Technical Lead

New Products and Design

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced tooling specialist/designer to join our Development Engineering team. This permanent position will be well suited to an individual with a strong design background, within the Plastics Injection Moulding industry.

This well-rounded and demanding role will include a wide range of responsibilities that extend from Sales technical support, managing tool purchases, analysing new customer designs and feeding back best practice through to solving production engineering problems. In this role you will:

  • Liaise directly with customers demonstrating best practise moulding design in support of our Sales team
  • Quote new tools via our tooling partners such as suggesting cavities and press sizes
  • Manage the procurement of tooling including reviewing the tool designs and producing project plans
  • Manage our in-house 3D printer and work closely with production to design and print jigs and fixtures that improve our processes

If you are energetic, resourceful, and happy to manage your own time whilst being a strong team player; you will thrive in this role! You will be working with a diverse team of experts in our technical, production, and sales teams which all will be working toward the same goal; world class customer experience.

About you

  • Experienced in completing DFM reports including moldflow/warp analysis
  • Strong background in designing production plastic injection mould tooling
  • Experienced in creating designs for mods, fixtures, assemblies, production equipment etc. for in-house use
  • Experienced in quoting tool modifications for tools that need repair

About Hi-Technology Group

At Hi-Technology Group we are proud of the reputation we have built, both within the industry and with the customers we serve. With manufacturing sites in the UK and Eastern Europe we are a strategic supplier to many of the world’s leading companies and provide a range of specialist solutions for customers in the aerospace, personal health and safety, military and medical sectors.

Founded over 30 years ago we provide bespoke product design, tooling, manufacturing and logistics services to our customers and following a period of strong growth have recently been acquired by Portchester Equity.

We are committed to employing a diverse workforce, and we ensure that all employees, future employees and applicants are treated equally. We are a diverse and inclusive employer, and we welcome your application whatever your background or situation.

Why should you apply?

In return, we offer a range of benefits including and not limited to:

  • Competitive remuneration package
  • Discretionary quarterly bonus scheme
  • Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme applicable on completion of the probationary period
  • Life assurance scheme (eligibility upon completion of 1-year service)
  • Subsidised café van which offers a selection of drinks (coffees, hot chocolates etc.) and deli-style food both hot and cold

We also offer benefits to look after your well-being and maintain a healthy work-life balance including early finish on Fridays, dress down Friday and a BUPA Employee Assistance Helpline.

At Hi-Tech we want to keep work a fun and happy environment, so we arrange Company paid events throughout the year.

Last but not least, you will not have to worry about parking as we offer free on-site parking.

At Hi-Technology we encourage and support development within. In addition to our benefits outlined above, we offer a range of training opportunities for our employees for both our factory and office-based roles.

To apply for this vacancy please submit your CV along with a cover letter detailing how your skills and experience meet the requirements of this position to careers@hitechltd.com.

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