Development Engineer

South Wales Valleys | Competitive salary | Full-time | Monday to Friday | Permanent

Introduction

Acorn by Synergie is recruiting for a Development Engineer to join a well-established metal manufacturing company in the South Wales Valleys. Due to continued growth and a strong order book, this is an excellent opportunity to join a business with over 30 years of industry experience.

Key Duties:

• Manage new parts from design or customer drawing stage through to production release.
• Conduct feasibility assessments and identify manufacturability concerns.
• Define materials, tooling, jigs, fixtures, and process steps.
• Produce and maintain drawings, BOMs, specifications, and technical records.
• Design or support the creation of jigs, fixtures, templates, and tooling.
• Validate tooling through trials and revise where required.
• Produce all engineering documentation required for production.
• Review customer drawings and specifications for accuracy and compliance.
• Conduct or support first-off manufacturing trials.
• Produce ISIR and FAIR documentation.
• Support production launch and engineering changes.
• Investigate engineering and design issues and recommend improvements.

Requirements:

• Experience within a Development, Manufacturing, or Mechanical Engineering role.
• Good to excellent CAD skills, ideally using SolidWorks.
• Ability to interpret technical drawings.
• Understanding of manufacturing processes.
• Experience producing engineering documentation.
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills.
• Shop floor machinery knowledge desirable.

What We Offer:

• Permanent opportunity within a growing manufacturing business.
• Opportunity to work on new product introduction projects.
• Supportive and established engineering environment.
• Long-term career development opportunities.

Interested?

Apply now with your up-to-date CV.

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