Design Engineer
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About the company:
Crosby Composites is a leading carbon fibre engineering company supplying customers worldwide. Established in 1982, the company has constantly improved production techniques and invested in the latest technologies to provide cost effective components and achieve shorter lead times. We offer composite solutions for both one\-off prototype components, as well as larger production runs. Our accuracy, reliability and fast turnaround time allows us to work with a large variety of industries, from high precision Formula One cars and Aerospace to the longer production runs and visual standards of the automotive and medical industries.
About our employees:
As a member of the Crosby Composites team, we expect all our employees to:
- Adhere to all Crosby Composites policies and procedures
- Represent the Company in a professional manner at all times
- Ensure workplace safety is practiced at all times
- Maintain a clean and safe working environment
Teamwork – At the heart of everything we do
Reliability – Honesty and dependability in our everyday business
Accountability – It up to me and its up to us, we all take responsibility for our actions
Continuous Improvements – Always striving to improve all that we do
Exceeding Expectations – Never excepting the minimum standard
Driving Safety First – Looking out for ourselves and each other
Mission:
- Support the development of an efficient and effective operational Team
- Increase efficiency to \+85%
- Reduce scrap to 2%
- Ensure 100% Plan Adherence
- Increase staff retention
- Develop and maintain the pace of staff development
- Meeting the mission objectives (detailed above) which are measured and monitored through the data and metrics collected by the company
Principally the Design Engineers are responsible for designing tooling that is sympathetic to the manufacture of composite components. The Design staff are required to manage all CAD data in and out of the company and ensure files are up to date and stored correctly. The Design Engineers will be in direct communication with departments to discuss ideas and resolve tooling issues.
Key Responsibilities:
Computer Aided Design
- Surface modelling of patterns, moulds and fixtures in line with departmental needs
- Produce technical tooling drawings to ensure designs can be manufactured and assembled
- Compare two or more data files to understand differences in models
- Interrogate tree / 3D notes to understand customer needs
- Model components in line with customer specifications
- Work closely with the Projects department and within Design to ensure projects are on target
- Use project notes and customer data to fully appreciate requirements
- Specify all BoM items required to assembly tooling
- Develop departmental drawings / manuals to explain tooling methodology
- Liaise with suppliers to obtain quotes for outsourcing
- Communicate with Projects when up\-issues are received
- Define process change / additional tooling required to implement a change
- Good working knowledge of CATIA
- Experience in component or tooling design
- Understand technical drawings, ideally laminate drawings too
- Knowledge of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing
- Excellent IT skills, including Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
- Good understanding of composite manufacture
- A flexible approach and strong time management / prioritizing skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
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