Are you looking for the opportunity to lead, grow and develop a design office within a successful heavy engineering industry?

Ford & Stanley - The Rail Recruitment Experts are recruiting a Design Team Leader / Lead Engineer to join the Technical Department of a large Mechanical Engineering firm.

The Opportunity

The Design Team Leader will be responsible for the line management of the design office team and will have responsibility for all technical aspects of the turnkey projects that the company carries out. An excellent opportunity for an ambitious senior design engineer to demonstrate both their technical skills to lead a small but skilled team of engineers and, in time, to progress to Design Manager with additional management responsibilities.

Salary: £40k-£50k P.A subject to qualifications and experience.

Benefits

• 33 days holiday per year (25 +8)
• Sick pay - full salary for 12 weeks
• Pension Scheme
• Life Insurance - whilst in the employment of the business
• Contributory Health Scheme

Role and Responsibilities:

• Line management of the design team
• Together with Technical and Commercial Manager identify where additional resources are required to meet the demands of the business and recruit new members of staff as required.
• Allocation of engineering resource to projects in discussion with the Engineering Project Manager
• Responsible for CAD/CAE systems.
• Responsibility for all technical aspects of project delivery, ensuring that all work complies with applicable regulatory requirements, standards, codes of practice and internal procedures.
• Supervise the work of the design team, ensuring technical specification is achieved in line with project budgets.
• Ensure that all necessary design reviews, risk assessments etc. are conducted and documented in line with project requirements.
• Ensure that all necessary technical documentation is produced and is of a satisfactory standard, e.g. O&M manuals.
• Provide technical support for the planning and execution of site activities.
• Provide technical input and design hours for tenders for turnkey projects and produce tender documents as required.
• Identify areas where the performance of the design function can be improved, for example by improving procedures and working methods.

The Candidate

The successful candidate will be a time served Mechanical Design Engineer. They will be looking for a career move that will give them the opportunity to progress with a successful growing company.

Essentials

• Formal qualification in Mechanical Engineering, preferably to degree standard
• Substantial experience of the design of machinery and equipment for the heavy/medium engineering sectors e.g. metals processing, mechanical handling, construction, oil and gas, subsea, lifting equipment.
• Experience of carrying out design verification using engineering calculations and FEA
• A sound understanding of equipment manufacture including fabrication, machining and assembly.
• Ability to assess different engineering solutions and to determine the most cost effective approach to meeting requirements.
• Ability to effectively lead a team of engineers.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and able to work effectively with other managers.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Full UK driving license.

Desirable

• Chartered Engineer or working towards becoming chartered.
• Knowledge and experience of hydraulic and pneumatic systems and automation/control systems.