design engineer Tamworth, England
Job description
Ready to take a lead role in product design of the UK’s number one tap and shower brand? Being part of the Bristan team means access to a host of benefits including:
- A hybrid working approach
- A generous staff discount across our Bristan and Heritage Bathrooms brands
- Employee perk scheme with discounts available across high street stores, leisure outlets and supermarkets
- Profit-related bonus scheme
- Immediate access to our Employee Assistance helpline, providing confidential telephone counselling and legal advice
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays with the opportunity to buy additional days and time off for your birthday
Plus much more!
At Bristan, our passion lies in our products, and we are dedicated to introducing an exciting range of new offerings in the near future. As our Senior Design Engineer, you'll play a crucial role in our product development strategy, actively participating in diverse projects across various categories.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Crafting innovative and aesthetic designs that meet both business objectives and customer requirements.
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure project milestones are met.
- Collaborating with our teams to enhance our existing product line and deliver improvements.
- Utilizing your extensive design expertise to provide technical support to the business and suppliers.
- Validating designs through FEA, calculations, testing, and tolerance stacks.
- Designing for efficient manufacturing to reduce development time with suppliers.
- Leading design reviews using engineering tools such as FMEA, GD&T, and ISIR reviews.
We're seeking an individual with substantial experience in a similar senior design role, someone who craves the satisfaction of seeing their designs come to life quickly. You should possess a resolute design approach and excel in a multi-project environment. Joining our small team will mean there is room for innovation as we continuously introduce new products to the market.
In your portfolio, we’re looking for a demonstration of your proficiency in design and manufacturing techniques, design for manufacture, VAVE, as well as both 2D and 3D skills. Experience with cast products, plastic moulding, assembled parts and brass parts is essential. Proficiency in 3D software, particularly Creo, would be advantageous.
If you're ready to be part of our award-winning organisation, we’d love to hear from you!
About Bristan
Established in the Midlands in 1977, Bristan is part of Bristan Group and is the UK’s number one supplier of taps and showers. With an outstanding reputation for the delivery of quality products and exceptional service, we sell over 1 million taps and showers every year through our brilliant network of plumbers’ merchants and retailers. You can find us, just off J10 of the M42 in Tamworth, in our impressive Head Quarters which is home to over 250 employees and houses our industry-leading logistics facility and our award-winning customer service team.
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time
Part-time hours: 37.5 per week
Salary: £40,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Canteen
- Company events
- Company pension
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
- Sick pay
- Work from home
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Supplemental pay types:
- Bonus scheme
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Tamworth: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 30/07/2023
