Role: Design Engineer
Location: Warrington
About the role:
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Create detailed designs and technical specifications for products, systems, or components using CAD (Computer-Aided Design) software (e.g., SolidWorks, AutoCAD).
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Develop prototypes and mock-ups for new products, ensuring they meet functional, aesthetic, and ergonomic requirements.
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Conduct design reviews with stakeholders, ensuring that designs meet customer requirements, regulatory standards, and manufacturability.
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Make-to-print – capture customer design intent and capture to allow manufacture, inspection, and supply and checking of Make-to-print drawings.
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Follow CAD and drawing departmental guidelines.
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Build and test prototypes to validate design assumptions and functionality.
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Analyse test results and make necessary design modifications to improve performance, safety, and reliability.
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Conduct failure analysis and troubleshoot design issues.
Working hours:
08:00am - 05:00pm Monday to Friday
1 Hour break
40 Hours per week
About you:
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HNC/HND engineering qualification – Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, Product Design, Industrial Engineering, or a related field preferred.
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Experience in sealing or rotating equipment industry preferred.
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Experience working with pressure vessels would be advantageous.
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Proficiency in CAD software (e.g., SolidWorks, AutoCAD, CATIA, etc.).
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Experience with prototyping, testing, and materials selection.
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Familiarity with manufacturing processes and cost estimation.
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Strong knowledge of engineering principles, mechanics, and materials.
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Understanding of product lifecycle management (PLM) systems.
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Experience with design for manufacturability (DFM) and design for assembly (DFA).
Your offer:
And if that wasn't enough to pique your interest, we also offer a very competitive salary and a range of benefits including:
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25 days plus bank holidays annual holiday entitlement
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Ability to purchase an additional 5 days holiday subject to scheme rules
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Contributory Pension Scheme
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Cycle to Work Scheme
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Life Assurance
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Up to 1 day’s paid leave to concentrate on your wellbeing
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A full integrated Employee Assistance Programme including a 24/7 helpline for emotional and practical support, as well as financial and legal support including:
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Unlimited mental health support from qualified mental healthcare professionals
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24/7, unlimited remote GP appointments – so you can get fast access to a doctor at a time convenient to you
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Six 1-2-1 nutritional video consultations per year
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Six 1-2-1 digitally delivered personal training sessions per year
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360 Wellbeing Score — take just four short assessments to get your score and unlock six 1-2-1 lifestyle coaching sessions per year
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Physiotherapy — eight sessions a year shared between you and your partner
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Medical second opinions
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Savings and discounts for savings on weekly costs
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On-demand wellness content, plus our Wellbeing Calendar, which is packed with podcasts, articles, webinars and more to help manage your wellbeing
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Company Sick Pay from day 1
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Group Income Protection – after a period of sickness absence
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Long service recognition
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Free unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning
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Free ERIKS Branded workwear
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Free Eye tests
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ERIKS are an equal opportunities employer
About us:
We’re ERIKS – a leading Specialised Industrial Service Provider, making remarkable a reality every single day.
We offer a wide range of innovative and high-quality industrial service solutions with the overall mission to make “industry work better”. You might just see O-rings and valves, but to us, they help power the world.
We know our hard-working people are the backbone of our mission, providing our customers with specialist knowledge and hands-on service.
This is where you come in!
Why ERIKS?
With 170 sites across the UK and Ireland, a supportive environment is never far away.
And, even though we’re proud to be part of the manufacturing industry, our opportunities extend far beyond warehouse jobs. You might be a fitter in Cork, a workshop engineer in Aberdeen, or a customer operations manager in Hull – wherever you are, your specialism is our strength. Collectively, we all have incredible expertise, and we know it takes dedication and hard work to get there.
At ERIKS, we’re committed to building a community – it’s the people you work with, it’s the support you receive from your manager, it's the technical specialism that is at the core of everything we do.
What are you waiting for? We can’t do it without you!
