Design & Development Engineer

Key Duties

• Design solutions for new products development within the given framework of all on site development.
• Provide expert assistance on thermoplastic extrusion, including promoting the technology and performing specific project responsibilities.
• Lead trials, mainly in extrusion, in support of customers and internal development works, creating prototypes, analysing test data and documenting results in test reports.
• Foster strong collaboration with cross‑functional teams to ensure integration of innovation initiatives and product development process.
• Act as project leader on new product development, collaborating with cross‑functional teams and following new product development from concept to production release.
• Stay up to date with advancements in material technology and industry trends and incorporate new technologies into the production process as appropriate, ensuring material choice meets environmental, mechanical and performance requirements.
• Organise project meetings, define project deliverables, monitor timelines and resources while reporting and challenging deviations.
• Validate new designs, processes and materials through testing, experimentation and evaluation.
• Define product functional analysis (based on standards) to translate customer specifications and internal requirements into clear product performance criteria.
• Produce written reports and make presentations to the internal team and customers.

• Bachelor's or master's degree or equivalent in polymer engineering, materials science, or a related field.
• Strong understanding of polymer science and technology, with a focus on thermoplastic elastomers extrusion processes.
• Strong design and prototyping skills, including experience with computer‑aided design (CAD) software.
• Ability to support multiple projects to achieve desired outcomes.
• Project Management, capacity to follow innovative projects and new projects development.

• £45,000.00 per annum.
• Dayshift - 40 hrs / week.
• Salary Sacrifice pension to 7%.
• EAP.
• Life Assurance x 4