Process Design Engineer Bolton, England
Job description
Edwards are looking for a Process Design Engineer to join a growing team for our site based in Bolton. The mission of the role is to take ownership and responsibility of engineered designs within the Process Vacuum Systems & Solutions business of the Industrial Vacuum Division of the company.
The job holder has responsibility for supporting all technical requirements and deliverables for contracts assigned to the Process Vacuum Systems and Solutions Business. The scope will be to provide direct support for contracts executed directly by the Process Vacuum business and to provide support to peripheral activities including but not limited to proposals, aftersales support, testing, engineering change, research and development, training, and sales.
Main Responsibilities
- Process design responsibility for the process vacuum business, including and not limited to process design, mechanical design, instrument, and control design.
- Final design of all aspects of engineered systems and components
- Issue of design information to contracts department to enable execution of orders
- Approval of technical drawings and documents relating to the execution of orders
- Manage Safety Review Process
- Support Proposals Department
- Support aftersales activities relating to spares, replacements, site support work, training, customer meetings (external and internal) warranty claims and fault diagnosis.
- Technical responsibility for factory testing including management of customers representative at witness stage and act on the results. Support Site Acceptance Testing.
- Development and maintenance of Engineering Design Standards
- Support R&D activities and projects
Skills / Experience
- Educated to degree level in a science (physics or chemistry) discipline or commensurate experience - essential
- Minimum 5 years of industry experience - essential
- Experience of providing custom engineering solutions, preferably gained in a process / chemical engineering sector.
- Experience of designing solutions to meet customer specific specifications
- Demonstrated the ability to manage resources successfully.
- Experience working with engineering contractors is desirable.
- Knowledge of vacuum technology an advantage, but not required
- Knowledge and working experience of international design standards and codes is preferred. E.g., ASME, HEI, PED
- Communicate effectively with internal and external customers on a professional level.
- Other requirements (Fluent written and spoken English language; expected travel national and international requirements up to 10% of time)
Due too the fact that a number of our clients are involved in the defence industry there is a requirement for the successful candidate to be a UK National.
Why come to Edwards:
We offer so much more than a job.
You could do Job Sharing, Flexibility on working hours, variable start and finish times, some homeworking.
Along with your salary you will be eligible for:
- Bonus up to 7.5% bonus
- 25 days holiday and your bank holidays
- Cash health plan
- Pension with a company contribution of up to 8%
- Life Assurance of 4 x basic salary
- Employee Referral scheme
- Training, Learning and Development throughout
- Wellbeing Program
- Support for formal qualifications and professional development
- Recognition and Reward program
- Some sponsored professional qualifications such as Chartered Engineer (CEng)
- Free parking
- Subsidised canteen
- Summer BBQ’s, Christmas Parties
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Edwards is a leading developer and manufacturer of sophisticated vacuum products, exhaust management systems and related value-added services. Edwards solutions are integral to manufacturing processes for semiconductors, flat panel displays, LEDs and solar cells. They are also used within an increasingly diverse range of industrial processes including power, glass and other coating applications; steel and other metallurgy; pharmaceutical and chemical; and for scientific instruments in a wide range of R&D applications.
Edwards has over 4,000 employees worldwide engaged in the design, manufacture and support of high technology vacuum and exhaust management equipment. Edwards has state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in Europe, Asia and North America.
