Product Engineer

£31,000-£36,000 + up to 7% pension, life assurance, 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Sunderland

Key experience: Plastics/Painting Coatings

The company

With more than 3000 employees nationwide, our client is a global manufacturer of parts for the automotive industry. Due to increased workload, they are looking for an experienced Product Engineer with plastics / painting coatings experience to join their team in the Sunderland area.

You will be working within a small team of engineers and will be responsible for enabling the effective & timely response to customer quotations and development of new process concepts up to Process Design Drawing completion at the first off tool trial phase. The Product Engineer will cover the development of production process, specification of equipment and the plan for integration of them into an effective production process. 

The Product Engineer will interface with the global production engineering team on all issues as well as review and understand external customer technical RFI/RFQ requirements. You will develop concept production process designs to support cost effective RFI/RFQ responses, considering tooling, equipment, efficiency, layout, capacity and investment. You will work closely with the global team in the incorporation of new process technologies in customer RFI/RFQ responses and will work closely with global PEC in the development of the project Process Design Drawing and ensure an effective handover to Plant Engineering in line with specific project milestones.

The Product Engineer is expected to have experience within a plastics or painting/coatings environment within the automotive industry or other high-volume manufacturing industry and will have the willingness to travel as necessary. You will also have a HND or Degree in an appropriate Engineering discipline or equivalent

TXM Recruit is an equal opportunities employer. If you have any specific requirements or require assistance or reasonable adjustments to be made for you during the selection process due to disability or long-term health condition, we will do our best to assist you.