Join Us
Current opportunities to join our unique team of specialist engineers and problem solvers are listed below. We look forward to hearing from you.
RESPONSIBLE TO: Head of Engineering
LOCATION: Flexible (Warwick HQ, frequent travel to London and occasional international travel).
OBJECTIVE: On time, on budget delivery of major projects from conception to completion.
PROJECT TYPES
- Supply only contracts. Design, manufacture and supply of blind & control systems to the global construction market including contractors and sub-contractors. Current project examples include the new Google HQ in London, 8 Bishopsgate, One Sydney Harbour.
- In-house engineering projects. For example, new product development & launch, design & build of test facilities, machine design and build, production line improvement projects.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
Project management of:
- Major projects from pre-contract signature through to site co-ordination and completion.
- In-house engineering projects.
Co-ordinate in-house engineering and other resources to ensure successful project delivery.
MAIN DUTIES
- Project manage major projects from pre-contract signature through to completion, acting as the main point of contact for GD.
- Project manage in-house engineering projects and other special projects as required.
- Create, present and deliver project work plans and revise as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements.
- Identify resources, assign responsibilities and coordinate delivery.
- Establish and coordinate internal communications processes to ensure that all relevant departments are kept informed and work together to ensure successful project delivery.
- Establish and coordinate a process for scheduling internal resources, including engineering resource to ensure that project and wider business requirements are met.
- Manage day-to-day operational aspects of projects.
- Ensure project documents are complete, current, and appropriately stored and shared.
- Identify risks and plan ahead for successful delivery.
- Advise the Specification team on our delivery capabilities and collaborate with pitching team to win new projects.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Skills & Characteristics
- Strong interpersonal skills and extremely resourceful.
- Exceptional time management and organisation skills with the ability to juggle multiple tasks at once.
- A good communicator with effective stakeholder management & conflict resolution skills.
- Be a good team player and an effective leader who motivates colleagues to work together.
- Meticulous record keeper who ensures everyone delivers on their commitments.
- Pragmatic problem solver who always gets the job done.
Knowledge & Experience
- Experience of managing projects in a construction, engineering or manufacturing environment.
- Effective use of project management tools.
- Understanding of construction projects.
- Understanding of construction products.
- Understanding of contract management- commercial, legal and financial.
For all applications, and general interest, please contact us via email at neelam.gill@guthriedouglas.com
RESPONSIBLE TO: Head of Engineering
LOCATION: Flexible (Warwick HQ, occasional national and international travel)
OBJECTIVE: To execute engineering work at a high level of competence, and constantly refine engineering processes and methods.
NATURE OF THE WORK
- New product introduction
- Electromechanical system design and development
- Design for manufacture and design and build of manufacturing tools
- Working with architectural and engineering drawings
- Design of experiments and modelling system behaviour
- Broad experience and understanding of a broad array of manufacturing techniques
- Leading CNC and other production machinery programming and setting activity
- Training and developing junior engineers
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
- Maintaining consistently high-quality output from the engineering department by leading concept generation and design activities, providing engineering support to all parts of the business.
- Lead, manage and coach the engineering department.
- Oversight of major projects
- Leading manufacturing process and technology improvement activities
- Defining, maintaining, and improving engineering and business processes in line with industry best practice.
MAIN DUTIES
- Launch feasibility studies for new project requests.
- Provide innovative and robust designs to new projects as well as new products to be mass-manufactured.
- Apply manufacturing engineering / design for manufacture expertise to creating efficient manufacturing methods and tools for existing and new products.
- Mentor, support, and train junior engineers.
- Maintain and improve internal engineering processes.
- Troubleshooting manufacturing, product performance, and installation issues.
- Design of experiments to evaluate and characterise component and system performance and behaviour.
- Ensure project documents are complete, current, and appropriately stored and shared.
- Identify risks and plan ahead for successful delivery.
- Advise the Specification team on our delivery capabilities and collaborate with pitching team to win new projects.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Skills & Characteristics
- Strong interpersonal skills and extremely resourceful.
- Exceptional time management and organisation skills with the ability to juggle multiple tasks at once.
- A good communicator with effective stakeholder management & conflict resolution skills.
- Be a good team player and an effective leader who motivates colleagues to work together.
- Meticulous record keeper who ensures everyone delivers on their commitments.
- Pragmatic problem solver who always gets the job done.
Knowledge & Experience
- CAD and CAM software, (Solidworks preferred)
- Design for (automated) manufacture
- Modern methods of manufacture (CNC/CAM, additive, laser processing, robotics and special purpose machines)
- Electromechanical system design
- Engineering management
- Leading engineering development activities – FMEA, concept and design reviews, new product introduction, risk registers etc.
For all applications, and general interest, please contact us via email at neelam.gill@guthriedouglas.