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SENIOR DESIGN ENGINEER, GLOUCESTER, PERMANENT

About Us - Severn

Part of Severn Group, Severn Valve manufactures and supports high-quality valves for the energy industries. Its control, choke and butterfly valves are pre-eminent in the global market, underpinning the reliability and high performance of business-critical client infrastructure. Severn Valve’s global reach, technical prowess, and collaborative approach – all founded upon a heritage of British engineering excellence – helping to assure production continuity for clients and reduce the prospect of costly downtime. Its understanding of the life-cycle of assets positions Severn Valve to offer end-to-end engineering solutions, enabling clients to meet their core imperatives: safe operations and minimum downtime.

Purpose:

Working as part of the engineering team to investigate new technologies and manufacturing methods, deliver innovative new products to the market and optimise costs in existing designs.

Key Accountabilities:

• Utilising Severns best practice and experiences to develop product concepts and customer requirements into viable design solutions
• Development of innovative solutions to industry wide problems.
• Investigation into materials and manufacturing options to optimise, cost-effectiveness, and performance.
• Design of tests to evaluate products and solutions meet customer and regulatory requirements
• Guaranteeing deadlines are met to ensure the success of development projects.
• Management and progress reporting on a number of small research projects.

Expertise:

Essential

• Higher National Certificates/Diplomas or equivalent from college; with at least 5 years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Computer Skills in 3D Design / 2D Drafting (Solid Edge) & Microsoft Suite.
• Good communication skills to enable cross functional working both internally and externally
• Experience of new product introduction ideally within a controlled environment

Desirable

• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organisation.
• Experience of design for manufacture and production techniques
• Experience of managing projects.
• Experience of working with a remote team both in the UK and abroad

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Published: 22nd July 2024