulate, test, and record results to verify the system/subsystem requirements have been met
  • Create and improve system proposals for our existing and new customers
  • Detailed mechanical design (using CAD)
  • Analyze current and historical data to help reduce costs and improve the quality of the thermal product line and identify focus areas within the department to improve overall financial metrics
  • Responsible for examining, planning, and deciding whether to execute high-risk opportunities for incoming project enquiries and department growth
  • Ensure all designs and activities adhere to necessary technical and safety requirements, including project team activities and the development of appropriate risk assessments
  • Lead project teams to achieve project aims
  • Plan, budget, organize, execute, and control projects
  • Occasional visits to customer sites, where required, to assist in the commissioning of thermal products
  • Manage and support Type 0, CPS, ESC, QSR, ESR, MRB, and ECO activities to achieve quality, manufacturability, and serviceability goals and meet lead times
  • Support operations to deliver products in accordance with our customer experience framework
  • Any other duties not specifically mentioned above but necessary to the successful operation and profitability of the business
", "Key Competencies": "Key Competencies

As a Senior Mechanical Engineer at Instron, you will possess the following key competencies:

  • High level of experience in project management
  • Well-founded knowledge of manufacturing methods and technology, including production equipment, manufacturing, and design processes
  • Process improvement skills, including a good understanding of ITW business strategy (e.g., FTB, PLS, 80/20)
  • Leadership skills, including the ability to motivate and direct team members contributing to a project
  • The judgment necessary to choose the best solution to a complex problem
  • Awareness of emerging trends and developments in relevant technologies
  • Ability to generate theoretical and practical mechanical designs supported by technical calculations
  • Good knowledge of design, component selection, mechanical stress analysis, and experimental methods of determining sound designs
  • High competency CAD user
  • Ability to inter-relate with other disciplines
  • Ability to design for quality, performance, manufacturability, serviceability, reliability, and cost-effectiveness
  • Experience of using product life cycle management, enterprise resource planning, and product data management software systems
  • Awareness of modeling, test, and reference requirements and systems integration
", "Qualifications": "Qualifications

Qualifications

Degree level+ or equivalent with proven competence and appropriate postgraduate experience

Key KPIs/other performance measurements


• Project Delivery metrics (Safety, On-time, Budget & Quality)

• Thermal operations performance metrics

", "Additional Information": "Additional Information

Normal office, factory, and WFH environment. Travel to customer sites as required (local and international).

Instron is an equal opportunities employer.

All candidates must have Right To Work in the UK.

", "lang_code": "en"}

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