Senior product engineer

Senior Product Engineer Location: Hailsham, BN27 4EL Salary: Competitive, DOE Contract: Full time, Permanent Benefits: A competitive salary, private medical insurance, 25 days holiday, salary sacrifice company pension, life insurance, a state-of-the-art working environment! Since 1964, we have been the name on everyone rsquo;s lips when they think about high quality ultra-high vacuum products and services. As pioneers in the field of UHV technology, Vacgen rsquo;s focus on innovation, reliability and quality has helped great minds take great leaps forward. Products from VACGEN are widely used by the world rsquo;s leading Universities and research institutions, from NASA and the European Space Agency to the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. VACGEN remains the partner of choice for the next generation of researchers, innovators and builders. From our UK high tech manufacturing base, our focus is on delivering enabling technologies and supporting our customers across industry and academia. At our new, purpose-built manufacturing facility near Hailsham, East Sussex we have entered an exciting new phase in our development as we embark on an ambitious expansion programme. Are you looking for the next step in your career? Could you be the right person to fill one of our positions? We are now recruiting for a Senior Product Engineer to join our team ensuring our products are delivered on time, to specification and within budget and to the best DFMA principles. Senior Product Engineer ndash; The Role: You will be an integral part of the Engineering team ensuring our products are delivered on time, to specification and within budget and to the best DFMA principles. Provide manufacturing engineering support for the design and development team and lead and contribute to projects that reduce costs and improve and maintain quality. Product Development * Maintain project management processes and deliver development projects on budget and time * Perform feasibility study on select NPI rsquo;s * Check detail drawings to BS 8888 (308) * Locate new and maintain existing supplier collaboration partners for product developments * Create BOM rsquo;s and planning sheets for new products systems. Cost Reduction * Identify cost-out opportunities in the current range and define and deliver on projects * Support sourcing and actively take part in in/outsourcing projects to improve profitability * Support manufacturing and actively take part in in/outsourcing projects to improve profitability Technical Innovation and Competitive Position * Keep up to date with technical innovation in the UHV manufacturing areas * Understand competitive position and perform reverse engineering and bench marking of competitive products Engineering Changes * Support the engineering change system in a timely and controlled manner, calling upon other team members to assist when appropriate. * Ensure up to date drawings are available in manufacturing * Root cause engineering problems and seek to eliminate Custom Design * Provide engineering support for quotations and technical inquiries * Provide timely production engineering support for custom orders to agreed deadlines Senior Product Engineer ndash; Essential Skills Experience: * HNC/D in Mechanical and Production Engineering * Mechanical Engineering Degree * Experience in Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DFMA) * Ability to read technical drawings * Root cause analysis experience * Production Engineering of components and assemblies experience * Experienced using Microsoft Office products * Project costing quotation experience * Passion for people and technology * Ability to mentor other engineers. * Fluent in English. Desirable Skills and Experience: * 10+ years in similar role * Experience of Microsoft Dynamics * Ability to lead small teams If you feel you have the necessary skills and experience to be successful in this role click on ldquo;APPLY rdquo; today, forwarding an up to date copy of your CV for consideration in the first instance. No agencies please