Market-Leading global business seeks engineer for Hull facility

Böllhoff is a market-leading international business, operating in 25 countries across four continents, and with major investment plans for its Hull site.

With expertise in fasteners and assembly technology, the company has 3,200 employees and is continuously growing and investing in its infrastructure and manufacturing capabilities.

Turnover has more than doubled since 2009 and now stands at €671m, with a constantly growing product range and an incredible 10m fasteners manufactured every day across 13 production sites.

These modern production facilities are situated in Germany, France, Italy, Great Britain, Austria, Switzerland, the USA, Brazil, India and China, with processes including injection moulding, turning, cold forming, wire winding, and machinery and plant engineering.

Böllhoff is one of the few companies in its sector that offers customers full support – elements, tooling, installation system, application engineering and shop floor support. This means the company is an integrated part of many key OEMs (original equipment manufacturers).

Huge investment and growth has seen a new 9,700 square metre logistics centre open in Wuxi, China, and a £200m investment program in European infrastructure has resulted in two new logistics centres and a new, dedicated production facility in Germany.

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Investing in Hull

Operations at the Hull site, have changed significantly over the past five years. The facility has expanded from supporting one product (HELICOIL®) in the local market to now supporting a full range of threaded products (including the key HELICOIL® group) within the UK.

It now also integrates with the European team and supports aerospace teams across Europe and Asia with the Hull team’s specialist knowledge.

The company has invested in up to three new production machines at the Hull site every year for the past five years, as well as considerable investments in quality and test equipment.

A five-year investment plan for Hull site will result in a further two to five new production machines every year to increase capacity as required and to replace older machines in order to improve efficiency.

Böllhoff is now recruiting for a Project and Applications Engineer to join the company at its Hull site. Read on to find out more and apply for this exciting role.

The opportunity

Working as part of the technical team, you will be responsible for providing technical support and advice to both internal and external customers, project managing in customer projects, and carrying out product testing and development.

The job holder performs and is responsible for the following main tasks, however the role is not limited to these:

Provide technical advice, product support and application consultation to customers, both internal and external, to develop the best solution for the required application
Management of and participation in customer related projects according to the company procedures and methods
Perform technical product testing and development including formulation of test applications and all required documentation

The person

It is advantageous but not essential to be qualified to degree level in a Mechanical Engineering discipline. A minimum of 2 years’ experience in an engineering environment. Be self-motivated with excellent communication skills and excellent time management skills. You will preferably have knowledge of fastening systems and knowledge and experience of 3D CAD packages.