Development Engineer – Continuous Improvement

Department / R&D / Hours / 8am-5.15pm Mon to Thurs 8am-4pm Friday
Job Reference / R&D21012 / Location / Woodstock / Cotswold
Reporting to / Design Team Leader – C.I. / Number of Reports / 0
Scope / To plan and undertake the detailed, robust, engineering activities required in support of continuous improvement of products in manufacturing.
Key Responsibilities / Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:-
  1. To be responsible for producing effective improvements to existing products to agreed costs and timescales, highlighting any concerns or deviations from plan to line management in a timely manner to support the discussion and development of recovery strategies.
  2. To liaise with OM production divisions to develop solutions to issues arising during the course of production.
  3. To produce all necessary detailed CAD, engineering drawings, reports and plans for the above to the relevant applicable standards.
  4. Customer liaison, as required, to support the requirements of a project.
  5. To plan and co-ordinate activities to ensure compliance to procedure and regulations as required by Owen Mumford.
  6. To act as the lead in improvement projects as required and be specifically responsible for all design and development related activities in them.
  7. To assist in the compilation and estimation of costs in support of continuous improvement activities.
  8. Any such other duties as may be relevant to the progress of the department.

Financial Responsibilities / N/A
People Management / N/A
Additional Authority / N/A
Knowledge and Expertise /
  • Experience within Medical Device or regulated industry - Desirable
  • Experience in problem solving in a manufacturing environment involving plastic injection moulding - Desirable
  • Highly computer literate eg Excel/Word and PowerPoint- Essential
  • Experience in using SolidWorks CAD - Desirable
  • Ability to produce technical reports- Essential
  • Experience of quality management systems- Essential
  • Ability to confidently deal with people of all levels – Essential
  • Background in Design - Essential

Qualifications / Relevant Degree, Qualification or provenexperience within the plastics industry - Essential
Personal Characteristics /
  • Effective team worker, equally able to work on their own
  • Excellent presentation skills
  • Highly self-motivated/self starter/resilient
  • Strong communication skills
  • Excellent attention to detail

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Occupational Health Hazards – job and working environment (Tick all that apply):
(Internal use only and explored at interview stage)
Heavy Manual Handling (regularly lifting more than 20kg) / Noise above Lower Exposure Action Value
Regular repetitive movements of hands and arms / Hand Arm Vibration
Work on Computers (>1 hour continual per day) / Yes / Sensitising Chemicals:
Occupational driving (inc. FLT)
New recruitment:
HR attach to job description and returned Health questionnaire:
  1. If health questionnaire indicates a concern – investigate
  2. If Noise or Sensitising chemicals are ticked then instigate health surveillance.
Internal transfer:
Manager to request health surveillance or assessments by HSE advisor if transferee indicates concerns.