Join a dynamic company as a Mechanical Product Development Engineer and unlock your potential in a thriving privately owned business.

Are you a driven and ambitious Mechanical Product Development Engineer seeking an exciting career move? We are a thriving family run business located in the heart of Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs. We are currently seeking a talented individual to join our close–knit team as a Product Development Engineer. In this role, you will have the opportunity to take on diverse responsibilities such as product design, quality control, technical support and project management. Join us, unlock your potential and make a difference!

About Us:

Our company is made of a dedicated group of sourcing professionals committed to leading the industry in sourcing, designing, manufacturing, and supplying high quality products and packaging solutions for some of the world’s biggest brands. We work across all industry sectors in Australia and the world, providing a focused, personalised service.

Trading for over 20 years, we have a strong track record of success, resounding industry reputation, and we are proud of the longstanding relationships we have with our valued clients and suppliers.

The Opportunity:

As a Mechanical Product Development Engineer based in our head office in the eastern suburbs, you will assist in the design, development, proto-typing, testing and project-management of the realisation of our client’s product, from the time of conception to the point where they are delivered.

Such products could include all types of packaging and a broad range of industrial products.

You will work closely with our technical team and our talented team of experts across sourcing, manufacturing, engineering, quality control, logistics, consumer and B2B marketing.

Your main responsibilities

· Mechanical design. Interpretating our customers’ desires and aspirations into a design that can be produced in the most efficient way.

· Quality Control: Review samples from customers, benchmarking, factory tooling (pilot & commercial) for functionality, dimension, and visual requirements. Provide evaluations, conclusions, and recommendations from findings.

· Technical Support: Support the sourcing team in new product development by verifying factory product and manufacturing capabilities and identifying and addressing critical requirements for projects within timelines.

· Customer Service: Co-ordinate closely with other team members and factories to facilitate excellent customer service, especially through product development phase, and when managing challenges and resolutions.

· Business Development: Represent our company professionally and competently externally at conferences, site visits and digitally, growing existing customer accounts and nurturing new customer relationships by developing strategies and plans to increase sales.

· Product & Process Improvement: Identify opportunities for product improvements and facilitate continuous process improvement by ensuring corrective actions are implemented.

· Technical Compliance: Review and create inspection specs and technical documentation for products, ensuring all documentation is continuously updated in the company’s systems including:

- Design drawings

- Process capability reports

- Certificate of conformity declarations

- Material Certifications

- In house testing and measurements

- Corrective and Preventative Action Reports (CPAR)

- Factory assessment questionnaires and reports

About You

We are looking for an engaging professional with a technical background who is solutions driven and can think practically as well as commercially!

The engineer we are looking for is expected to have:

• A degree in Mechanical Engineering

• A minimum of 3 years experience in product design

• Enthusiasm for mechanical design with a desire to get things done

• Ability to ‘translate’ customers’ requirements into a technical language of models and files

• Full command of a 3D modelling software such as ‘Inventor’ or similar

• Good communication skills

• Ability to transfer designs to manufacturing including creating the correct specifications, BoMs, and drawings (2D, 3D)

• Ability to work unsupervised, and progress projects on time, so no delays occur.

• Arrange for prototypes, tests and compliance when required.

• Some knowledge of plastics (injection, blow-moulding, extrusion), reinforced plastics, metals and other materials fabrication methods, characteristics and limitations.

• production orientated, ensuring that designs are suitable for production.

• Diligence.

This is a full-time position, and the successful applicant will be able to enjoy a corroborative environment, and working conditions.

Some overseas travel may be required.

Our Culture

We are a dedicated, passionate, and expert team of professionals who are proud of the work we do, the reputation we have built, and the dynamic culture we have created. We are supportive, solutions-driven, and customer obsessed – always prepared to go above and beyond.

Every one of our team members brings their unique background and experience to help us be the place where the best, or those with the potential to be, come to work and thrive.

If you want to be a part of a small, dynamic team and if you have that ‘let’s get this done now’ attitude, we look forward to meeting you! Please submit a cover letter and resume and answer the questions within the online application.

For further information email: [email protected]