Full job description Our client is a well-established, market-leading engineering company with over 56 years of experience designing, manufacturing and installing control solutions across the UK and Europe.
With offices in Hertford and extensive manufacturing facilities in Thetford, they pride ourselves on delivering consistently high standards of service and technical excellence. As a family-owned business, they also recognise that our people are central to our continued success and growth.
The Opportunity
They have an excellent opportunity for an experienced Design Manager from a similar or larger organisation who is looking to use their expertise to shape, lead and improve design operations within a growing business.
Reporting directly to the Head of Projects, you will lead two drawing offices:
Hertford - front-end and concept design
Thetford - fabrication and manufacturing design
You will split your time between both sites, providing strong leadership, improving processes and ensuring high-quality right-first-time design output.
You will be a confident, hands-on Design Manager with strong leadership skills and a practical engineering background.
Key Responsibilities
Lead and develop the Hertford and Thetford drawing offices (currently 9 team members)
Streamline processes between both offices, including the introduction and implementation of 3D CAD software
Work closely with production teams to improve efficiency and manufacturability
Establish, maintain and enforce high standards of drawing practice
Implement and manage a robust drawing checking and approval system
Build and maintain a comprehensive library of standard design details
Plan, allocate, and manage drawing workloads to meet customer and internal deadlines
Facilitate lessons-learned reviews to drive continuous improvement
Organise and lead design review meetings with internal and external stakeholders
Liaise closely with directors, senior leadership, customers and third parties to ensure designs meet acoustic performance, commercial requirements, health & safety standards, quality and installability and statutory and regulatory requirements
Provide full people leadership, including performance reviews and 1-to-1's, recruitment and onboarding, training and development, and discipline and goal setting
Produce and report monthly KPI's to the Head of Projects
Experience
Engineering experience in sheet metal fabrication
Experience designing products for the construction industry
Proficient in AutoCAD and Autodesk Inventor or Solidworks
Experience producing 2D drawings and co-ordinating designs with customers and third parties
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Desirable Experience
Experience using Autodesk Revit and RADAN 30
Experience conducting dimensional site surveys
Experience working with an ISO9001- accredited business
What They Offer
Company laptop and mobile phone
25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (3 days to be taken between Christmas and New Year
Private Health Insurance (after qualifying period)
Pension Scheme
Death in Service benefit
Training and continued professional development
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