Engineering jobs related to the Civil industry, specifically in the Gloucestershire area. The engineering vacancies currently available on The Career Engineer are listed below. If you would like to search the site including using more specific keywords please use the search on The Career Engineer Home Page.
Field service engineer required by leading manufacturer of patient handling equipment to work in Swindon and surrounding areas.
The successful applicant will have experience of working in the field on patient handling equipment i.e stairlifts or medical hoists.
Excellent customer facing skills are a necessity.
Any electrical or mechanical accreditations would be highly advantageous but by no means essential.
The position will involve being on call 1 week in 4.
My client will be paying up to £19,000 + van, bonus, training and health insurance + on call.
If you have the skills and are flexible to cover the area please send your cv directly to todd.hipkiss@concept-it.com for consideration.
Photocopier / printer field engineer required by a leading supplier of office equipment to service and maintain latest Ricoh and HP digital equipment in the Swindon and Wiltshire area.
The successful applicant will come from an office equipment field engineering background and be competent with the Ricoh or HP range of digital photocopiers / printers or multi functional devices:
Networking and connectivity experience is highly advantageous but by no means essential as my client is looking to progress engineers in this area.
My client will be offering a package of up to £24,000 dependant on experience, company vehicle, phone and laptop. My client will also be offering manufacturer accredited training and a structured career path.
If you have the skills required and are interested in developing a career with a reputable employer, please send your cv directly to chris.peplow@concept-it.com for consideration.
Photocopier / printer engineer required by a leading supplier of office equipment to service and maintain latest digital equipment in Bristol and surrounding areas.
The successful applicant will come from an office equipment field engineering background and be competent with one of the following ranges of digital photocopiers / printers or multi functional devices:
Canon / Ricoh / Konica Minolta / Toshiba / Sharp / Kyocera / Panasonic / Xerox / Lexmark or Hewlett Packard.
Networking and connectivity experience is highly advantageous but by no means essential as my client is looking to progress engineers in this area.
My client will be offering a package of up to £24,000 dependant on experience), car, achievable performance bonus, phone and laptop. My client will also be offering manufacturer accredited training and a structured career path.
If you have the skills required and are interested in developing a career with a reputable employer, please send your cv directly to chris.peplow@concept-it.com for consideration.
Photocopier / printer engineer required by a leading supplier of office equipment to service and maintain latest digital equipment in the Swindon and Wiltshire area.
The successful applicant will come from an office equipment field engineering background and be competent with one of the following ranges of digital photocopiers / printers or multi functional devices:
Canon / Ricoh / Konica Minolta / Toshiba / Sharp / Kyocera / Panasonic / Xerox / Lexmark or Hewlett Packard.
Networking and connectivity experience is highly advantageous but by no means essential as my client is looking to progress engineers in this area.
My client will be offering a package of up to £24,000 dependant on experience), car, achievable performance bonus, phone and laptop. My client will also be offering manufacturer accredited training and a structured career path.
If you have the skills required and are interested in developing a career with a reputable employer, please send your cv directly to chris.peplow@concept-it.com for consideration.
Field Service engineer required to cover the Gloucester/Worcester and surrounding areas for an established client.
Ideal candidates will have experience of working in Field Service (catering equipment) and posses a strong commercial gas background.
You will be able to provide COMCAT certification.
My client will be paying up to £30,000 dependant on experience + overtime + van + training
Please send your cv to nicola.foxall@concept-it.com for consideration
An exciting contract opportunity is available for a Support Solution Development Engineer based in Filton, for this large defence company.
The successful applicant will have proven experience in a similar role with significant ship support experience and will assist in the definition of the support services to be provided by SFS for the Type 45 Destroyer
Key Technical Skills
• Participate in developing, maintaining and modifying support processes and procedures in assigned areas.
• Evaluate process interfacing issues to develop proposals for process improvements.
• Basic knowledge of customer and user technical support requirements.
• Basic commercial and financial awareness.
• Business strategy understanding.
• IT skills, particularly MS Office suite, Internet Explorer.
Qualifications
Degree qualified in engineering discipline, or HND (or equivalent) with significant support engineering experience
Please be aware that UK positions require the eligibility to obtain a security clearance.
VEHICLE ELECTRONICS ENGINEER
PERSONAL RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEMS
BRISTOL
Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) is going to revolutionise urban travel world wide and our client is leading the way with their pioneering transport systems. This small and growing company has developed an advanced PRT system, offering effective, low cost and sustainable transport for cities, airports and special developments worldwide.
As a Vehicle Electronics Engineer your main responsibility will be to develop the design of the Control and Electronic systems for our client’s first production PRT vehicles meeting safety, reliability, performance and cost targets.
Ideally you will have a good background from within an automotive environment however candidates with experience of Electronics Design, especially low volume manufacture whose products are exposed to rugged environments are also encouraged to apply.
We have a Quality Engineer role on Carrier Alliance Project based in Bristol.
To address quality issues particularly CVF, Warship Management System (WMS) in accordance to ISO 9001.
Working in a matrix organisation with responsibility to the Superplatform Programme Manager for managing and co-ordinating all quality assurance activities across the Superplatform team. Responsible functionally to TNL Quality Manager for ensuring policies and standards are implemented and maintained.
Development and maintanance of WMS of the WMS processes, templates and tools across the team to support quality and delivery.
Maintanance of ISO9001 certification
Conducting internal audits and system reviews in accordance with an agreed programme to verify compliance with procedures and identify improvements.
Creating and maintain key platform delivery team documents
Provide regular communication, input advise and coaching of the Delviery team personnel to achieve a common understanding of Quality Management Plan and maintain consistency in the application of TNL and ACA processes and procedures
Evaluating quality reports and recommending corrective, preventative and improvement actions
Coordinating feedback from the team for updating the WMS
Liasing with other QA representatives from the Alliance
Reporting to the TNL Quality manager on progress and issues relating to quality
Provide procurement with QA/QC inputs to the supply chain contracts
Attend alliance, subcontractor and supplier meetings
INterfacing with and supporting external audit bodies including LRQA, Lloyds, GQAR, NAO in the execution of their assessments and reviews.
Working knowledge of ISO9001
Knowledge of DEFSTAN and DEFCON relating to product quality
Previous experience of working in large programmes and multidisciplinary project teams
Demonstrable experience of developing and maintaining ISO 9001 compliant management systems
Manufacturer of complex electronics and electro-mechanical systems for aerospace, defence and industrial applications are looking for a systems engineer to be involved in analysis, design and verification work on a number of networked embedded systems. This role will involve requirements capture and development as well as using of requirements tracking tools (e.g. DOORS).
You will already have gained experience as a systems engineer and be familiar with the concept of systems requirements analysis and design, ideally within a structured environment (e.g. using DOORS tool). As the products are embedded linked by databuses, experience of data protocols and buses such as CAN-bus, ETHERNET, TCP/IP would also be useful.
This is an ideal opportunity to join a medium sized company where you will have to opportunity to follow systems engineering projects from concept to delivery whilst liaising closely with other disciplines (electronics, software mechanical)
Design and manufacturer of high integrity systems for the oil/gas industry are looking for a mechanical designer to work in the development of mechanical and hydraulic products and associated test fixtures/equipment. This will involve the design of products using 3D CAD, preparation of schematics, diagrams, test schedules, bills of materials (BOMs), assembly procedures & O&M manuals as well as the assembly and test of designs.
The client is looking for an experienced mechanical designer with good 3D CAD experience (ideally ProE Wildfire - but will consider other packages and training in Pro E if 3D experience in similar products). You will also have industrial design, drawing office and workshop practice experience.
A premium overtime rate is paid for this position on all hours worked over 35/week.
Enthusiastic Graduate Engineer / Power Electronic Engineer required to create successful designs from initial enquiry stage through to completion within an expanding engineering group.
Salary & Location: £18-20k + Pension + Private Medical Insurance + 23 days Holiday + Company Car. South West, Gloucestershire, Stroud, Gloucester, Cheltenham, Cirencester.
The Role: Within the remit of the role you will be responsible for the successful design of power electronics. Reporting directly to the senior design engineer you will work to support the volume of projects they are currently working on. You will be involved with client discussions at initial enquiry stage and will follow the project through to completion alongside the senior engineers. While the senior engineers will complete the larger, more project orientated contracts you will complete most of the continual flow of design work on an individual responsibility basis. This role would ideally be suited to an engineer looking to technically progress and who enjoys working with cutting edge technology.
The Candidate:
" Either a Degree with Power Electronics modules or a lower qualification with 12-18 months in industry with some exposure to Power electronics and its principles.
The Company: Market leaders in the power electronics industry, they are at the cutting edge of transformer design. Supplying predominately to welding companies, manufacturers of battery charging equipment and the telecoms industry they have grown massively over the past 5 years. A forward thinking company, they intend to widen their product range, breaking into a larger range of industries. As this form of transformers are a relatively new technology, they view them as a massive growth area and are looking to double their turnover in the next 2 years. Due to this continued and sustained expansion they are currently looking to recruit a graduate design engineer to join their existing team. With exceptional training and development on offer this is the perfect opportunity to further your career in a continually expanding business.
* Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK to apply for this position *
ATE ENGINEER
AUDIO TECHNOLOGY
BASED WILTSHIRE – ATTRACTIVE SALARY AND BENEFITS
Continued demand for their world-famous signal processing and noise reduction systems, has created this exceptional opportunity for an experienced and innovative ATE engineer to join this acknowledged market leader.
Joining the small support team for their modem manufacturing operations in Swindon, you will be qualified to at least HND level or equivalent in electronic engineering and relevant experience in a high quality electronics manufacturing environment. With proven programming experience in C and Visual Basic and with ATE facilities in particular, knowledge of any of the following would also be ideal:-IEEE bus controlled instrumentation, Audio Precision test systems. Additionally, your experience will probably include some of the following: - automated electronic manufacturing processes; SMT; DSP; audio; analogue and digital electronic design; ICT and mechanical engineering. You will be joining a succesful and friendly company where your potential will be quickly recognised and developed.
This very successful and highly respected Engineering Consultancy provides innovative, high quality engineering services to a range of major engineering projects, serving government, regulatory, Blue Chip and a wide range of private sector clients across the world.
Your role will be to develop customer relationships and execute work programmes within their Supportability and Reliability and Maintainability (R&M) consultancy business. This position requires recent experience in developing through life Supportability and R&M strategies on defence programmes and the ability to apply Supportability and ARM principles and processes to complex engineering systems. You will possess experience working within defence sector on Supportability (including Integrated Logistic Support) and R&M engineering programmes and preferably you will have held a recent position within a consultancy business environment working as a Supportability and R&M engineer/consultant.
LEAD ENGINEER – HYDRODYNAMICS & STABILITY
ENGINEERING CONSULTANCY
BRISTOL
CONTRACT UNTIL END JUNE 2007 WITH OPTION TO EXTEND TO END DEC 2007
This very successful and highly respected Engineering Consultancy provides innovative, high quality engineering services to a range of major engineering projects, serving government, regulatory, Blue Chip and a wide range of private sector clients across the world.
The fundamental roles of the Lead Engineer, Hydrodynamics & Stability are:
To co-ordinate all platform hydrodynamics studies, both sub-contracted and in-house
To manage the platform stability analyses
To manage the day-to-day work of the Hydrodynamics Engineer and the Stability Engineer, including planning activities
Successful candidates will be qualified to degree level in Naval Architecture or a related discipline, and be of or working towards chartered status. Practical knowledge of hydrodynamics would be a distinct advantage, as would good planning skills
PLATFORM OPERATIONS MANAGER
ENGINEERING CONSULTANCY
BRISTOL
This very successful and highly respected Engineering Consultancy provides innovative, high quality engineering services to a range of major engineering projects, serving government, regulatory, Blue Chip and a wide range of private sector clients across the world.
As Platform Operations Manager you will have responsibility for supporting the Technical and Programme Management activity of the Platform interface, thus ensuring the Platform Director is able to successfully deliver the Works Contract (Platform) to time, within budget and to the requirement.
Key responsibilities will be to provide technical support to the platform team in delivering the works contract in accordance with Project Execution Plan (PEP), assisting with the preparation and maintenance of an integrated Platform Plan comprised of Level 1 Directorate Summary level Plans, Level 2 Director Networks and resourced Level 3 Activity Plans.
SOFTWARE ENGINEERS – PYTHON/FORTRAN
ENGINEERING CONSULTANCY
BRISTOL
This very successful and highly respected Engineering Consultancy provides innovative, high quality engineering services to a range of major engineering projects, serving government, regulatory, Blue Chip and a wide range of private sector clients across the world.
The requirement is for PYTHON coder for AIRBUS work starting in May. The successful candidate would also enhance capability within the software group in the longer term.
Ideally qualified to degree level, you will have PYTHON coding experience and FORTRAN code skills. Other computer languages, eg C/C++ and MATLAB, would be a distinct advantage.
COMBAT SYSTEMS (NAVAL) ENGINEERING CONSULTANT
ENGINEERING CONSULTANCY
DORKING/BRISTOL
DEFENCE SYSTEMS ENGINEERS
ENGINEERING CONSULTANCY
BRISTOL
LEAD PROJECT RISK MANANGEMENT CONSULTANTS
ENGINEERING CONSULTANCY
BRISTOL & DORKING
This very successful and highly respected Engineering Consultancy provides innovative, high quality engineering services to a range of major engineering projects, serving government, regulatory, Blue Chip and a wide range of private sector clients across the world.
SENIOR ACOUSTICS & VIBRATION ENGINEERS
ENGINEERING CONSULTANCY
BRISTOL/DORKING/BURTON-ON-TRENT
This very successful and highly respected Engineering Consultancy provides innovative, high quality engineering services to a range of major engineering projects, serving government, regulatory, Blue Chip and a wide range of private sector clients across the world.
SENIOR AIR SYSTEMS CONSULTANTS
ENGINEERING CONSULTANCY
BRISTOL/DORKING
This very successful and highly respected Engineering Consultancy provides innovative, high quality engineering services to a range of major engineering projects, serving government, regulatory, Blue Chip and a wide range of private sector clients across the world.
An exciting contract opportunity is available for a Support Solution Development Engineer based in Filton, for this large defence company.
The successful applicant will have proven experience in a similar role with significant ship support experience and will assist in the definition of the support services to be provided by SFS for the Type 45 Destroyer
Key Technical Skills
• Participate in developing, maintaining and modifying support processes and procedures in assigned areas.
• Evaluate process interfacing issues to develop proposals for process improvements.
• Basic knowledge of customer and user technical support requirements.
• Basic commercial and financial awareness.
• Business strategy understanding.
• IT skills, particularly MS Office suite, Internet Explorer.
Qualifications
Degree qualified in engineering discipline, or HND (or equivalent) with significant support engineering experience
Please be aware that UK positions require the eligibility to obtain a security clearance.
Principal Design Engineer - Mechanical
Actuation Systems - Aerospace & Defence
Near Bristol
An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Principal Design Engineer to join this world-class supplier of innovative, high performance actuation systems and equipment for the aerospace and defence industry.
As Principal Design Engineer reporting to the Line Manager, you will be responsible for providing the conceptual and detailed design input into engineering projects at the system and sub-system level, in the field of mechanical, manufacturing, electronic or software engineering as appropriate.
You will also support technical proposals and submissions and provide an engineering input throughout all phases of the project across core markets as required.
In particular, you will be responsible for creating system and subsystem design specifications and where appropriate software requirements and interface specifications which capture and decompose the customer’s requirements. You will improve, develop and control the Engineering analysis facilities and you will be responsible for developing the level of competency in analysis techniques in other engineers and designers. Where appropriate, you will create standalone specifications for sub-contracts, which reflect the customer and Company requirements. You will also prepare design support documentation, conduct design calculations and maintain concise engineering records. In addition, you will liaise with the customer and assist production to ensure the produciblity of the design and the provision of special-to-type test equipment.
You will have full authority for conducting the tasks directed by the Line Manager and the Project Leader, where appropriate and for the technical supervision of any junior staff allocated to his tasks.
Qualified to degree level in an engineering discipline, you will have substantial experience of working in an Aerospace/Defence environment, preferably in a hydraulics/ control/
FACILTIES ENGINEER
AEROSPACE & DEFENCE
NEAR BRISTOL
An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Facilities Engineer to join this world-class supplier of innovative, high performance actuation systems and equipment for the aerospace and defence industry.
As Facilities Engineer, you will plan and effect the design, procurement, construction, modifications and installation of mechanical equipment and related structures and utilities for diverse development testing of company products. All efforts will be coordinated with pertinent Engineering, shop personnel, outside vendors and outside contractors to insure effective workability, safety precautions and adherence to company and government specifications. You will prepare cost estimates and be accountable for monies spent within budget limitations. You will also prepare milestone charts, schedule development and execute work on complex development laboratories. In addition to these tasks, you will trouble shoot and coordinate timely repairs of test facilities as needed.
Qualified to degree level in an engineering discipline, you will have a broad knowledge of mechanical engineering, principles in structures, hydraulics, heat transfer, thermodynamics and analysis. You will also have a strong background in design with Unigraphics and AutoCAD software and a familiarity with basic machine shop practices and general testing procedures. Excellent communication and scheduling skills are essential, as is a working knowledge of office computer programs (i.e., MSWord, Excel, Internet searches, etc.). You must be able to exercise good judgment and discretion to analyze problems and develop solutions to meet functional requirements, test objectives, safety, cost and schedule constraints.
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CUSTOMER SUPPORT ENGINEER
ACTUATION SYSTEMS - AEROSPACE & DEFENCE
NEAR BRISTOL
An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Customer Support Engineer to join this world-class supplier of innovative, high performance actuation systems and equipment for the aerospace and defence industry.
As Customer Support Engineer reporting to the Line Manager, you will be responsible for carrying out in-service investigations including associated detailed design, draughting and testing in the field of mechanical and electromechanical engineering to support the requirements of customers and associated PDS projects. You will also be required to provide ‘support to production' services including investigations to queries raised through ECRs, NCRs, production permits and concessions. You may also be responsible for the technical supervision of other junior or outsourced and subcontracted staff allocated to his/her tasks.
In particular, you will produce product designs and drawings and Engineering Change Notes (ECNs), including the coordination of outsourced design activities. You will ensure the production of accurate, high quality work and control the associated time scales and costs of their activities. You will undertake the checking of detail, sub-assembly, general assembly and installation drawings, and the release of drawings and ECNs into the company production system. You will also create sub-system design specifications and interface specifications which decompose the customer's requirements from the system level specification.
Qualified to degree level or equivalent in an Engineering discipline, you will have experience in the Aerospace/Defence environment, preferably in a hydraulics/control/actuation-related industry and ideally using Unigraphics CAD platform.
TEST MANUFACTURING ENGINEER
AEROSPACE & DEFENCE
BRISTOL
Excellent opportunity for you to join this world-class supplier of innovative, high performance actuation systems and equipment for the aerospace and defence industry.
As Test Engineer reporting to the Principal Manufacturing Engineer, you will be responsible for manufacturing and production Engineering activities associated with the manufacture and test of New Build Products. You will also be responsible for identifying an appropriate cost effective and consistent means of production, achieving the customer's specification, quality and timescale requirements for the product. Liaising with the Product Design Team and Supply Chain , you will ensure that Design for Manufacture (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA) are prerequisites. In addition, you will support Production Test activities as directed by Test Systems, including operational support, the production of conformity/configuration documentation, the specification of new test equipment and instrumentation, and the commissioning and calibration of test rigs.
In particular, you will be responsible for the project management of assigned projects and products, ensuring cost, timescale and specification targets are met. You will implement, support and maintain ACE initiatives, for example SPC, 3P, 5S and 8D analysis. You will also identify opportunities for Continuous Improvements within the operations team in accordance with the company's strategic plan.
You will provide technical and service support to Production Test Teams and facilitate repair and maintenance actions and planning. You will ensure the upkeep of rig technical files and compile Requirements Specifications for new test rigs. You will be responsible for Configuration/Conformity management and investigation into new processes and equipment. Overall you will be responsible for the project management of assigned projects and products internally and with Suppliers, ensuring cost, times
SENIOR/PRINCIPAL MECHANICAL ENGINEER
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT TEAM (PDT)
AEROSPACE & DEFENCE
BRISTOL
Excellent opportunity for you to join this world-class supplier of innovative, high performance actuation systems and equipment for the aerospace and defence industry.
As Senior/Principal Mechanical Engineer you will be primarily responsible for providing engineering expertise to lead the complete product design cycle. This includes conceptual design, detail design, analytical support of design, design to meeting requirements, design to cost, validation and product type approval and qualification. You will act as the technical interface with customer and management for any of these activities. You will also be required to support technical proposals and submissions and provide an engineering input throughout all phases of the project across core markets as required. You will have full authority for conducting the tasks directed by the Line Manager and the Project Leader and for the technical supervision of any junior staff allocated to his tasks.
In particular, you will create system and subsystem design specifications and where appropriate software requirements and interface specifications which capture and decompose the customer's requirements. You improve, develop and control the Engineering analysis facilities and you will also be responsible for developing the level of competency in analysis techniques in other engineers and designers. Where appropriate, you will create standalone specifications for sub-contracts, which reflect the customer and Company requirements. You will provide robust conceptual and detail designs to satisfy customer requirements. You will prepare design support documentation, conduct design calculations and maintain concise engineering records. You optimise system design and development activities while providing and maintaining costs.
EMBEDDED SOFTWARE DESIGN ENGINEER
TRAFFIC & PEDESTRIAN DETECTION EQUIPMENT
CHELTENHAM
Due to continued expansion, an opportunity has arisen for an Embedded Software Design Engineer to join the UK’s leading manufacturer of traffic and pedestrian detection equipment.
As an Embedded Software Design Engineer you will be required to work as part of a team developing next generation products. You will have experience of embedded firmware design using ‘C’ and assembler for High End processors. You will also have strong algorithm development skills for real time image processing. An appreciation of DSP hardware design and interfacing is essential.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join an award-winning company with a track record of excellence in and passion for innovation, developing a range of market-leading products and putting the customer first.
ELECTRONICS DESIGN ENGINEER
DIGITAL CIRCUIT DESIGN/PIC PROCESSORS
TRAFFIC & PEDESTRIAN DETECTION EQUIPMENT
CHELTENHAM
Due to continued expansion, an opportunity has arisen for an Electronics Design Engineer to join the UK’s leading manufacturer of traffic and pedestrian detection equipment.
As an Electronics Design Engineer you will be required to work as part of a team developing next generation products. Specialist knowledge of digital circuit design and associated CAD packages would be an advantage. Some embedded code development mainly based on Microchip PIC Processors would be helpful as would knowledge of switchboard PSU design.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join an award-winning company with a track record of excellence in and passion for innovation, developing a range of market-leading products and putting the customer first.
A Mechanical Inspector is required to work on a 3 month Temp to Perm basis with a well established company. Based in the Bristol area this Mechanical Inspector will be working with a company renowned for their manufacture of precision gears and transmission components. This is a fantastic opportunity to work with some of the big names in the aerospace and military industries and one that should not be missed.
The Inspector will be inspecting all of the components across the board. First of all at the 1st Inspection stage, then again at the Final Inspection stage and taking it through to the calibration stage. They will have to use Micrometers, Shadow Graphs, and Gear Testing Equipment to carry out all of the relevant inspections and to ensure the components are up to standards.
The successful person will have:
" Aerospace background - 5yrs min
" C&G in Engineering or equivalent
" Good Inspection skills
If you feel you have the relevant skills and are interested in a minimum of a 3 month contract and the opportunity to be taken on permanent then please forward a copy of your CV or call in for an immediate interview.