Product Design Engineer Role Overview
The role of Product Design Engineer is pivotal in the mill liner design team, based in Newcastle. The focus is on designing and engineering mill liner products and services, providing technical support to internal and external customers, and driving continuous product improvement.
Main Responsibilities:
* Design and engineer new and existing products, incorporating solid modelling, detailed drafting, analysis, simulation, and reverse engineering techniques.
* Offer technical assistance to sales teams and directly to clients, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of customer requirements and site-specific challenges.
* Visit client sites to conduct inspections, gather data, and provide technical support during installations and ongoing product performance monitoring.
* Collaborate with engineering and manufacturing processes to develop new and optimized products, aligning with company standards and timelines.
* Prepare and manage technical documentation, including manufacturing specifications and user manuals.
* Review drawings and models for compliance with engineering requirements and drawing standards.
* Control and distribute all necessary technical documents for manufacturing and sales, while releasing company intellectual property associated with licensing agreements.
* Promote continuous improvement efforts, contributing to internal and external standards and procedures, while adhering to relevant quality and manufacturing standards.
* Provide training and maintain up-to-date design knowledge to support sales, manufacturing, and engineering initiatives.
* Assist with equipment quotations, CAPEX development, and changeover to new designs for superseded parts, collaborating with order processing, inventory, and sales teams.
Key Qualifications:
* Tertiary degree in Engineering (Mechanical or related field).
* CPEng qualification is highly regarded.
* Experience in mining or heavy manufacturing environments.
* Proficiency in CAD (preferably Unigraphics NX or similar), including 3D modeling and 2D drafting.
* NX and Teamcenter PLM experience is desirable.
* Experience with DEM, MBD, and ANSYS FEA is a plus.
* Knowledge of mineral processing processes and mill liner design is well regarded.