Lead Engineer - High Pressure Valves - Poole, Dorset

Lead Engineer - High Pressure Valves

£50k

Poole

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Are you a talented and driven Lead Engineer with a passion for valve design? An incredible opportunity awaits you! MDE are thrilled to present a key role for a Valve Design Lead Engineer with a prestigious organization. Join a team of industry leaders and play a crucial role in driving cutting-edge product development and continuous improvement initiatives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with the Engineering Manager to support the Product Development strategy, focusing on valve design, delivering profitable organic growth, and continuous improvement.
• Utilize your expertise in valve design to develop market-leading products, applying sound engineering practices while meeting business objectives.
• Engage with customers during the quotation and pre-production phases to deeply understand their specific valve design requirements and provide them with class-leading technology.
• Apply innovation to valve design, optimizing performance characteristics and functionality to gain a competitive advantage.
• Interpret and apply relevant engineering standards, legislation, certification, and customer compliance requirements specific to valve design.
• Conduct comprehensive design validation activities for valves, including stress calculations, tolerance stack-up analysis, Finite Element Analysis (FEA), Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), and other relevant design validation methodologies.
• Apply your significant specialist knowledge in valve technology, certification, or industrial applications to drive successful New Product Development initiatives.
• Take a leadership role in valve design validation and qualification testing, planning research and development efforts, and managing sub-contracted resources.
• Drive concurrent engineering, considering manufacturing methodology, process capability, assembly, testing, and inspection processes specific to valve design.
• Efficiently coordinate project teams to ensure timely release of pre-production valve design project workloads.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to Level 1, 2, and 3 Design Engineers for valve design, ensuring their work meets high-quality standards.
• Implement Value Analysis/Value Engineering (VAVE) principles in valve design to minimize manufacturing costs and achieve cost targets, working closely with production engineers.
• Generate detailed instructions for manufacturing, inspection, and R&D testing specific to valve design within the New Product Development process.
• Maintain a strong focus on Lean principles in the valve engineering environment, continuously improving processes and promoting efficiency.
• Deliver technical support and comprehensive product training related to valve design to customers, sales engineers, and other relevant stakeholders.
• Collaborate with marketing and sales teams to compile Operating and Maintenance Manuals for new and derivative valve products.

Requirements:
Essential:

• A degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent qualification/experience.
• In-depth knowledge of valve design technologies, including materials, mechanics, engineering mathematics, magnetics, fluid power, corrosion, stress, and thermodynamics.
• Strong understanding of fluid power applications, circuit design, component selection, installation methods, performance interactions, and control systems specifically for valves.
• Extensive experience in modern manufacturing methods, inspection, and assembly techniques within a precision CNC engineering and electronics environment, with a focus on valve design.
• Sound understanding of technical risk mitigation, design validation, and qualification methodologies specific to valve design.
• Proficiency in engineering software such as 2D and 3D CAD, FEA, CFD, Mathcad, and MS Office, preferably using Autodesk platforms (AutoCAD, Inventor, Ansys).
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, enabling effective interaction with stakeholders at all levels.
• Exceptional time management skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks, reduce inefficiencies, and meet deliverables promptly.
• Willingness to travel both nationally and internationally to attend professional training opportunities, provide technical support, and deliver product training.
• A strong commitment to Continual Professional Development and a drive for self-improvement.
• Proven ability to evaluate processes and instigate continuous improvement

Please note all applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK