Electrical Design Engineer

Job reference number 309844

Electrical Design Engineer

Competitive salary depending on relevant skills, experience and location, £4,200 car allowance or £3,700 cash equivalent, Full family private healthcare, Annual bonus potential, Generous annual leave offering of 27.5 days, plus bank holidays, increasing to 30 days after 10 years’ service
Full time
Permanent

This is a national role where regular travel to various sites will be expected.

It’s an exciting time for Royal Mail… Engineering and Design are transforming how we work!  Our Engineering vision is blossoming with the establishment of an in-house engineering design team focussed on innovation; transforming operational processes to improve the pace and quality we provide for customers as well as help us to achieve the business net zero strategy.  With some exciting improvements deployed and more underway, the demand is growing for us to scale up across the business. 

About the role

•    You will work actively as part of the Design Engineering team, striving to modernise and improve existing processes whilst driving new and innovative solutions into our current ways of working to improve business performance.

•    You will identify future opportunities to drive in-house manufacturing capability to deliver key elements of engineering design projects
•    You will champion new processes to drive in-house capability, innovation and people development within engineering
•    You will work closely with maintenance teams to drive reliability into existing automation fleet

•    You will promote the business culture: Be Positive, Be Brilliant, Be Part of It and drive professionalism, positivity and engagement within all areas of RM Engineering.

About you

For this role you should have a minimum of a level 4 (NVQ or equivalent) qualification in an electrical engineering discipline

You also have

•    Experience in detailed product design and development within an automated environment
•    A strong Engineering background with proven ability to demonstrate intuitive thinking towards engineering problem solving and solution delivery. 
•    Strong knowledge and experience of using CAD/CAM software and design packages (e.g Autodesk)
•    A proven track record of hitting product development deadlines and quality parameter targets
•    A proven track record of successfully delivering improvements and initiatives in a challenging environment

Extra Benefits

•    RMG Share Schemes - partnership and matching share offer 

•    Family friendly support - enhanced maternity pay, paternity leave, adoption leave and shared parental leave
•    Discounts and offers - there are more than 800 offers to help you save on things like groceries, days out, holidays and your household bills*.
•    Supportive and generous company sick pay
•    Your Wellbeing - you and your family have 24/7 access to services and tools to help you get the most out of life. From your physical and mental health to financial and social support and advice. It’s free, and it’s for everyone.
*Available only to perm employees

Next Steps

The next stage of the selection process will be a face to face interview consisting of competency based and role specific questions.

Trust forms the foundation of everything we do in Royal Mail. We want to be transparent about what kind of qualities we are looking for and build trust from the very beginning of your journey with us. The first step is your interview, and we mean ‘your’ interview. We want to give you the opportunity to shine. To enable you to do this, we will provide you with your interview questions ahead of the interview taking place. This will allow you time to prepare, and ensure you have your best examples in mind. Royal Mail Group values both trust, and our people. 
 

We don’t expect every candidate to meet the full criteria for the role. If your experience looks a little different from the job requirements, but you feel you have the relevant skills to bring value to the role, we’d love to learn more about you.

Royal Mail are proud of our diverse employee network groups and the active role they play to support belonging and encourage a positive work environment. We are firmly committed to inclusion and passionate about our people representing the communities we serve. 

We are happy to support your need for any adjustments during the application and hiring process. Please share the details within your application if required.

We are Forces family friendly and a Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant. We welcome applications from ex-Armed Forces personnel, reservists, veterans, cadet instructors and military spouses/partners.

For more information on Royal Mail Group and our values please click here: https://www.internationaldistributionsservices.com/en/about-us/

Closing Date: Wednesday 25th September. Please note, this advert may close early if the appropriate number of applications has been reached.

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