Job Description

Bensons for Beds is looking for a Product Development Engineer to join our Product team located at our Manufacturing site in Huntingdon.



This role is to manage our existing products and develop new products to an agreed set of parameters that include:


Design to price point / margin objectives Design for manufacture Appropriate Brand recognition Accurate Labour & Material Structure Value Engineering Requirements Product accreditation & test standards Sales / Customer driven performance & aesthetics

So, what will you do?

As a Product Development Engineer, your main responsibilities will be to reduce the complexity of products to optimise the number of SKU's and product variety, as well as producing requisite samples to support the following:


+ New product introduction + Value Engineering / Cost Reductions
+ Prepare and Maintain Engineering Documentation such as Specifications
+ Product enhancement
+ Improved product performance
+ Use of new innovative materials
+ Sales campaigns
+ Product simplification / standardisation
+ To match testing criteria's
+ Presentations / Exhibitions

You will also:

Maintenance of testing for new products prior to the new product launch (FR/Durability) To manage the process of tick control including sample requirements (to a set of procedures agreed with the Product Development Manager & Production Manager. To control revision level documentation related to product specifications on the network drive.


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What will you get?

Along with a competitive salary, we host a catalogue of benefits! These include:


+ Employee discount scheme for Bensons products - 50% off all bensons products! Life Assurance + Medicash - cashback options for Health and Wellbeing services (dental, optical, virtual GP, other healthcare services and more) Unum Income Protection - for peace of mind if you're off work long term due to illness + Pension scheme - provided by Legal & General + Discounted Gym membership
+ Cycle to Work scheme
Annual leave buy & sell scheme - you can top up your holiday entitlement or sell unused days to suit you + Enhanced maternity and adoption leave Access to Retail Trust services (guidance and support on retail issues, mental health, wellbeing & financial topics) Learning and development programmes to gain new knowledge and skills Career progression - access to internal opportunities to build your career within Bensons for Beds


Who do we want?


GCSE maths and English at grade A - C (minimum grade 4) Several years of production experience You must have experience within a manufacturing environment


Nice to haves:


Lean Manufacturing or six sigma certifications * Previous experience of working to ISO 9001