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Department: Product Design

Location: Blackpool, Lancashire

Reports To: Design Manager

Responsible for: This role does not include direct line management responsibilities.

About Us

The Glasdon Group is a market leader in the design, marketing, and supply of environmental and safety products. Driven by a commitment to innovation and excellence, we deliver high-quality solutions that support a cleaner, safer environment.

Purpose of the Role

To engineer jigs, fixtures and programming of CNC machines, as well as liaising with manufactures to ensure tooling is running to optimum quality standards. The role is to support the Product Design team when developing new products into the production stage and overseeing full sign off for production handover.

Key Tasks

• Review and approve production tooling, ensuring it meets design and quality requirements.
• Liaise with suppliers and the supply chain to progress tooling and resolve technical queries.
• Attend and review tooling trials, assessing first off samples and sign-off readiness (potential for overseas travel).
• Carry out dimensional checking of components against drawings and specifications to confirm conformance.
• Audit and improve existing production assembly methods to enhance quality, efficiency and cost.
• Conduct time and motion studies to inform assembly methods, resourcing and continuous improvement.
• Manage and control the existing tooling portfolio, coordinating maintenance, modification and replacement.
• Design and develop production jigging and fixtures using 3D CAD and 3D printing.
• Product details 2D component and assembly drawings.
• Product and maintain parts lists and bills of materials.

Key Objectives

• Ensure production tooling is reviewed, approved and signed off to agreed timescales and quality standards.
• Maintain accurate control and records of the existing tooling portfolio.
• Improve assembly efficiency and reduce production costs through methods audits and time and motion studies.
• Ensure components conform to drawings and specifications through consistent dimensional checking.

The above lists are not exhaustive and may evolve with the role and business needs.

Person Specification

Essential Skills & Attributes

• Proficiency in 3D CAD software, ideally SolidWorks, including detailed 2D drawings.
• Knowledge of a wide range of manufacturing processes.
• Understanding of production tooling and design for manufacture.
• Technically minded with strong analytical and problem-solving ability.
• Some engineering, manufacturing or design experience.
• Confident, proactive and self-motivated.
• Ability to work to strict deadlines.
• Good communicator with strong interpersonal skills.
• Full, clean UK driving licence.
• Knowledge of CNC equipment & CNC programming.

Desirable

• Experience of plastic moulding suppliers (rotational, injection or blow moulding)
• Experience with 3D printing and rapid prototyping.
• Knowledge of tooling and toolmaking.
• Experience of conducting time and motion studies.
• Project management experience.

Qualifications

A qualification in Mechanical or Design Engineering (e.g. HNC/HND or degree) may be beneficial.

Working Hours

Full-time, permanent position.
Monday to Friday, 9:00am – 5:00pm. (Flextime available)
30-minute lunch break.
Monthly pay in arrears (by the 28th of each month).

Please note, this position does not offer visa sponsorship.

What to Expect

• Click ‘Apply’ to upload your CV.
• If your CV meets our criteria, you will be invited to complete a short pre-screen video interview.
• You will be asked to answer around 5 questions. Once complete, your responses are sent to the hiring manager for review.
• You’ll be notified by email whether you are successful or unsuccessful.
• If successful, the next stage is usually an in‑person interview at our Blackpool site.

Salary & Benefits

• Competitive starting salary.
• 33 days paid holiday (rising to 38 with service).
• Flexible holiday booking in 30-minute blocks.
• Buy/sell up to 5 days holiday annually.
• Performance bonuses.
• Final salary pension scheme (after min. 2 years).
• NEST pension scheme (from 3 months).
• Life insurance (after min. 2 years).
• Private health insurance (after min. 1 year).
• Health cashback plan.
• Sick pay scheme.
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
• Compassionate leave.
• Relocation support loans.
• Long service awards.
• Subsidised on-site café and social space.
• Free on-site parking.
• Special occasion gifts.
• Cycle to Work scheme.
• On-site gym and changing facilities.
• Team building activities.
• Flexitime work pattern.
• Company events.
• EV charging points (at cost).
• Paid charity days and fundraising events.
• Social activities.
• Career progression opportunities.
• Skills development and professional study support.
• Comprehensive training programmes.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee discount
• Free parking
• Life insurance
• On-site parking
• Private medical insurance
• Sick pay

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Blackpool FY4: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

• What is your salary expectation?

Licence/Certification:

• Driving Licence (required)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person