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Head of Mechanical Design
West Yorkshire
The Company
Our client designs and manufactures large capital goods for the process industry. Producing purely bespoke designs, they offer a one-of-a-kind product that matches client specifications exactly. The business generates £25 million revenue and are trusted by their customers due to their 98% product efficiency.
The company has been operating for over 100 years and now has over 150-person headcount. Over the last 3 years they have seen almost 40% revenue growth, and have invested into training and developing their team, both through internal and external training providers.
The Role
The role of Head of Mechanical Design will involve leading a team of Mechanical Design Managers and Engineers responsible for project-style design work. Leading a 4-person Design Management team and 9 Engineers, you will ensure the team keep to agreed timescales and are of the highest possible quality. You will:
 * Lead the design team, ensuring competency and providing training, development, and day-to-day management
 * Keep design projects to timescales, quality, and conformity requirements, signing off on designs and drawings before issue
 * Creating business cases for non-contract product modifications
 * Working cross-collaboratively with applications, project, sales, scheduling, and engineering teams
 * Ensuring information from the customer is converted into conceptual design layouts & instructions
The Candidate
To be successful in your application for this Head of Mechanical Design role you will need:
 * Proven ability to lead teams of design engineers
 * Experience producing 3D mechanical designs of heavy industrial equipment
 * Familiarity with concepts such as thermofluids, stress analysis, and pressure drop calculations.
 * Flexibility to work between projects depending on scale and customer demand
The Benefits
For this Head of Mechanical Design role the following benefits are on offer:
 * 25 days holiday + bank holidays
 * 6% employer contribution / 4% employee contribution
If you’re interested please apply online, send your CV to lauren.woolley@ata-search.co.uk or give me a call on 07773 207 097
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Seniority level
Director
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Design and Engineering
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