Manufacturing Design Engineer

Design Engineer - Landscape Protection & Street Furniture Manufacturing.
Salary: Up to £35,000 + benefits
Location: North Shields

Marshalls is a market leader in designing and manufacturing Landscape Protection Products. Marshalls Landscape Protection offers a new approach – a design, engineering and specification philosophy that enables highly effective protective and non-protective street furniture to blend seamlessly into urban landscape design. Our developments in design, manufacture and technology negate the need for bulky and obtrusive products, enabling those who design our city spaces to think more creatively about how they can include protective and non-protective street furniture within landscape design features. Our Marshalls mission is ‘Creating Better Spaces’; we’ve been awarded the Superbrand status since 2010 and are a successful FTSE250. Every step we take, every product we make, is geared towards making the world around us a better place to live!

We’re committed to the ongoing development of new and existing product ranges, and as a result, we’re recruiting for a Design Technician to join our Landscape Protection team at our North Shields manufacturing site!

So, what's the purpose of the role?

• To support the wider Design team department by having responsibility for the input and control of BoMs & Production Routes using the ERP system.
• To Support the wider business and design team by receiving and interpreting design requests from multiple departments across the group. To include initial design and costing, designing a cost-effective product that is designed for manufacture, and supporting manufacturing.
• Create specifications, BoMs, manufacturing drawings, and production routes and liaise with the procurement team or suppliers when needed.
• Provide Engineering handovers to the manufacturing team, design jigs and fixtures required for product manufacture, and support manufacturing so that they can efficiently manufacture quality products.
• Be responsible for receiving technical drawings & specifications and developing a design offering with manufacturing costs.
• Specify material and estimate costs for products, considering the associated labour, equipment and materials costs.

What are the key skills/attributes for this role?
Essential:

• Experienced in the use of MS Dynamic AX or similar ERP tools.
• Proficient in the use of 3D CAD packages (preferably SolidWorks) to design, model and create drawings
• Possess extensive engineering and materials knowledge.
• Good communication skills.
• Able to produce accurate and costings and associated calculations.
• Excellent IT Skills using MS products, word, excel etc.
• Proven problem solving ability in an engineering environment.
• A proven track record in designing products for a cost effective and efficient manufacturing process. 

Desirable:

• Previous Landscape product industry experience.
• Knowledge of PDM vault or similar for file control and storage applications.
• Use of 2D CAD packages (preferably AutoCAD) to review and edit drawings.
• Ability to understand engineering drawings
• Working knowledge of MS packages.
• An understanding of fabrication tooling and handling.
• Understanding of project management, margins and delivery.
• Understanding of logistic constraints.
• Knowledge of Landscape Protection products
• Familiarity with relevant standards, including PAS68 and IWA14-1

Additional benefits include:

• 26 Days Holiday +Bank Holidays
• Guaranteed Christmas holidays
• Training and development opportunities
• 5% employer-matched pension scheme
• Free onsite parking
• Health care cash plan – support with dental, optical, prescription costs, and much more!
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption pay and leave
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee discount on Marshalls’ products
• Retailer discounts
• Marshalls Well-being Centre
• Share purchase scheme (Minimum age of 18 required for this benefit)
• Life assurance

Equal Opportunities
Whoever you are and whatever your background, you’ll find a fair and supportive workplace. You’re unique and we want you to bring every part of who you are to work, every day. We’re committed to ensuring equal opportunities for everyone. To us, this is more than a legal, moral, or ethical necessity – it’s the right thing to do! We want our team to reflect the diverse nature of society and the communities we serve. Marshalls is a workplace where you’re valued for the contribution you make, and where you can grow and develop by being entirely yourself!

More about Marshalls
Our operations are organised into three distinct divisions: Marshalls Landscape Products, Marshalls Building Products, and Marley Roofing Products.

Marshalls Landscape Products stands out as the leading UK manufacturer of high-quality natural stone and innovative concrete hard landscaping products. We cater to the construction, home improvement, and landscape markets, offering superior solutions.

Marshalls Building Products serves as a reliable supplier of concrete drainage products, concrete bricks, ready-to-use mortars, and aggregates.

Marley Roofing Products is recognised as a leader in the manufacture and supply of pitched roofing systems. Our product range includes clay and concrete tiles, timber battens, roof-integrated solar solutions, and various roofing accessories.

Although divisional, we work as one Marshalls team.

We're particularly proud to have paved every location on the Monopoly Board! To find out more about Marshalls, please visit our website: www.marshalls.co.uk

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