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Principal Engineer

Job Posted: 16 hours ago

Salary: £ 60,000 - 65,000 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Staffordshire

Expire in: a month

Job Description

Enthusiastic Principal Engineer to join the Mid-Range Product Engineering team working on future developments for the world leading Site Dumper range. You will help create and lead the design of new Site Dumpers as part of an ambitious programme that will shape the future of the Site Dumper product Worldwide. Reporting to the Design Manager, you will join a focused Global team working on the design and development of new products and innovative solutions for our customers across the entire product range produced in the UK.

Principal Engineer Responsibilities:

  * Lead technical reviews of systems at a machine integration level to ensure system design and specification is in line with customer or business requirements.

  * Prepare and lead design concepts, technical specifications and design briefs for new product design ideas.

  * Take responsibility for ensuring that the overall technical delivery of the finished product meet customer and business requirements.

  * Checking of technical drawings often created in other teams and responsibility for ensuring quality standards are met.

  * Creation and execution of drawing release plans for NPI projects often across multiple projects.

  * Day to day running of projects and supervision of any engineers allocated for project work.

  * Co-ordination of Project timings and resource and presentation of overall engineering status to Senior Management.

  * Prepare, update, issue and checking design control documents such as Engineering change notes timing plan, cost management, etc.

Principal Engineer Requirements:

  * Ability to interface with other members of the larger team in the Group Engineering structure and lead design reviews across multiple areas.

  * Willingness to take the lead for technical decision making and ensure the needs of our customer are always fully understood and delivered.

  * Good and logical problem solving techniques.

  * 3D CAD system familiarisation (Unigraphics NX preferable) to conduct and lead design and concept work reviews.

  * Self-starting and ability to make things happen and motivate a broader team to pull in the same direction.

  * Ideally you will have a strong engineering background, possessing a degree and minimum of 5 years’ relevant experience

  * A good engineering knowledge of a range of off highway vehicle systems and their strengths and weaknesses.

  * Should be able to demonstrate a high level of commitment, flexibility and enthusiasm as well as a sense of urgency and ownership of projects.

  * Ability to communicate clearly, interfacing with the immediate engineering team as well as the wider team; including the Indian Design Centre, Manufacturing, Service and Marketing, is a pre-requisite.

  * Demonstrate a sound grasp of mechanical engineering principles.

  * Experience in Agricultural or Construction Machines / Attachments would be preferable but not essential.

  * Travel on business may be required periodically.

Principal Engineer Benefits:

In addition to an excellent salary, career progression and development opportunities, our client offers an excellent company pension scheme, medical insurance and dental care schemes, access to the company’s healthy living centre and 33 days annual leave and flexibility around daily start and finish times. You will also have access to the Company’s Reward Hub, giving you fantastic savings across a huge range of high street retailers, as well as access to exclusive company perks such as the ULEV Car Scheme and Cycle to Work Scheme.

Principal Engineer Applications:

**VISA Sponsorship is NOT available for this role**

This role is fully on-site

This vacancy is only available to Candidates with relevant experience as detailed in the job description. Due to volume of applications, we are unable to respond to applicants who do not possess the required skills and experience. Recent Graduates who do not have the required level of industry experience need not apply.

Candidates must be authorised to work in the country where this role is located BEFORE making an application

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