Lead Design Engineer: Special Purpose Machinery (Hybrid)

White Label Recruitment Ltd; Wakefield; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Pension (company contribution)

Dental and health support

Flexible, hybrid working

Job summary

White Label is seeking a Principal Design Engineer in Wakefield to lead technical delivery of Special Purpose Machinery and industrial automation projects. You will shape concepts with sales, guide a team of engineers, and ensure designs meet safety, manufacturability and performance requirements.

The role involves taking projects from initial concept through detailed design to build support, with a strong emphasis on leadership and commercial awareness.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in Special Purpose Machinery, industrial automation, or similar environment.
• Proven track record from concept to build on machinery/engineered systems.
• Strong mechanical engineering knowledge incl. materials, tolerancing, manufacturing methods.
• Experience leading design reviews and coordinating engineers.

Responsibilities

• Act as Technical Lead from concept through design release, build, and FAT support.
• Collaborate with sales to shape commercially viable engineering concepts.
• Produce and review concept layouts and detailed mechanical designs in Inventor.
• Lead Design Engineers and coordinate input from Controls and other disciplines.
• Ensure mechanical design approvals and technical integrity of solutions.
• Lead design reviews, identify risks early, ensure safety, manufacturability and maintainability.
• Apply machinery safety standards and support risk assessments.
• Estimate engineering hours and support project costing.
• Assist Build and Controls teams with design queries and changes.
• Coach and develop other Design Engineers.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Concept design

3D CAD

Risk assessment

Vendor liaison

Tools

Autodesk Inventor

Autodesk Vault

Job description

White Label is seeking a Principal Design Engineer in Wakefield to lead technical delivery of Special Purpose Machinery and industrial automation projects. You will shape concepts with sales, guide a team of engineers, and ensure designs meet safety, manufacturability and performance requirements.

The role involves taking projects from initial concept through detailed design to build support, with a strong emphasis on leadership and commercial awareness.