Salary Completely Negotiable depending on experience + Flexible Working + 25 days Holiday + Bank Holidays + Other Benefits.
This is a great opportunity to work for an award winning global business where you will have the opportunity to develop a worthwhile career.
The company are experiencing significant growth and this will create genuine career development opportunities to grow in the role and develop yourself individually.
Responsible for:
- The Engineering Lead will oversee both the Mechanical Design and Electrical & Controls teams
- Direct hands-on involvement in mechanical design activities while ensuring effective management of sustaining engineering efforts to improve and maintain existing product designs.
- Ensuring configuration control of Engineering Design Data, maintaining a quality output integrated into other factory systems.
Job Purpose:
The Engineering Lead is responsible for leading the sustaining engineering function, ensuring continuous improvement, maintenance, and support of existing designs. The role involves direct hands-on mechanical design work while managing design changes, solving technical challenges, and optimising the performance and manufacturability of the product portfolio. The position also requires mentoring and coordinating cross-functional teams to achieve engineering and operational goals.
Key Relationships:
External: Customers, Suppliers & Vendors, Regulatory Bodies
Internal: Engineering Team incl. Installation & Commissioning Engineers, Sales/After Sales Support, and Operations Personnel.
Budget Responsibility:
The role involves designing cost-effective mechanical, electrical and control systems while adhering to the financial constraints of each project.
Main Responsibilities:
- Lead and manage the sustaining engineering function, overseeing both mechanical and electrical/control design teams.
- Directly participate in hands-on mechanical design tasks, including the development and modification of components and systems.
- Create detailed mechanical designs using CAD software (e.g., SolidWorks) and conduct performance evaluations through engineering calculations and simulations.
- Ensure ongoing support for existing product lines by addressing design updates, modifications, and quality improvements.
- Develop and implement processes to track and manage design changes, ensuring compliance with regulatory and industry standards.
- Drive root cause analysis for recurring product issues, working cross-functionally to implement solutions.
- Lead initiatives to improve product reliability, performance, and manufacturability, ensuring design-for-manufacture (DFM) principles are integrated.
- Collaborate with manufacturing, and installation teams to gather feedback and implement design modifications based on real-world performance data.
- Provide technical leadership and mentoring to engineers across both teams, fostering innovation and professional growth.
- Support cost-reduction initiatives by identifying opportunities for design optimisation and material efficiency.
- Manage the preparation and approval of engineering documentation, including design changes, BOM updates, and technical reports.
Qualifications & Experience:
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering (or a related field).
- Experience in mechanical design, including hands-on work in a leadership role within sustaining engineering or a similar function.
- Expertise in mechanical design principles, CAD software (e.g., SolidWorks), and simulation tools (e.g., FEA).
- Knowledge of electrical design principles, with experience working alongside electrical engineering teams.
- Knowledge of industry standards
- Experience with tools and processes for managing design changes.
- Proven track record of improving product reliability and performance through design changes and engineering solutions.
- Excellent project management and communication skills, with the ability to lead cross-functional teams.
Salary Completely Negotiable depending on experience + Flexible Working + 25 days Holiday + Bank Holidays + Other Benefits.
This is a great opportunity to work for an award winning global business where you will have the opportunity to develop a worthwhile career.