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Crux Product Design is an ambitious, growing consultancy looking for a talented Project Manager to take on a senior position within our existing project management team in Bristol. This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to further their career and work on some of the world’s most exciting product development projects.

In this role, you will work with our multi-disciplinary design and engineering teams to lead and manage the development of medical and consumer goods devices, from concept through to production. This is a key position of responsibility and your success in this role will be central to the success of the company. We need an innovative, experienced and delivery focused individual with the drive and enthusiasm to push forward relentlessly in a fast paced and supportive team environment.

About Crux...

Crux is a dynamic engineering and product development consultancy that takes pride in its outstanding work and a warm and supportive workplace environment. Working as a trusted partner to pharmaceutical companies and household brand names, our projects deliver a vast array of products to global markets.  Collaboration between people in all areas of our business is key to our success, so open and friendly multi-way communication is encouraged at all levels.

Principal responsibilities…

• Managing multiple design and development projects, ranging from initial concept, product definition, design & development, and transfer to manufacture
• Leading and working with the project teams to solve challenging design, mechanical engineering, electronics, and software challenges
• Providing programme management activities for large client accounts and client partnerships
• Overseeing other members of the Project Management team to deliver on projects under these partnerships
• Ensuring goals are met in areas including customer satisfaction, safety, quality and team member performance
• Managing timelines, budgets and risks
• Managing, allocating and approving resource for projects, and managing interdependences between projects
• Managing relationships with our clients, building trust and collaboration
• Capturing business opportunities from ongoing client project activities
• Creating and approving project proposals/quotations including defining project schedules and budgets
• Producing accurate and timely reporting of program status to clients and internal stakeholders

Skills we’re looking for...

• A 1st or 2:1 degree in an engineering or other relevant discipline
• A minimum of 5 years’ project management experience, managing medical device design and development projects
• Experience working to ISO 13485 and ISO 14971, or to the equivalent regulations and requirements of the FDA
• A project management track-record gained within a highly technical and team-oriented environment
• Strong organisational and time management skills with experience of formal project reporting
• Ability to communicate ideas and work flexibly within a dynamic, multidisciplinary team
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills – articulate and diplomatic manner
• Experience of planning tasks and defining project scope, goals and deliverables
• Ability to track project progress and deliver on-time and budget projects
• Ability to address issues as they arise, and both make and drive decisions
• Excellent presentation and interpersonal communication skills

Desirable, but not essential:

• Experience working within a consulting environment
• An industry recognised Project Management qualification or certification

Date posted: 25 November 2021 

Interested? Email your CV and covering letter to careers@cruxproductdesign.com

To access our privacy notice please see the following link: https://cruxuk.page.link/UGAJ

To access our equal opportunities policy please see the following link: https://cruxuk.page.link/6Hux

 

Crux Product Design is an ambitious, growing consultancy looking for a talented Project Manager to take on a position within our existing project management team in Bristol. This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to further their career and work on some of the world’s most exciting product development projects.

In this role, you will work with our multi-disciplinary design and engineering teams to lead and manage the development of medical and consumer goods devices, from concept through to production. This is a key position of responsibility and your success in this role will be central to the success of the company. We need an innovative, experienced and delivery focused individual with the drive and enthusiasm to push forward relentlessly in a fast paced and supportive team environment.

About Crux...

Crux is a dynamic engineering and product development consultancy that takes pride in its outstanding work and a warm and supportive workplace environment. Working as a trusted partner to pharmaceutical companies and household brand names, our projects deliver a vast array of products to global markets.  Collaboration between people in all areas of our business is key to our success, so open and friendly multi-way communication is encouraged at all levels.

Principal responsibilities…

• Managing multiple design and development projects, ranging from initial concept, product definition, design & development, and transfer to manufacture
• Leading and working with the project teams to solve challenging design, mechanical engineering, electronics, and software challenges
• Ensuring goals are met in areas including customer satisfaction, safety, quality and team member performance
• Managing timelines, resource, budgets and risks
• Managing relationships with our clients, building trust and collaboration
• Capturing business opportunities from ongoing client project activities
• Creating project proposals/quotations including defining project schedules and budgets
• Producing accurate and timely reporting of program status to clients and internal stakeholders

Skills we’re looking for...

• A 1st or 2:1 degree in an engineering or other relevant discipline
• A minimum of 2 years’ project management experience, managing medical device design and development projects
• Experience working to ISO 13485 and ISO 14971, or to the equivalent regulations and requirements of the FDA
• A project management track-record gained within a highly technical and team-oriented environment
• Strong organisational and time management skills with experience of formal project reporting
• Ability to communicate ideas and work flexibly within a dynamic, multidisciplinary team
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills – articulate and diplomatic manner
• Experience of planning tasks and defining project scope, goals and deliverables
• Ability to track project progress and deliver on-time and budget projects
• Ability to address issues as they arise, and both make and drive decisions
• Excellent presentation and interpersonal communication skills

Desirable, but not essential:

• Experience working within a consulting environment
• An industry recognised Project Management qualification or certification

 Date posted: 25 November 2021

Interested? Email your CV and covering letter to careers@cruxproductdesign.com

To access our privacy notice please see the following link: https://cruxuk.page.link/UGAJ

To access our equal opportunities policy please see the following link: https://cruxuk.page.link/6Hux

Crux Product Design is an ambitious, growing consultancy looking for a new member to join our sales team in Bristol. This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to further their career and support some of the world’s most exciting product development projects.

In this role, you will work with our sales team to help showcase the exciting work being completed at Crux. Your primary objective will be to identify new prospects and work towards securing meetings to present our capabilities. We utilise a consultative selling approach, meaning that you’ll be given responsibility from day one to build relationships with clients and identify opportunities to support them with their design and engineering challenges. 

We work in an exciting space, our clients are positioned across the globe and they specialise in innovative research and development projects. All clients bring unique challenges to solve through the use of clever design and engineering and the sales function is key to translating client needs into commercial opportunities. We’re searching for a dynamic, motivated individual who will bring enthusiasm to our growing team.

About Crux...

Crux is a dynamic engineering and product development consultancy that takes pride in its outstanding work and a warm and supportive workplace environment. Working as a trusted partner to pharmaceutical companies and household brand names, our projects deliver a vast array of products to global markets. Collaboration between people in all areas of our business is key to our success, so open and friendly multi-way communication is encouraged at all levels.

Principal responsibilities...

• Initiating dialogue and managing relationships with new prospect clients
• Lead generation and inquiry to understand client needs
• Managing timelines, meeting scheduling and client requests
• Capturing business opportunities from ongoing client discussions
• Producing accurate, concise reports of commercial opportunities for internal stakeholders
• Presenting commercial insights back to our technical team

Skills we're looking for...

• Commercial awareness and excellent communications skills
• Ability to communicate ideas and work flexibly within a dynamic, multidisciplinary team
• Confidence and self-assurance, prepared to initiate conversation with new leads
• Prior experience working independently and achieving goals
• Strong organisational and time management skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills – articulate and diplomatic manner
• Understanding of planning tasks and defining future opportunities

Desirable, but not essential...

• Additional academic qualifications past A-level
• Experience working in a sales or technical (design, engineering, science) role
• Experience working in a consultancy environment with external clients
• Evidence of an entrepreneurial attitude and commercially-astute decision-making
• An interest in social media, marketing and ‘pitching’ services

Date posted: 25 November 2021

Interested? Email your CV and covering letter to careers@cruxproductdesign.com. Please title your correspondence 'Business Development Executive’

For our privacy notice please see the following link: https://cruxuk.page.link/UGAJ

To access our equal opportunities policy please follow this link: Crux Equal Opportunities Policy

 

We’re on the lookout for exceptionally talented Embedded and App development engineers to join our team. If you’re interested in working on multidisciplinary design projects, tackling some of the toughest briefs in the medical and consumer goods sectors then we want to hear from you. You’ll be working on a broad range of diverse projects, on varying platforms. Working primarily on connected medical devices, a successful applicant will have experience developing firmware for BLE enabled devices on PIC, STM32, AVR and various ARM cortex microprocessors And/Or experience Developing Apps for iOS/Android and be comfortable integrating the two. Good knowledge of Git and Agile software development essential and a keen appetite for learning new skills.

About Crux...

We offer our team exciting career development opportunities and the chance to see your ideas come alive in an environment that only a rapidly growing, innovative and dynamic business can provide. Crux also takes pride in its warm and supportive workplace environment. Collaboration between people in all areas of our business is key to our success, so open and friendly multi-way communication is encouraged at all levels. We also believe that a strong community is key to effective communication and happy employees, so we organise regular team social events.

We’re looking for...

 

• 1st or 2:1 degree in a Software/Electronics related subject
• High technical literacy across software and electronics
• Skilled in embedded firmware design (C/C++ ) OR App development
• Knowledge of a higher level language such as Python, Javascript or Java/Kotlin/Swift
• Experience of BLE development (Nordic chipsets preferable)
• Experience of the IEC 62304 standard for medical device software development
• Use of git version control
• Excellent presentation and interpersonal communication skills
• Aims to develop technical and leadership skills
• Able to work cooperatively and dependably as part of a team
• Great attention to detail

 

We are keen to hear from either embedded specialists with a good understanding of high level app development Or App specialists with a good understanding of microprocessor firmware development, but a cross disciplinary literacy is essential.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age. We believe that one of the benefits of being a smaller business is the ability to adapt to the needs of our employees, enabling us to welcome people from a wide range of personal and professional backgrounds onto the team.

Date posted: 25 November 2021

Interested? Email your CV and covering letter to careers@cruxproductdesign.com referencing 'Senior Software Engineer' in the email subject.

For our privacy notice please see the following link: https://cruxuk.page.link/UGAJ

To access our equal opportunities policy please follow this link: Crux Equal Opportunities Policy

We are looking for a highly creative and enthusiastic Digital Graphic Designer to join our team. Your main responsibility will be the creation and delivery of a range of cross-platform graphical & digital work, collaborating closely with other teams to deliver on a wide range of print and digital design tasks from responsive websites, apps and user interfaces through to engaging visual content for a variety of research and design projects, you will also work closely with the directors and marketing team to conceptualise and execute brand, sales and marketing initiatives.

As a Digital Graphic Designer you’ll be responsible for:

• The full project lifecycle – from brief and pitch to usability and build
• Creating a range of cross-platform design concepts
• Working collaboratively with Designers (UX/Product) and Developers to deliver digital output of the highest quality
• Staying on track with emerging digital trends and culture, attending events and engaging with the wider digital creative community
• Articulating and presenting creative ideas/treatments to teams and clients

What we'd like to see:

• Agency or in-house experience in designing cutting-edge websites, apps, interfaces and/or digital campaigns
• An exceptional online portfolio showcasing innovative design concepts and highly considered visual executions
• Expertise in Adobe Creative Suite (Sketch and Invision experience desirable)
• Knowledge/understanding of HTML and CSS can be beneficial but is not essential
• Proven understanding of typography, layout, colour and grid structures
• Impeccable attention to detail

Years of experience are not a prerequisite. Instead, it is all about your creative and design capability and demonstrable experience. The types of project size you’ve worked on, your knowledge of emerging trends and the fundamentals of graphic design are key.

Date posted: 25 November 2021

Interested? Email your CV and covering letter to careers@cruxproductdesign.com

For our privacy notice please see the following link: https://cruxuk.page.link/UGAJ

To access our equal opportunities policy please follow this link: Crux Equal Opportunities Policy

We’re on the lookout for exceptionally talented mechanical engineers to join our team. If you’re interested in working on multidisciplinary design projects, tackling some of the toughest briefs in the medical and consumer goods sectors then we want to hear from you.

About Crux...

We offer our team exciting career development opportunities and the chance to see your ideas come alive in an environment that only a rapidly growing, innovative and dynamic business can provide. Crux also takes pride in its warm and supportive workplace environment. Collaboration between people in all areas of our business is key to our success, so open and friendly multi-way communication is encouraged at all levels. We also believe that a strong community is key to effective communication and happy employees, so we organise regular team social events.

We’re looking for...

 

• 1st or 2:1 degree in mechanical engineering
• Strong creative and technical abilities
• Excellent concept generation skills
• Experience in engineering analysis and detail design
• Excellent presentation and interpersonal communication skills
• Aims to develop technical and leadership skills
• Able to work cooperatively and dependably as part of a team
• Great attention to detail

 

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age. We believe that one of the benefits of being a smaller business is the ability to adapt to the needs of our employees, enabling us to welcome people from a wide range of personal and professional backgrounds onto the team.

Date posted: 25 November 2021

Interested? Email your CV and covering letter to careers@cruxproductdesign.com

 

For our privacy notice please see the following link: https://cruxuk.page.link/UGAJ

To access our equal opportunities policy please follow this link: Crux Equal Opportunities Policy

 

Senior level Industrial Design opportunities within the Crux design team. 

We are on the lookout for for highly experienced senior level design talent, specifically with design consultancy experience. You will be expected to lead by example on day-to-day project duties and support the business at a strategic level. Demonstrate a solid approach to all core aspects of strategic product development, through to intelligently and beautifully executed design. Within your role you will be expected to pro-actively provide design thinking support to all areas of the business and be on hand to mentor the growing creative design team. 

Crux is a highly supportive team environment in an exciting period of growth offering fantastic career development opportunities and benefits for the right candidates.

Please ensure you satisfy the majority of the requirements listed below before sending in an application:

• 1st or 2:1 degree in Industrial/Product Design
• Design consultancy experience
• Medical device development experience
• Solid design thinking, high-level execution & versatility
• Flexible and accommodating work ethic
• Excellent presentation and communication skills
• Ability to command a room and run client workshops
• Great attention to detail
• Positive attitude

Date posted: 25 November 2021

Interested? Email your CV and covering letter to careers@cruxproductdesign.com

 

For our privacy notice please see the following link: https://cruxuk.page.link/UGAJ

To access our equal opportunities policy please follow this link: Crux Equal Opportunities Policy

We’re on the lookout for exceptionally talented mechanical engineers to join our team. If you’re interested in working on multidisciplinary design projects, tackling some of the toughest briefs in the medical and consumer goods sectors then we want to hear from you.

About Crux...

 

We offer our team exciting career development opportunities and the chance to see your ideas come alive in an environment that only a rapidly growing, innovative and dynamic business can provide. Crux also takes pride in its warm and supportive workplace environment. Collaboration between people in all areas of our business is key to our success, so open and friendly multi-way communication is encouraged at all levels. We also believe that a strong community is key to effective communication and happy employees, so we organise regular team social events.

 

We’re looking for...

 

• 1st or 2:1 degree in mechanical engineering
• Strong creative and technical abilities
• Excellent concept generation skills
• Experience in engineering analysis and detail design
• Excellent presentation and interpersonal communication skills
• Aims to develop technical and leadership skills
• Able to work cooperatively and dependably as part of a team
• Great attention to detail

 

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age. We believe that one of the benefits of being a smaller business is the ability to adapt to the needs of our employees, enabling us to welcome people from a wide range of personal and professional backgrounds onto the team.

Date posted: 25 November 2021

Interested? Email your CV and covering letter to careers@cruxproductdesign.com

 

For our privacy notice please see the following link: https://cruxuk.page.link/UGAJ

To access our equal opportunities policy please follow this link: Crux Equal Opportunities Policy

Crux Product Design is an ambitious, growing consultancy looking for a talented Test Technician to join our team in Bristol. This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to further their career and work on some of the world’s most exciting product development projects.

In this role, you will work with our multi-disciplinary design and engineering teams to undertake lab-based test & verification activities critical to the success of our world-class development programs.  We need a meticulous, organised, and delivery-focused individual with the drive and enthusiasm to deliver in a fast-paced and supportive team environment.

About Crux...
Crux is a dynamic and successful engineering consultancy that takes pride in its outstanding work and a warm and supportive workplace environment. Working as a trusted partner to pharmaceutical companies and household brand names, our projects deliver a vast array of products to global markets. Collaboration between people in all areas of our business is key to our success, so open and friendly multi-way communication is encouraged at all levels.

Principal responsibilities...

• Formal mechanical product/device testing in a controlled environment
• Test fixture design and manufacture
• Review of test methods and protocols
• Data capture and processing
• Risk assessment preparation and sign-off
• High quality photography and video capture of test setup and results
• Assistance with building of test rigs and hardware
• Clear communication of results to internal teams
• Ensuring a safe and ordered work environment
• Overseeing/reviewing test work of others

What we're looking for...

• Top grades in an engineering qualification
• At least 3 years’ experience in a similar role
• Outstanding attention to detail
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with experience of reporting
• Strong organisational and time management skills
• High computer literacy
• Ability to work flexibly within a dynamic, multidisciplinary team

Desirable, but not essential...

• Experience within medical device development
• Experience working to ISO 13485 and ISO 14971
• Experience working within a consulting environment

Date posted: 25 November 2021

Interested? Email your CV and covering letter to careers@cruxproductdesign.com

For our privacy notice please see the following link: https://cruxuk.page.link/UGAJ

To access our equal opportunities policy please follow this link: Crux Equal Opportunities Policy

We’re on the lookout for exceptionally talented Electronic Design Engineers, Mechatronics engineers, Robotics engineers or Embedded Software Engineers with prior experience developing products within established regulatory or quality management frameworks. If you’re interested in working on multidisciplinary design projects, tackling some of the toughest briefs in the medical, surgical and consumer goods sectors then we want to hear from you!

Why You’ll Love Working at Crux: 

The role is all about fast-paced innovation and prototyping. You will have the opportunity to see your ideas grow from a blank sheet of paper into polished prototypes and beyond into mass production. 

If you’re interested in working on multidisciplinary design projects, tackling some of the toughest briefs in the medical and consumer goods sectors then we want to hear from you.

What You’ll Be Doing: 

• Design exciting new products in a variety of market sectors
• See your ideas grow from a blank sheet of paper into polished prototypes and beyond into mass production
• Draw schematics and layout PCBs to meet design requirements 
• Write, test and debug firmware for a range of microcontrollers
• Hands on prototyping and assembly, including solder pasting, hand placing components, and reflowing your PCB
• Identify and evaluate the suitability of components through experimentation and testing
• Collect data in our lab to verify your designs and support decisions
• Present your ideas and discuss your design directly with clients

What We Can Offer You: 

• Rapid career development within one of the UKs leading design consultancies.
• Continual professional development provided through external & internal training.
• Monthly company social events, we’ve kept the company spirit alive though lockdown.
• BUPA, company group plan - salary deduction
• Death in Service Insurance (up to 3x salary)
• Personal Accident Insurance
• Bike to work scheme + British Cycling membership

What we're looking for:

Essential:

• An excellent degree in engineering, with a focus on Electronics or similar specialisms
• High technical literacy across software and electronics
• Good knowledge of electronic circuit design & capture
• Proactive and inquisitive, you enjoy problem solving
• An appreciation of the full product development lifecycle
• Able to work cooperatively and dependably as part of a team
• Being prepared to take initiative and apply knowledge and expertise independently
• Great attention to detail

Desirable:

• Experience of working within medical regulatory frameworks (ISO 13485, IEC 60601 etc.)
• Industrial experience in engineering and product development of medical devices
• Good knowledge of embedded firmware design (C/C++)
• Good knowledge of Android/iOS app development
• Excellent presentation and interpersonal communication skills
• Aims to develop technical and leadership skills

Qualifications

• 1st or high 2:1 degree from a prestigious university
• Strong and relevant A-Level grades

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age. We believe that one of the benefits of being a smaller business is the ability to accommodate the needs of our employees, enabling us to welcome people from a wide range of personal and professional backgrounds onto the team.

Date posted: 25 November 2021

Interested? Email your CV and covering letter to careers@cruxproductdesign.com referencing 'Electronics Engineer' in the email subject.

For our privacy notice please see the following link: https://cruxuk.page.link/UGAJ

To access our equal opportunities policy please follow this link: Crux Equal Opportunities Policy

Crux Product Design is an ambitious, growing consultancy looking for a talented Test Engineer to join our team in Bristol. This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to further their career and work on some of the world’s most exciting product development projects.

In this role, you will work with our multi-disciplinary design and engineering teams to support the lab-based test & verification activities critical to the success of our world-class development programs. This will involve reporting to all levels of the business internally and externally to client teams where needed.

This is a key position of responsibility and your success in this role will be central to the success of the company. We need a meticulous, organised, and delivery focused individual with the drive and enthusiasm to deliver in a fast-paced and supportive team environment.

About Crux...

Crux is a dynamic engineering and product development consultancy that takes pride in its outstanding work and a warm and supportive workplace environment. Working as a trusted partner to pharmaceutical companies and household brand names, our projects deliver a vast array of products to global markets. Collaboration between people in all areas of our business is key to our success, so open and friendly multi-way communication is encouraged at all levels.

Principal Responsibilities...

• Formal product/device testing in a controlled environment
• Development of test methods and formal protocols
• Protocol generation & review
• Data processing
• Test reporting and review
• Training Crux staff on how to operate equipment and generating instruction documents
• Risk assessment preparation and sign-off
• High quality photography of test setup and results
• High quality video capture of test setup and results
• Assisting with the building of test rigs and hardware
• You are expected to work alongside the design and engineering team and have the ability to communicate the value of your work confidently and authoritatively to internal teams and client teams
• Working with the project management team to plan lab access and resource schedules
• Ensuring a safe and ordered work environment
• Developing test/working/operating methods for equipment & workflow
• Identifying and meeting with equipment suppliers for new purchases
• Overseeing/reviewing test work of others
• Lab and workshop tours to clients/visitors

Skills We're Looking For...

• A 1st or 2:1 degree in an engineering or another relevant discipline
• Up to 2 years’ experience in a relevant field
• Strong organisational and time management skills with experience of reporting
• Highly computer literate
• Ability to communicate ideas and work flexibly within a dynamic, multidisciplinary team
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills – articulate and diplomatic manner
• Excellent presentation and interpersonal communication skills

Desirable, But Not Essential...

• Experience within medical device development
• Labview, Matlab and Simulink all desirable
• Experience working to ISO 13485 and ISO 14971
• Experience working within a consulting environment

Date posted: 25 November 2021

Interested? Email your CV and covering letter to careers@cruxproductdesign.com

For our privacy notice please see the following link: https://cruxuk.page.link/UGAJ

To access our equal opportunities policy please follow this link: Crux Equal Opportunities Policy

Crux Product Design is an ambitious, growing consultancy in Bristol looking for an enthusiastic candidate to join the Operations team as our “Front of House” Office Assistant and to fulfil a diverse range of responsibilities supporting the wider team.  This is an exciting opportunity for someone with a few years of office administration or customer service experience looking to further their career.

In this full time role, you will be managing the front of house experience for our clients and visitors, providing a friendly, welcoming and professional first impression for our business, managing incoming calls and handling incoming/outgoing deliveries. Helping the team with general administrative duties will also make up a large part of the role including managing office supplies and assisting with ad hoc tasks.

On occasion, you will also be required to assist with the logistics and running of user research and human factor studies as part of our design and development projects.

About Crux...
Crux is a global design consultancy that takes pride in its outstanding work and a warm and supportive workplace environment. Working as a trusted partner to medical, pharma companies and leading FMCG brands, our projects deliver a vast array of products to global markets. Collaboration between people in all areas of our business is key to our success, so open and friendly communication is encouraged at all levels.

What we are looking for…

We are looking for someone who is professional, reliable, pro-active and positive. You must be able to multi-task, effectively prioritise your workload and be highly organised. The successful applicant will have a friendly and accommodating manner and find it easy to build rapport with clients and colleagues. They will also live out Crux’s company values showing Integrity, Ingenuity and being Invested in everything they do.

Principal responsibilities...

• Greeting visitors, being professional and friendly (client/visitor experience)
• Building a rapport with regular visitors and clients
• Arranging meetings and ordering catering as required
• Answering the telephone, transferring calls and taking accurate messages
• Sorting and distributing incoming mail
• Arranging outgoing mail and parcel delivery
• Providing flexible support to a dynamic team to help ensure smooth running of the office
• Ensuring office and studio supplies are maintained
• Complete simple maintenance tasks eg coffee machine
• Ad hoc. research
• Assisting in the arrangement and scheduling of building maintenance
• Support the arrangement of human factor research schedules and documentation and participant visitors
• Ad-hoc cleaning and tidying in client facing areas to maintain high standards

What we're looking for...

• Minimum 2 years general office administration, reception or customer service experience
• 5+ GCSEs grade 9-6 (A-C)
• Experience using Microsoft applications, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams
• Enthusiastic, friendly and professional manner
• Great customer service skills, remaining approachable and calm at all times
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Confident to use own initiative and ability to juggle priorities
• Quick learner and an appetite to pick up new skills and technologies
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Adaptable problem solver with a “can do” attitude

Desirable, but not essential...

• Experience of SAP ByDesign or other ERP systems would be advantageous
• Experience working with ISO 9001 and/or ISO 13485 Quality Management Systems
• Experience working within a consulting environment

Date posted: 25 November 2021

Interested? Email your CV and covering letter to careers@cruxproductdesign.com. Please put 'Front of House Office Assistant' in the subject header.

For our privacy notice please see the following link: https://cruxuk.page.link/UGAJ

To access our equal opportunities policy please follow this link: Crux Equal Opportunities Policy

Crux Product Design is an ambitious, growing consultancy looking for a new member to join our Finance team in Bristol.

In this role, reporting to our Financial Controller, you will support in providing the business with accurate and up to date financial information.  On any given day you could be invoicing, budgeting, managing transactions, preparing reports, completing bank reconciliations or investigating potential system improvements.

We are looking for a flexible team player who is great at solving problems.

About Crux...

Crux is a dynamic engineering and product development consultancy that takes pride in its outstanding work and a warm and supportive workplace environment. Working as a trusted partner to pharmaceutical companies and household brand names, our projects deliver a vast array of products to global markets. Collaboration between people in all areas of our business is key to our success, so open and friendly multi-way communication is encouraged at all levels.

Your day-to-day duties and responsibilities may include any of the following:

• Updating and reconciling financial ledgers
• Assisting with the preparation of annual budgets
• Researching and resolving discrepancies in a timely fashion
• Preparing financial documents such as purchase orders and sales invoices
• Maintenance of fixed asset register and monthly depreciation
• Completion of month end accruals and prepayments
• Reconciliations and reporting
• Review of ledgers for correctness of coding
• Review and preparation of quarterly VAT returns
• Financial forecasting
• Collation of information to support R and D taxation claims
• Assisting the Financial Controller with any further ad-hoc requirements of the business

What we are looking for…

• Fully qualified accountant
• Experience in the professional services sector
• Analytical, able to solve problems and make complex financial information comprehensible
• Proficient with Excel including current formula functions
• Energetic, motivated, and able to use their own initiative
• Able to pick up new processes and gain a good understanding at speed
• Outstanding attention to detail
• Organised and able to prioritise workload to meet deadlines
• Excellent with your communication skills
• Flexible with a positive attitude
• Able to work independently

Desirable, but not essential….

• Prior use of SAP Business ByDesign or other ERP software would also be beneficial.

Date posted: 25 November 2021

Interested? Email your CV and covering letter to careers@cruxproductdesign.com. Please put 'Assistant Accountant' in the subject header.

For our privacy notice please see the following link: https://cruxuk.page.link/UGAJ

To access our equal opportunities policy please follow this link: Crux Equal Opportunities Policy