Design Manager

Wallace Hind Selection LTD; Loughton; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Bonus

Electric car salary sacrifice

Job summary

Wallace Hind Selection LTD is representing a British manufacturer of packaging machinery seeking an experienced Mechanical Engineering Design Manager or senior Design Engineer moving into management. Office-based role in Bedford with commutable options to MK, Northampton, Cambridge.

You will lead the drawing office, deliver designs on time, and liaise with cross-functional teams to ensure successful turnkey projects and spare parts support.

Qualifications

• Experienced Mechanical Engineering Design Manager or Drawing Office Manager.
• Experience with special purpose machinery and packaging machinery is preferred.
• Qualified Mechanical Engineer with a minimum of HNC level.

Responsibilities

• Manage the Mechanical Design Engineering function and a team of 5 designers.
• Split time 50/50 between management and hands-on design work.
• Ensure delivery times and KPIs for new machines, upgrades and parts; produce drawings, BOMs and spares lists.
• Collaborate with Electrical, Software & Controls and manufacturing teams.

Skills

Mechanical Design Manager experience

Leadership

Education

HNC in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

SolidWorks

AutoCAD

Job description

A fantastic opportunity for an experienced Mechanical Engineering Design Manager or a very experienced Mechanical Design Engineer looking for a move into management with a well established and profitable British manufacturer of packaging machinery.

BASIC SALARY: up to £65,000

BENEFITS:

• Annual Bonus
• Salary Sacrifice to purchase an Electric Car.

LOCATION: Office based in Bedford

COMMUTABLE LOCATIONS: Milton Keynes, Northampton, Cambridge, Huntingdon, St Neots, Biggleswade

JOB DESCRIPTION

Mechanical Engineering Design Manager, Mechanical Design Engineer, Drawing Office Manager - packaging machinery, turnkey capital equipment, industrial equipment

As our Design Manager, you will be managing the companies Mechanical Design Engineering function (Drawing Office) and a team of 5 Mechanical Design Engineers. You will spend 50% of your time managing and leading the team, and 50% as a hands on Design Engineer.

You will be expected to achieve agreed delivery times & KPI`s on new machines, upgrades & spare parts, to create drawings, BOM`s & spares lists and will be expected to liaise effectively with the Electrical Design, Software & Controls and manufacturing teams.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

• You WILL be an experienced Mechanical Engineering Design Manager (or Drawing Office Manager) or will be a very experienced Design Engineer looking to move into a management role.
• You WILL have specific experience of special purpose machinery and ideally of packaging machinery.
• You WILL be a qualified Mechanical Engineer to a minimum of HNC level.
• You WILL have experience of using SolidWorks &/or AutoCAD software.

THE COMPANY

A very well established and profitable British manufacturer of packaging machinery & turnkey lines supplying the food, chemical and pharmaceutical markets in the UK and worldwide.