Design team lead

Job Description

Design Team Lead


Here at KDC we require a Design Team Lead with the ability to perform a team lead role and a hands on mechanical design role within the Space sector across the following roles and responsibilities:


1. To lead and manage a team of Design Engineers in delivering design based work packages to time, cost and quality.
2. Creating and updating 3d models and 2d drawings
3. Organising and maintaining the 3d DMU working environment.
4. General dimensioning and tolerancing
5. Production and configuration of IRDs and ICDs.
6. Clash detection analysis and reporting
7. Creating mass and inertia analysis reports
8. Production of detailed design manufacturing drawings and assemblies following the applicable Design for Manufacture processes and guidelines to minimise cost.
9. Full adherence to Quality processes to perform check and validation against established check lists
10. Team competency and performance management including allocation of tasks to appropriate team members.
11. Manage and provide technical guidance to the team ensuring they perform the tasks assigned to them to the highest technical standard, in a timely manner and within the prescribed budget.
12. Point of contact to the customer Technical and Project team from task scoping, project launch and progression through to delivery.