Design Manager - Mechanical
West Yorkshire
£75,000-£80,000 base salary + benefits
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 Mechanical Design Manager will involve leading a team of Mechanical Design Supervisors and Engineers responsible for project-style design work. Leading a 3-person supervisory 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 Mechanical Design Manager 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 Mechanical Design Manager role the following benefits are on offer:
* £75,000 - £80,000 base salary
* 25 days holiday + bank holidays
* 6% employer contribution / 4% employee contribution
* Flexible working structure
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