Senior Design Engineer

Description

I'm currently looking for a Senior Design Engineer to join an amazing company in the packaging supplier industry in Darlington

If you're looking for a Senior role please keep reading the job spec.

My client is looking to appoint a Senior Designer into the Design department at Darlington to enhance the team. As part of our commitment to people development and succession planning.

Roles and Responsibilities:

* Working within the company's stringent Health & Safety standards.
* Designing packaging solutions to meet the customers' requirements, and opening their minds to new, transformational materials, technologies and solutions.
* Testing and specifying materials to enable packaging to meet performance criteria.
* Raising specifications for production and advising manufacturing route.
* Supporting the internal / external teams with drawings, samples and specification.
* Supporting sales team with customer visits. (Technical / Creative)
* Actively contributing to continuous improvement initiatives
* As a primary, client-facing advisor, exhibit and champion the company's belief statement, values and behaviours at all times.
* As a senior creative, champion the role of creativity within the company, and its role in helping the company to outperform industry standards in all measurable ways.
* Timely reporting (month end / projects)
* Managing trials through to completion

Desired Behaviours and Skills:

* A "solutioneer" able to offer new ways of solving old problems.
* Sufficient personal confidence and competence to quickly earn respect as a category expert and trusted advisor amongst client-side peers from different departments.
* A natural commitment to reject mediocrity and strive for high-performance.
* Excellent organizational and planning skills - shares critical information and co-ordinates appropriately.
* Alert in a high risk environment, follows detailed procedures and ensures accuracy in documentation and data
* Excellent written and oral communication skills.
* Strong presentation skills.
* Reasonable (and developing) understanding of commercial factors within business.
* A flexible attitude to work demands as client service and satisfaction are key to our success.
* Makes sound judgments and decisions in a professional manner.
* Works to improve performance of oneself and others - encouraging continuous learning and feedback.
* The ability to handle difficult situations in a patient, calm and effective way, and to work to pressurised deadlines when necessary.
* Computer literate: Excel, Word, Power Point. CAD(various) Management Information Systems (MIS) Project Management (Prince2.)
* Familiar with "LEAN" manufacturing principles.

If you would like to hear more about this position or if you would like to apply, please send me your Cv and I'll give you a call asap.