Design Engineer

About CMbE

CarnaudMetalbox Engineering (CMbE) designs, develops, and manufactures high-performance metal forming and finishing machinery for the production of beverage, food, and aerosol cans. With our commitment to innovation and precision engineering, it is an exciting time to join our business. CMbE offers you the opportunity to grow and develop your skills in an expanding industry.

About This Opportunity

We are looking to recruit a Design Engineer, predominantly based at our Head Office in Shipley. Occasional travel is required for this role.

Your mission in CMbE

This role is responsible for generating assembly and component detailed drawings for CAD models. The successful candidate will be involved in coordinating with production engineering to optimise assembly/component Design for Manufacture (DFM) and with the quality department to define incoming inspection requirements to verify component quality.

Primary duties will include, but are not limited to, generating design concepts for solutions to specific functional requirements; documenting design concept assumptions, design trade-offs and calculations within the project design life; preparing and presenting technical reports for project gate reviews; and contributing to planning design activities with the project manager. The ideal candidate will have experience in contributing to the continuous improvement of the NPD process. They will be able to demonstrate their ability to capture project technical risks and issues throughout the project lifecycle. This role is also responsible for providing technical support to the publications department for the creation of product manuals, build books, and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s).

Essential to this role is knowledge of material properties and standards; geometric dimensioning and tolerance principles and standards (ISO); machining methods and techniques; and configuration management (BOM) and Material Resource Planning (MSO) packages.

The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate technical knowledge of packaging machinery; sensor technologies/solutions; electrical drive systems; mechanical transmission systems; and hydraulic, pneumatic and lubrication systems.

About You

Candidates must hold a formal technical qualification to degree level, or equivalent, in a Mechanical Engineering discipline. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills to communicate technical information with various stakeholders; together with strong verbal and written skills, problem solving skills, the ability to work effectively within, and across, project teams and be highly organised with a high level of attention to detail. The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate a high quality of work, adaptability, take initiative and think strategically.

What CMbE Offers You

• The opportunity to build a career in a multi-cultural environment
• To be rewarded fairly and promoted based on merit and performance
• Professional and personal development through training and work experiences
• Strong engagement and commitment to the safety of our employees
  
  

Join us and become part of an international team of professionals across the Crown packaging group who are passionate about precision engineering, can making machinery and sustainable packaging!

Working Together

Accessibility, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion are key features of Crown’s culture of Working Together. We aim to value and respect each individual and foster an environment where everyone is represented.

We strive to promote psychological safety, allowing colleagues to bring their authentic selves to work and ultimately generate a sense of belonging at Crown.