Senior Mechanical Engineer

1 month ago


High Wycombe, United Kingdom Instron Full time
Job Description

Job purpose

This is a diverse role that sits between Manufacturing ,Product Development and Customer Support functions. The primary function is to contribute to engineering support of current low force dynamic product line. This covers a wide range of products both servo hydraulic and ElectroPuls machines as well as the associated accessories.

The work would cover dealing with product issues on the production lines, product improvements , value engineering and process improvements. Other aspects to the role is providing engineering support to the Customer Experience support team where a detailed engineering investigation is required to understand a particular Customer problem.

The role also involves working with the product development team to ensure the smooth introduction of new products into manufacturing.

Key Tasks& Responsibilities

  • Contribute to the engineering improvement activities of current products
  • Contribute to value engineering activities to improve the manufacturing processes and techniques
  • Provide technical support for Operational engineers and Service support Engineers
  • Develop a fundamental understanding of the SH standard product range
  • Contribute to Concurrent Product support process across the Low Force product range
  • Adopt a root cause analysis approach to problems.
  • Contribute design experience to ensure new products can be manufactured efficiently
  • Ability to come up with solutions to manufacturing and field problems

Key Competencies (includes skills)

  • Focused self-starter with a ‘can do attitude’.
  • Good communication skills at all levels within the organisation
  • Prepared to challenge the perceived way of doing things
  • Commercially minded individual with mindset of continuous improvement
  • Ability to analysis problems and propose robust solutions to problems
  • Good organizational and project management skills.
  • Ability to work well within a cross-functional, cross-cultural team structure
  • Ability to pay attention to detail
  • Focused on quality
  • CAD experience would be an advantage

Qualifications

Degree in Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent and relevant professional experience.

Key Experiences

  • Proven problem-solving Engineering background
  • Sound Mechanical Engineering background
  • Hydraulics experience would be an advantage
  • Ability to work from first principles in the solution of problems
  • Competent in the theoretical understanding of engineering but also appreciates the practical hands-on element of engineering
  • Demonstrates a curiosity and passion for engineering


Additional Information

Instron is an equal opportunities employer.



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