Graduate Design Engineer

Mechanical/Manufacturing.

About Textron Specialized Vehicles

Textron Specialized Vehicles Inc. is a leading global manufacturer of golf cars, utility and personal transportation vehicles, snowmobiles, side-by-sides, all-terrain vehicles, professional turf-care equipment, and ground support equipment. Textron Specialized Vehicles markets products under several different brands. Its vehicles are found in environments ranging from golf courses to factories, airports to planned communities, and theme parks to hunting preserves.

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Opportunity

Ransomes Jacobsen Ltd is one of world’s leading manufacturers of commercial mowers and turf maintenance equipment. Based in Ipswich, Suffolk, our products are built to enable customers to accurately cut turf grass at football stadiums, golf courses, public parks and roadsides. We are seeking a Design Engineer Level I to join our New Product Introduction team, based at our manufacturing facility in Ipswich, Suffolk.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

  • To ensure that all designs meet technical, performance, reliability and cost targets as identified by a Senior Engineer or Engineering Manager;
  • To produce and maintain all drawings, Bill of Material records, outline assembly instructions and Technical Publications consistent with the Engineering Change process and as guided by senior engineering staff;
  • To ensure that all designs can be manufactured both efficiently and cost effectively through liaison with Manufacturing staff, incorporating mistake proofing or visual guidelines if miss-builds are possible;
  • Utilise best practice reference documents and standard in-house components where at all possible. Liaise with other Engineers and departments when implementing new principles;
  • To read, understand and incorporate requirements of standards and directives relevant to the product under development;
  • To assist in the development of test regimes to validate design elements of a project.

Qualifications

What we’re looking for

  • You should be degree qualified or equivalent in an engineering related field, preferably Mechanical Engineering;
  • Comfortable designing in a variety of materials including steels, plastics and alloys;
  • Able to demonstrate a hands-on approach working within a multi-disciplinary team to take design concepts through to medium volume production to meet challenging specifications and timescales;
  • Self-motivating and able to work with low levels of supervision to defined objectives;
  • Excellent attention to detail and problem-solving skills;
  • Strong knowledge of CAD (ideally UG NX);
  • Knowledge of FEA software (ideally ANSYS) is desirable, but not essential.

What we Offer:

  • Competitive salary;
  • A nine day working fortnight (every other Friday off work);
  • 30 days' holiday inclusive of Bank Holidays;
  • Company pension scheme (6% employer contribution);
  • Life assurance scheme;
  • Company sick pay scheme;
  • On-site golf course and football pitch;
  • Employee Assistance Programme;
  • Long service awards;
  • Perks at work (discounted cinema tickets etc);
  • Learning and development opportunities.
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  • Deadline
    Ongoing
  • Starting
    Immediate Start
  • Salary
    £28,000 - £32,000 + benefits
  • Degree required
    2:1 and above
  • Location
    Ipswich (Suffolk)
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Preferred Disciplines...
  • Mechanical
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  • Automotive
  • Control & Instrumentation
  • Electrical
  • Electronic
  • Manufacturing
  • Mechatronics
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