Design Manager

Wallace Hind Selection LTD; Northampton; On-site; GBP 59,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Bonus

Salary Sacrifice for Electric Car

Job summary

Wallace Hind Selection LTD is seeking an experienced Mechanical Engineering Design Manager to lead the in-house design team for turnkey packaging machinery. The role combines management of a 5-person drawing office with hands-on design, ensuring on-time delivery, KPI achievement, drawings and BOMs. You will liaise across electrical, software & controls, and manufacturing teams to optimise capital equipment projects.

Qualifications

• Experience as Design Manager or Drawing Office Manager required.
• Experience with special purpose machinery or packaging machinery.
• Qualified mechanical engineer (HNC or higher).
• Proficient in SolidWorks or AutoCAD.

Responsibilities

• Manage the mechanical design function and a team of engineers.
• Split time 50% management, 50% hands-on design work.
• Meet delivery times and KPIs for new machines, upgrades and spare parts.
• Create drawings, BOMs and spare parts lists.
• Coordinate with Electrical, Software & Controls and manufacturing teams.

Skills

Team leadership

Hands-on design

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.