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Allquip Water Trucks is a family-owned company that specialises in the design, manufacture and installation of premium water truck bodies and associated parts tailored for the Australian councils, construction, mining and rental industries.
Allquip Water Trucks has expanded rapidly since its establishment over 2 decades ago and now employs a team of amazing people in conjunction with strategically located branch offices and warehouses across the nation.
Allquip Water Trucks provides a dynamic culture of continuous improvement and striving for excellence which takes us on an extraordinary journey that brings success to our people, clients and supply partners.
The Opportunity
We are seeking an energetic professional Mechanical Design Engineer to our team at our Rutherford-based manufacturing facility in NSW 2 hours from Sydney and 30 minutes from Newcastle. An attractive remuneration package will be offered to the successful candidate.
Key Responsibilities
- Responsible for the design drawings of our water trucks, off-road mine water trucks, tanker trailers and any other manufactured components as required
- Controlling designs so as in accord with heavy vehicle compliance and vehicle body builder guidelines
- Systemising and developing drawing packs for our standard range of equipment to increase our manufacturing efficiency
- Managing research & development projects
- Allocating additional drafting tasks to a small drafting team
- Work with the sales team to produce customer proposal drawings
- Work as a team with the operations manager, and workshop supervisor to provide drawings in line with the current production schedule
- Issue workshop drawings and review them upon completion of the manufacturing process, including any required markups and recapture
- Work with purchasing in creating detailed BOMs and parts list
- Weekly drafting meeting to report on the progress of key design milestones
Qualifications, Skills & Experience
- Recent and verifiable work experience in a comparable Design Engineer role is required.
- Engineering degree or equivalent level of experience
- Experience with 3D modelling using Auto CAD, Inventor, Solidworks or equivalent CAD Package
• Previous experience in heavy vehicle bodybuilding or automotive manufacturing or engineering work environment
• Highly regarded experience in understanding the NHVR- Vehicle Standards Bulletin 6 (VSB6)
• Must be a highly motivated self-starter with excellent time management, looking for ways to optimise and improve design to reduce costs and maximise manufacturing profit margins.
What’s in it for you?
- Attractive salary with bonus incentives based on ‘Reward for Results’
- Secure full time long-term employment
- Supported by a family owned and operated Company for over 20 years
- Be part of a dynamic & expanding company
- Great culture and team environment
To Apply
Please forward your CV including a Covering Letter explaining your fit for the role, via the SEEK link above.
Successful applicants will be required to undergo a pre-employment medical and criminal check.
For a confidential discussion about this role, please contact Kelvin Willy 0409 456 *** or Joshua Willy on 0447 006 ***.
