Job Description
R&D Project Engineer Basingstoke £00 plus 10% bonus & benefits Lavazza Professional is comprised of the KLIX® vending systems and FLAVIA® brewing systems—two leading brands in the Vending and Office Coffee Service (OCS) segments. With a goal to create great tasting moments at work, Lavazza Professional is 100% dedicated to the workplace, creating new and inspiring ways to help people feel a belonging and for all of our associates to come together and achieve great results. It’s time to wake up and smell the coffee! We have an excellent opportunity available for an experienced R&D Project Engineer to join the Maintenance of Business team. This role also exists to support the delivery of current product development through creation, verification and maintenance of mechanical design specifications. Representing the equipment development function the role operates as part of cross-functional project teams providing technical project management. Project manage changes to current products through the business change processes, making decisions on next steps, and ensuring all key stakeholders are kept up to date on project progress. Projects managed will include but not be limited to mechanical changes, supply continuity, change of supplier and VGP. Proactively work with internal and external customers to resolve and manage design related technical issues raised during product introductions or escalated through quality management systems in business, manufacturing and market units. Ensure cross functional team members are aware and aligned on project deliverables, individual outputs and deadlines. Plan projects, coordinating team members and their outputs to ensure work is delivered in line with key project milestones. Act as the technical lead on projects defining specifications requirements from stakeholder input and creating mechanical system design concepts that meet these requirements. Present and communicate to business stakeholders, suppliers and manufacturers project plans, proposals and outcomes Create, develop and modify equipment specifications ensuring they adhere to all legal and customer safety requirements using best practice design methodologies Define and conduct design verification on product designs using in house laboratory and prototyping facilities in line with laboratory standards and scientific best practice Build and maintaining product assemblies and Bill of Materials within CAD/PDM systems to support new and current product developments Organise production trials with the internal production teams/external manufacturers and interact with the technical functions to plan validation testing for product developments. Utilise business processes, identifying ways in which they could be refined resulting in implementation of improved processes. Maintenance of Business (MOB) projects will be assigned through the MOB management framework. The role will manage major and minor developments through the business ECR/ ECN process using project management methodologies and tools, where major and minor are determined by the MOB management framework. The role will act as the project manager and technical project lead on projects when determined by the MOB management framework, creating and modifying engineering specifications (i.e. component, assembly, finished goods, test and requirement specifications) via CAD, office IT, project management tools and PDM systems. BSc in mechanical engineering, product design or related subject · Appreciation of hardware, software & mechanical disciplines specifically related to the control of mechatronic systems · Good knowledge of Microsoft Office Applications (Power Point, Excel, Word, Project) · Fluency in CAD applications (SolidWorks Preferred) · Knowledge of Product Data Management (PDM) applications · Must be willing to travel within Europe, potentially internationally for short periods The successful applicant will be subject to reference and previous employment checks and maybe subject to completing a DBS check. Job Types: Full-time, Permanent Company events Company pension Cycle to work scheme Free parking Health & wellbeing programme Life insurance On-site parking Private medical insurance Sick pay Monday to Friday Bonus scheme