Technical Engineer (Agricultural Machinery)

GBR Recruitment Ltd are delighted to be working in full exclusivity with a leading Agricultural Farming Machinery manufacturer, recruiting for an experienced Technical Engineer to design, re-design, modify, develop existing products inc. features across the Agri machinery product range & to work on NPD / NPI.

This is an exciting Agri engineering opportunity for an engineering professional that wants to play a key role in current product enhancements & developments plus working heavily in the R&D for NPD with a view of taking conceptual ideas through to NPI.

In this key role you need to be strong in electro hydrodynamic (EHD), hydraulics, pneumatic, mechanical systems & electrical / electronic systems.

Some knowledge of 3D CAD software would be an added advantage but not a must.

Experience in ECR / ECN systems, BOMs & project planning.

If you are highly passionate about influencing product innovation, driving continuous improvement & want to help shape the future of our clients Agricultural machinery products & engineering processes, then this is the role for you.

Duties:

• Leading the integration of control systems across the Agri machinery. To include engines, drive pumps, motors, hydraulic valves, operating controllers, pneumatic control systems etc
• Carrying out engineering processes including ECR/ECN systems, BOMs, & project planning
• Creating & maintaining timelines for strategic engineering projects (i.e. integrating a new components onto the machinery, with a full break down on engineering costs & project delivery timings)
• Supporting sales & purchasing with accurate costing & quotations
• Driving CI & product innovation (NPD, R&D, NPI)
• Work in close collaboration with the design engineers to ensure control system requirements are reflected in machinery designs
• Compiling technical documentation & ensuring compliance
• Supporting quality systems & ISO standards
• Mentoring, coaching & developing Engineers in technical knowledge
• Getting hands on in the workshop or out in the field when required to

Attributes Required:

• Mechanical Systems (hydraulic, hydrostatic, pneumatic systems)
• Electrical & Electronic systems (CANBUS communication, general off highway wiring principles)
• Experience within a technical engineering, design & development environment within in Agricultural machinery, Crop management machinery, Mobile Construction Plant machinery, Off Highway machinery, Specialist vehicles, or similar
• Strong understanding of engineering principles & NPD, R&D, NPI
• Strong project engineering management skills
• Ability to fault find & rectify technical issues in an efficient manner
• Degree in a relevant engineering discipline (Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics, or equivalent experience)

Interviews are to take place immediately & there is an opportunity to start in this role in August or September depending on individuals notice periods.

This key role could suit an engineering professional working as a Testing & Development Engineer, R&D Engineer, Precision Agriculture Engineer, NPD Engineer, Control Systems Engineer, Design Engineer, Process Engineer or Field Service Engineer

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