Junior Sustaining Design Engineer
Location
Aylesford, Kent | United Kingdom
Job description
ABOUT US
Pineapple Contracts opened their doors for the first time in 1975. A family run company, started by William Hathorn, Pineapple began making pine furniture for the retail market and traded as, ‘Pine Productions’.
In 1987, Pine Productions moved their focus to the healthcare furniture market, having identified a demand for strong, safe and durable healthcare furniture which avoided the ‘institutional’ appearance, common at that time. With a new direction, a new name was required and we became simply ‘Pineapple’.
Pineapple, now a global company with headquarters in Kent (UK), have offices in France, Germany and the USA, still runs by its original ethos.
JOB TITLE: Junior Sustaining Design Engineer
REPORTS TO: Senior Design Engineer
LOCATION: Aylesford, UK
HOURS: Monday - Friday 8am - 4.30pm, Office based
We are looking for a Junior Sustaining Design Engineer to support our Lead Design Engineer in regular projects by producing and maintaining accurate technical drawings for our existing products and new products due to launch.
RESPONSIBILITIES WILL INCLUDE:
- Contribute to ongoing improvement projects for existing products.
- Apply a continuous improvement mindset to identify improvements for existing products.
- Create accurate, high-quality technical drawings for manufacturing purposes.
- Create detailed bills-of-material for accurate costing.
- Liaise with manufacturers and internal staff to ensure a smooth flow of the products/projects dealing with any issues or queries as they arise.
- Assisting NPD with technical drawings and product manufacturing drawings as needed.
- Support the team with space planning and layout of furniture in Customers' space and keep internal record in the product database for billing purposes.
- Assist with creation of 3D models of the furniture through the use of Autodesk Inventor and or Solidworks.
- Ability to reprioritize workload to accommodate business priorities.
Requirements
SKILLS REQUIRED:
- Proficient in CAD packages – Solidworks (essential) Autodesk Inventor (Extremely advantageous).
- Minimum 1 years’ experience producing detailed drawings for manufacture, ideally in furniture.
- Technical and space planning experience.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
PERSONALITY PROFILE
- High attention to detail.
- Must be passionate about the brand, be flexible and have a can-do attitude.
- Confident, pro-active, approachable and happy to turn your hand to anything required.
- Hardworking, conscientious and take pride in your work.
- Happy to work to tight deadlines.
- A high degree of self-motivation and drive.
- Excellent Administrative skills with competent use of Microsoft Office (mainly Outlook and Excel).
- Self-motivated and organised with excellent attention to detail and can-do attitude.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Embodies our company people values:
- Teamwork
- Committed
- Ownership
- Positive
- Responsive
Benefits
- Competitive pay
- Pension scheme
- Healthcare Cash Plan
- 23 days annual leave + UK bank holidays
- Extra day’s leave for your birthday
- Regular team socials and events
- Monthly pizza Friday
- Fruit and snacks are provided daily
- Employee referrals bonus scheme
- Recognition of excellence/Employee rewards schemes
- Company volunteering day
- Annual pay reviews
- High-quality office environment
- Sustainability focused business
- Free onsite parking/walking distance from the train station
We look forward to receiving your application.
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