Reporting to the Engineering Manager, the Design Engineer will have the following main duties and responsibilities:

• Sustaining design: provide technical services in support of the company's projects and products.
• R&D/new product design: from concept to validation.
• Creating drawings and other engineering documents in accordance with engineering procedures.
• Verifying drawings and calculations issued by other members of the Engineering Department.
• Approving engineering drawing, procedures and specifications.
• Carrying out FEA, CFD and manual calculations to support existing product lines or new products.
• Assembling and testing new and existing products.
• Issuing testing procedures and reports.
• Supporting workshop operations by creating work instructions and procedures.
• Supporting workshop operations by keeping work instructions and procedures up to date.
• Keeping project files updated in accordance with company policies and procedures.
• Root cause analysis of tool failures and non-conformances.
• Dismantling and investigating tool failures and non-conformances.
• Defining remedial action on component non-conformances.
• Supporting and controlling procurement and inspection of prototype components.
• Maintaining electronic media, engineering filing system and hardware in an appropriate manner.
• Supporting Sales and Marketing by creating relevant documentation such as renders, spec sheets and tool lay-outs.

Experience/Qualifications:

• A HND qualification (as a minimum) in a Mechanical Engineering discipline, or similar, is essential.
• Previous experience in a similar Design Engineer type role, directly within the downhole/drilling tool field, is essential.
• Experience in the design of downhole products is essential.
• Experience in the design of drilling tools is essential.
• Experience in the design of fishing tools would be preferred.
• Experience in working with design software (Inventor, SolidWorks, Creo, etc) is essential.
• ANSYS experience would be highly desirable.
• CFD experience would be preferred.
• Applicants should be familiar with the testing and assembly of downhole tools.

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