Senior Development Engineer

Senior Development Engineer

Ferndale CF43

£35-45,000

• 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays
• Company Bonus
• Company Pension
• Training and development courses

An established and steadily growing engineering and manufacturing business with a strong reputation for quality and reliability is looking to strengthen its team. Operating across a range of high-spec production processes and serving demanding industries, the company has built long-standing customer relationships through its commitment to precision and consistency.

With continued investment in equipment, capabilities, and people, the business offers a modern and well-equipped working environment where technical expertise is genuinely valued. This is an opportunity to join a stable organisation with a skilled and collaborative workforce, where your experience will play a key role in supporting ongoing growth and maintaining high operational standards.

• Take ownership of new or modified parts from initial design or customer drawings through to full production release, ensuring a smooth handover into manufacturing.
• Assess feasibility at an early stage, identifying potential manufacturability issues while defining materials, tooling, fixtures, and process requirements.
• Create and maintain all technical documentation, including drawings, BOMs, specifications, and engineering records, while supporting the design and validation of tooling solutions.
• Lead first‑off trials and ISIR submissions, support production launch activities, and manage engineering changes to ensure quality and compliance throughout.

• Time served
• Experience as a Development/Manufacturing/Mechanical Engineer.
• Good to Excellent CAD skills ideally on Solidworks
• Ability to interpret technical drawings.
• Understanding of manufacturing processes.
• Experience producing engineering documentation.
• Shop floor machine usage and knowledge is desirable

Please note as we receive a high level of applications we can only respond to applicants whose skills & qualifications are suitable for this position. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.