Product Designer

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Are you a looking for a great Product Design Opportunity?

Would you like to work for a global medical device company?

In your role you will design new products to compliment the range of high-quality products Drive DeVilbiss Sidhil/ Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare currently manufacture, provide technical support for the production and servicing of existing products, and to support product related customer enquiries.

The role consists of the Product Design Engineer reporting directly to the Product Design Manager. Work is assigned and supported by the Product Design Manager, and where applicable the product design, conformance, regulatory affairs, and engineering teams.

The employee is expected to self-manage project work on a day to day basis using their own initiative and resources available. The employee is expected to work with other members of the Product Development Team where there is a need to work alongside, support or keep others updated regarding progress of work, for example in weekly project review meetings. There is a need to liaise with other departments where necessary to provide technical support or supporting documentation, and on occasion with suppliers and customers.

The main duties and responsibilities

• To design and engineer innovative and high quality new products
• Manufacturing techniques and technology available to DDS should be utilised when designing or modifying a product to ensure cost effective and efficient production.
• Balance design with regard to cost, ergonomics/anthropometrics, aesthetics, and legislative criteria whilst working to required launch date.
• Follow the design control and document control processes as written in the company quality manual.
• New product design must satisfy requirements outlined in a given design specification.
• When a product reaches a production stage, there is a need to be hands on, which involves training operatives.
• To be comfortable presenting information (internal and external), and speaking directly to customers and service engineers.
• To ensure all CAD files, detailed drawings and supporting documentation is completed to a high standard, is well organised and accessible through following the DDS document structure profile.
• Creation of bills of materials.
• Creation of service manuals, spare part lists, and user manuals.
• To carry out design changes to existing products
• To provide support to other departments
• Review of samples and competitor product, producing supporting documentation/reports

Essential Skills

• Understanding and in-depth knowledge of CAD system Solidworks.
• Ability to understand requirements of British and International Standards to ensure non-conforming areas are solved/designed out at the design stage.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills required.
• High levels of attention to detail and thoroughness required.
• Report writing and presentation skills to be of a high quality.
• Ability to read and create engineering drawings with realistic tolerances.
• Work always delivered on time and of a quality demanded of the requirement.
• Ability to use all necessary measuring equipment.
• Utilisation of Microsoft Office package.
• Positive attitude.

About Company

Drive DeVilbiss is one of the leading manufacturers and distributors of durable medical products in the world today, with manufacturing and distribution centers in the UK, Ireland, United States, Canada, Germany, Spain, France, Australia, Romania, Taiwan.

At Drive Devilbiss Healthcare we put the customer at the heart of everything we do and we take personal responsibility for exceeding our customers’ expectations. Our four principles underpin everything we do and we will expect you to embody them in everything you do. The values are:

· Integrity – We lead with respect, loyalty and trust.

· Intent – We hold ourselves accountable for our actions and when it is not working we fix it.

· Capability – We listen, challenge and continuously improve.

· Results – We will be measured by our results.

The Package

• A competitive rate will be paid to the successful applicant dependent on skills and experience.
• Able to work from home one day a week
• Auto-enrollment pension with an employer contribution after a deferred period.
• 34 days annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays) which increases with length of service.
• BUPA Cash Plan after qualifying period.
• 4 x Life Assurance.

Details of the job

• Core hours are 07:30-16:30 Monday to Thursday, 07:30-13:30 Friday
• This role can be carried out remotely, however we would require the successful candidate to attend our Halifax site at least once every few weeks.
• Please be aware that the interview process will be carried out via video call and the successful candidate’s on boarding and induction may be carried our virtually as well.