Assembly Jig and Fixture Design Engineer - Gaydon, United Kingdom - Jonathan Lee Recruitment

Jonathan Lee Recruitment

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Gaydon, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

**Title:
**Assembly Jig & Fixture Design Engineer

**Division:
**Manufacturing Engineering

**Contract Position based at:
- **Gaydon

Contract Length:

6 Months

**Pay Rate:
- **£26.09 LTD per hour

Position Description:

This is a Jig & Fixture Design Engineer role within Manufacturing Engineering.

Key Responsibilities

Design of both Body in White (BIW) and Trim and Final (T&F) Assembly Fixtures (Design Projects WILL be varied. The more experience you can evidence the better)
Fixture Design from Kick Off to Design Delivery and successful physical fixture handover.
Support the continual development of the Department Lessons Learnt and the continual development of Tooling and Design Standards
Project manage a Design Project with mínimal Lead Engineering support
Coordinate and manage internal customers and suppliers (to provide data in a timely manner)
Drive improvements into our standards, processes and methods of working
Create and update into our standards, processes and methods of working
Gain customer feedback, and drive that back into our working practices
Driving resolutions of issues and feeding back.
2D Manufacturing (Detailed) Drawing Buy Offs and Handover.
Manage buyoff and handover of tooling designs with Customers and Tool room.
Comply with and ensure that all data delivered is robust, meets expectations and is properly managed

You will be required to demonstrate a wide range of previous Assembly Fixture experiences.

The skills we are looking are, but not limited to, the following abilities:

Essential Skills and Experience:

Engineering Design skills and Locator Strategy knowledge
3D Detail Design and 2D Detail Drawing experience
Ability to do Compatibility Assessments / Impact Assessments
Working knowledge of Assembly and Part Locator Strategy Requirements
3D Tool Design Skills from Concept, through Detail to Detailing and Delivery
Ability to generate and resolve Design Snags and Issues.
Working knowledge of Assembly Tooling Standards
Demonstrable Cost Engineering.
Cost & feasibility studies in support of engineering change proposals
Ability to assess both internal and external designs with respect to total lifetime
Value For Money Assessment (for Design, Industrialisation and Production).
Ability to collaborate to produce (Collision Free) Tool Collision Studies.
Ability to collaborate to produce a robust Geometry Setting Process.

Preferred:

Vendor Tool Design Experience
Pneumatic Controls Engineer Electrical / Controls Engineer (E Plan)
Experience of working on Projects
Knowledge of Tooling Standards
Static and Dynamic Load Calculation Assessment / FEA Analysis
Experience (within Catia environment)
Dynamic Load Analysis skills (within Catia environment)
FEA Analysis skills.
Tool Standards.
Ability to create and update Tool Standards.
Basic RobCAD abilities (ability to load high level viewing of RobCAD files within the RobCAD environment)
Catia v6 trained.

Education
Relevant Degree or equivalent experience preferred.

Additional Information:

THIS POSITION HAS BEEN DEEMED INSIDE IR35
Your CV will be forwarded to Jonathan Lee Recruitment, a leading engineering and manufacturing recruitment consultancy established in 1978. The services advertised by Jonathan Lee Contracts are those of an Employment Business.