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***SENIOR PROJECT ENGINEER - PLASTICS/TEXTILES - BLACKBURN - £35,000***

 

Our client, a worldwide manufacturer of plastic and textile products, currently requires a Senior Project Engineer to join their existing team in the Blackburn area.

 

Reporting to the Technical Manager, your primarly responsibilities will centre around Project Management of New Product Development Processes.

 

You will ideally be from a product & process engineering background. Candidates with knowledge of polyurethane moulding, digital printing or engineered textiles would have a distinct advantage.

 

Working within a committed Engineering team, the successful candidates will be responsible for new product development projects, from customer RFQ through commercial feasibility to product launch and production.

 

The role requires familiarisation with a wide range of materials, including elastomers, textiles, alloys and plastics. Experience in setting up lean manufacturing processes for batch manufacture subsystems would also be an advantage.

The successful candidates must be able to demonstrate the following;

• Hold a minimum Bachelors degree in an engineering discipline
• Have excellent oral, written and presentational skills

• Possess a thorough understanding of 2 & 3D CAD packages, able to generate detailed engineering drawings preferably within Autodesk products
• Experience in using project management software such as Microsoft Project
• Have several years experience within a flexible, customer responsive batch manufacturing environment
• Familiarity and experience with ISO9001 design and development procedures and requirements

• Knowledge of FEA packages and their applications would be an advantage

 

Good knowledge of process engineering is a prerequisite for this role, as is the ability to travel internationally at short notice, as this is periodically required to support project activity.

 

If you are interested in this opportunity, please send your CV using the apply now button or send directly to rorystewart@coretalent.co.uk.