Principal Product Designer - Ellesmere Port, United Kingdom - Survitec Group Limited

Survitec Group Limited

Verified Company

Ellesmere Port, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Vacancy Title:
Principal Product Designer**
Vacancy Location:Ellesmere Port**
Engagement Type:Permanent, Full Time**
Your Company
Survitec are the world's largest survival technology provider.

For over 166 years, we have been protecting lives in the air, on land and at sea, through the design, manufacture, and servicing of Survival Technology.

Today, we are a global community of 3,000 professionals with presence in 96 countries partnering with our customers to provide innovative solutions that reduce risk and help keep you safe.

That's why the world's leading maritime, defence & government, energy and aerospace organisations trust us when it matters most and why we have been awarded the Gold Award by the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.

Your New Role
Are you a product designer looking for a new and exciting opportunity? Are you interested in developing ideas for new products and protypes?

Reporting to the Head of Product Design, our Aerospace and Defence division has an exciting opportunity to bring on board a Principal Product Designer on a Full-Time basis at our Ellesmere Port site.

What You Can Expect from the Role

Key Responsibilities and accountabilities:

Produce high quality technical design outputs, using a range of industry processes and systems
Identify shortcomings in existing product design or use, then suggests and implements improvements while developing and delivering product roadmap changes and new product development within Survitec's NPD and change management process
Manage the knowledge management system with guidance from senior colleagues, including contributing to the development of the system
Uncover emerging design, quality, safety and operational issues or needs. Identify potential causes, barriers and key stakeholders as well as related issues
Develop procedures and interprets and applies policy and regulatory requirements to own product area, ensuring product set keeps pace with / sets the pace for compliance and best practice. Monitor impact of product developments, ensuring design remains commercially successful
Analyse and evaluate the feasibility and relevance of proposed complex products and services, making recommendations for development, replacement or retirement
Manage a portfolio of change projects while reporting to senior colleagues
Recommend changes to policies, processes, standards and practices that would improve operational support and better meet customer need
Identify and evaluate complex, expertiseled solutions against a range of criteria to find the ones that best meet business and customer need

You will have the opportunity to develop in your role internally and feel proud of the work you do. Working at Survitec is fast paced, challenging and incredibly rewarding. This is not just another job; this is your career.

Skills

Essential
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Engineering Related Degree

Must have an ability to read and understand complex customer specifications
6 + years of deep and wide general experience of providing expert engineering competence
Proficient as a team player with excellent communication skills, but also able to work on own initiative
You must be target driven to meet results and deadlines
6+ months experience supervising more junior colleagues

Why You Should Work for Us

33 days holidays including public holidays
Cycle to Work Scheme
Life Assurance up to 4X salary
Pension Scheme
Training & Professional Development Opportunities
Employee Assistance Programme
Workplace Reward & Recognition scheme

How to Apply
**Survitec is an equal opportunities employer. Our diverse global workforce protects lives, every single day. We are committed to cultivating an inclusive culture where our people feel valued appreciated, and free to be who they are at work. Because, to provide service and excellence to our customers we must mirror their diversity. But more importantly because it is the right thing to do.