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Product Development Engineer
Product Development Engineer
Role Summary
We have an exciting new contract opportunity based in Glascoed as a Product Development Engineer.
The role will be an initial 6 month contract and will provide you with the opportunity to engage with many different engineering disciplines, as well as gaining a wealth of experience in this area.
Key Responsibilities
- Assisting product development and systems engineering activities for new and legacy products
- Coordination of product development and related engineering activities
- Configuration and maintenance of Engineering bills of materials for products Product development and evaluation e.g. Pugh Matrices, Fault Tree Analysis, Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (DFMEA)
- Manufacture, test and evaluation of munitions products
- Conducting and managing trials in a safe and suitable manner – from the trials planning stage to completion of the trial and presentation of the data
- Development and use safe systems of work
- Development of quality systems
- Management of stakeholders, both internal and external, to ensure that development activities are completed to time and schedule
- Contribution to the Life Cycle Management Process where required
- Contribution to the Risk Management process
- Liaise with customers – both internal and external as demanded
- Working as part of an integrated project team, including regular engagement with project management, procurement (supply chain) and operations
Key skills & qualifications
- Minimum HNC in a Mechanical Engineering (or equivalent) discipline
- 5 Years product development experience in the Engineering industry
- Applicants must be able to demonstrate a proven capability in development projects, in particular system integration
- Proven ability to take ownership, prioritise and deliver product Engineering tasks within development projects to ensure completion within agreed timescales and to required standard
- Ability to produce high quality technical reports
- A good working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite and strong IT skills
- A good understanding of project/risk management and the ability to use associated tools and techniques
- Ability to read and understand engineering drawings and models
What we’re looking for in you
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Well-developed analytical/ problem solving/ decision making skills.
Strong organisational skills who is adaptable in a fast-paced environment.
Stakeholder management skills.
Location: Glascoed
Rate: £34.77 per hour (Inside IR35)
AAP3 is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
