Design Engineer

You'll be driving forward progress and innovation in our vehicle designs and production processes; this will include making incremental improvements to our well-established products as well as working to bring new vehicle designs from concept to reality. You'll work with the entire production team, to help bring positive change to our production process: driving down costs, improving quality and increasing reliability will be your challenges.

Key competencies we are looking for are

· Knowledge of manufacturing processes in an automotive environment

· Creation of BoMs

· Assisting in diagnosing problems and areas of improvement in the production line and providing recommendations for amendments.

· Creating solid parts, assemblies, detailed arrangements and drawings

· Mechanical engineering design experience

· Establishing safety procedures and protocols that take the workers' well-being into account, and that also minimize our carbon footprint.

· Keeping abreast of advancements in engineering and production and sharing knowledge with co-workers.

· Design for Manufacture & Assembly DFM/DFA Coaching, mentoring, and training

· Identifying, documenting, and reporting unsafe practices.

· Analysing all facets of production and making recommendations for improvement.

· Communicate effectively and efficiently; build strong relationships with cross functional departments.

· Assist in completing the homologation portion of the Whole Vehicle Approval project.

· Adhere to British and international standards.

· Undertake design work as per the requirements of the Technical Manager.

· Give support to other departments on engineering problems associated with the product range.

· Liaising with other engineers to develop plans that improve production, costs, and labour required.

· Obtaining any materials and equipment required.

· Commercial Awareness

· Teamwork and collaboration

Do you have experience in Sheet metal?, Due to our growth and year on year increased demand from our customers, we are looking for a motivated and forward-thinking person to become part of our team as a Design Engineer in this newly created role. You will join our Production team becoming critical in the ongoing development of our established product range as well as design of new products., · Inventor (3D CAD)

· Vault (PLM Product Lifecycle Management)

· Excel

· Microsoft dynamics (NAV)

· ERP Systems

· Surfacing, sheet metal and/or FEA experience desired but not essential

· Engineering degree qualification or sufficient relevant experience in vehicle design

· Ability to carry out engineering calculations where your work requires (e.g. weight distribution, basic stress calcs)

30 days' holiday inclusive of Statutory Holidays and a Christmas Shutdown

• Early Friday finish time
• Competitive salary
• Pension Scheme
• Employee Assistance Program, WeCare, Counselling support, GP appointments
• The opportunity to work with some of the most committed and motivated people you could hope to work with.
• An environment where honesty, communication and initiative are always recognised and valued.
• A chance to develop yourself into an integral long-standing member of our business.
• A challenging, fun and rewarding working environment. Staff BBQs, hog roasts, ice cream parties…just some of the ways we've thanked our staff in the past.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: From £35,000.00 per year

The Woodall Nicholson Group is made up of six specialist automotive manufacturing business units, covering everything from specialised vehicle converters to accessible transport. Since 1998, VCS - Westhoughton (part of the Woodall Nicholson Group) has been supplying the highest quality blue light vehicles to the UK Emergency Service Sector. Our Combination of engineering excellence and design innovation has led us to develop a range of robust, feature-rich cars and vans. Our coach building expertise ensures that quality and reliability are built in from the start of every vehicle conversion we undertake. We pride ourselves on being able to deliver all products to the highest standard and meet any requests to ensure customer satisfaction.