Product Sustaining Engineer

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For more than 100 years, our passionate mission of safety empowers us to protect lives.

MSA Safety is a global leader in the development of safety equipment and pioneering technology that helps protect people and facility infrastructures around the world. We are committed to providing the latest in innovative, best-inclass safety solutions that feature integrated systems capability and allow our customers to return safely to their families and friends. Every day our customers place their lives in our hands. In response, we provide them with protection they can trust. It is gratifying to lead the way as a source of inspiration. Would you like to join our team of more than 5,000 employees world-wide dedicated to this purpose? We hope so.

Why We Need You

This role sits within the Engineered Systems and Solutions (ESS) team and provides Product Support for the full lifecycle of the product. The role would suit a good communicator who is organized, able to work independently and priorities work appropriately.

What You Will Do - The Role

• Managing multiple Requests for Engineering Assistance, using SAP Engineering Change Management tools to co-ordinate changes with Operations departments
• Correction of post-release defects or any other issues that are directly tied to product design functionality or quality.
• Add new regional certifications and coordinate ongoing requalification and / or testing required to maintain third party product approvals.
• Procurement support – qualification of new components due to obsolescence or vendor quality issues.
• Manage new product derivatives or branding updates
• Provide daily support to Operations as needed: Deviations for incoming and in-process quality issues.
• Contribute to concept generation and other ESS activities as required,
• Define performance goals, devise test strategies and execute / manage those strategies to ensure that products meet all necessary requirements, including for function, durability, manufacturability, lifespan and compliance.
• Maintain all project documentation and files (including through engineering change control), in line with company procedures, to ensure accurate handover to operations and compliance with relevant standards.
• Liaise with suppliers to produce components for testing and manufacture.
• Provide comprehensive and regular feedback to the Technical Manager on all projects, issues and changes.
• Support the handover of products to Opex.
  
  

What You Need

Experience (required):

3D CAD software (Solidworks preferred including PDM).

Industrial experience in a similar Engineering environment.

Excellent communication skills.

Experience with working cross-functionally with Opex, Marketing.

Proven ability to multi-task.

Practical Engineering experience in workshop/testing environment.

Ability to travel up to 10%

Experience (preferred)

• Knowledge and understanding of matierals and manufacturing processes.
• Project management.
• Knowledge of SAP ECM.
  
  

Education (required)

• Engineering or other relevant Technical Degree.
  
  

What We Offer

• Be part of something meaningful and make a difference in safety business.
• Company pension.
• Group Life Assurance.
• 25 days holiday.
• Perkbox.
• Work environment and culture that embrace diversity.