Shape the future of environmental monitoring as a Principal Mechanical Design Engineer/Lead.
This company designs and manufactures environmental monitoring equipment, used for research and pollution monitoring in water across various industries, such as green shipping, marine science, agriculture and defence.
You will be responsible for allocating and undertaking engineering work across the entire project lifecycle. You will help to develop new business opportunities. You will also support a small team.
Responsibilities:
- Design authority for all electronic, software and mechanical design activities.
- Support the Director of Engineering in management of design and development projects by undertaking some project management tasks as well as bid and business development work.
- Assign tasks to the Mechanical Design team, set project goals, negotiating with vendors and clients, ensuring projects stay within time and budgetary restraints. Mentor the team.
Requirements:
- A degree in Mechanical Engineering (2.1 or higher) or equivalent with experience working as a mechanical design engineer in a high technology engineering environment.
- A sound understanding of engineering disciplines (mechanical, electronic, and software understanding) with expertise in mechanical design.
- Project management skills – an ability to plan and allocate budgets and resources.
- Experience of developing and leading a design team.
Overview:
- Principal Mechanical Design Engineer
- Salary: £50,000–£75,000
- Location: Yateley, Hampshire
- Hybrid Working After 3 Month Probation (3 Days in Office, 2 Remote)
Key Words:
Mechanical design, mechanical engineering, project management, team leadership
Due to the nature of work undertaken at our client's site, incumbents of these positions are required to meet special nationality rules and therefore these vacancies are
only open to British Citizens
- Applicants who meet this criteria will also be required to undergo security clearance vetting, if not already security cleared to a minimum SC level.
Electus Recruitment Solutions provides specialist engineering and technical recruitment solutions to a number of high technology industries. We thank you for your interest in this vacancy. If you don't hear from us within 7 working days please presume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. You are of course free to resubmit your CV/details in the future and we shall assess your suitability at that time.
This is a permanent position.