Senior Mechanical Design Team Lead

ALTEN; Herstal; Sur place; EUR 70 000 - 95 000; Plein temps

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Résumé du poste

ALTEN is seeking a Team Leader in Herstal, Belgium to guide a group of designers and engineers on client projects. You will manage daily technical direction, balance workloads, and ensure timely drawing releases.

The role also includes people management, mentoring, and driving team growth, with opportunities to shape the office structure and documentation. Fluency in English and French at B1/B2 is required, EU nationality mandatory.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree or strong design-office background.
• 7–12 years of experience in a mechanical design office.
• Experience leading a team: workload planning and reviews.
• Ability to check drawings: dimensioning and tolerancing.
• Background in a rigorous environment (defence/aerospace/medical/railway/automotive).
• French B1/B2 and English B1 minimum; EU nationality required.

Responsabilités

• Lead a team of 5 to 6 mechanical designers and engineers: daily technical steering and workload balance.
• Plan resources and workload, and hold the delivery dates on drawing release.
• Check drawing consistency and enforce dimensioning conventions across the team output.
• Carry the people-management duties: annual reviews, recruitment interviews, talent reviews.
• Develop your team technically — teach, mentor and raise the level of junior designers.
• Contribute to the restructuring of the office into product cells and to documentation recovery.

Connaissances

Team leadership

Mechanical design

Resource planning

Drawing release

Mentoring

Recruitment interviews

Formation

Engineering degree

Outils

CATIA

AutoCAD

Description du poste

ALTEN is seeking a Team Leader in Herstal, Belgium to guide a group of designers and engineers on client projects. You will manage daily technical direction, balance workloads, and ensure timely drawing releases.

The role also includes people management, mentoring, and driving team growth, with opportunities to shape the office structure and documentation. Fluency in English and French at B1/B2 is required, EU nationality mandatory.