Mechanical Engineering Team Lead

SEA Ltd; Barnstaple; Hybrid; GBP 56,000 - 68,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

25 days annual leave

Private medical insurance

Pension plan

Onsite facilities

Job summary

SEA Ltd in Barnstaple seeks a Mechanical Engineering Team Lead to guide mechanical design, analysis and manufacturing support for military and commercial hardware. You’ll lead a small team, prioritise tasks, and ensure technical quality across the project.

The role requires collaboration with project stakeholders, on-site presence at least 2 days per week, and a salary up to £62k, reflecting experience and responsibilities in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Experience leading mechanical engineering teams.
• Strong background in mechanical design, testing and manufacturing support.
• Knowledge of GD&T and BS8888 standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead mechanical activities and prioritize tasks for a team of specialists.
• Ensure on-time, on-cost and on-quality delivery of mechanical solutions.
• Provide technical direction and risk management for projects.
• Produce design documentation, test specs and manufacturing data packs.
• Conduct regular 1:1s and develop team members.

Skills

Mechanical design

Leadership

GD&T

Job description

About The Role

Engineered to Protect, that’s our promise, we protect what matters - our nations, our waters, our land, our cities, our people, our environment, our world.

As Mechanical Engineering Team Lead you'll lead mechanical activities, ensuring effective task management and prioritization for a team of Mechanical specialists across a range of work of varying complexities. You'll play a critical role in ensuring the technical quality of design, testing, manufacturing and in-service support of mechanical hardware for commercial and military applications. You'll provide support and guidance to the wider project team on tasking, risk management, estimates and progress reporting to ensure that key project milestones are met.

This role is based at our Barnstaple site. This role allows for flexible working but requires a minimum of 2 days per week on site.

The salary for this role is up to £62k, depending on experience.

What you’ll be doing

• Ensure clear communication and collaboration within the Mechanical Engineering project team, other engineering functions and project stakeholders.
• Provide leadership and technical direction / task management to ensure delivery of mechanical engineering solutions on-time, on-cost and on-quality.
• Conduct mechanical engineering detailed design, analysis, tolerance studies (including GD&T) and generation of technical documentation (design specifications, test specifications etc) and manufacturing data packs (MDP) to relevant standards including BS8888.
• Support problem investigations and deliver effective solutions.
• Line management for your team, including development discussions and regular 1:1 meetings.

About our company

At SEA, we develop and deliver advanced solutions to make our world safer, cleaner and more efficient. We provide state-of-the-art applications for naval ship and fleet protection, and undersea surveillance systems. In-service across the globe, our systems deliver a rapid response to threats and system effectiveness and interoperation. Our systems support an ever-growing number of navies across the world, and we continue to bolster our already specialist, on-the-ground knowledge of key overseas markets.

What we offer

At our core, we encourage innovation, flexibility and out-of-the-box thinking to solve problems, so we’re always looking for talented, flexible, and creative people to bring their best to SEA. In return we offer generous rewards, a fantastic work/life balance, and excellent career and training opportunities for everyone who joins. Havea look atthe benefits we offer:

Work life balance

• Hybrid/flexible working arrangements
• 25 days’ annual leave, plus buy and sell
• Up to 16 days flexi leave accrual
• Half day Fridays
• Reservists in theArmedForces receive special paid leave

Family & wellbeing

• Private medical health insurance & Employee Assistance Program
• All Staff Bonus
• Group Pension Plan of up to 7% employer contribution
• Cycle to work scheme
• Wellbeing Centre
• Sports & Social activities
• Employee Discounts portal - online and in-store discounts, travel savings
• Life assurance policy
• Publication and recruitment bonus rewards
• Development opportunities, including LinkedIn learning

Facilities & resources

• Electric vehicle charging points at all sites
• Private seated lunch areas
• Onsite bistro (Barnstaple office) and free hot and cold beverages
• Onsite showers and toiletries provision
• Free onsite parkingViews

Join us and be part of something smaller - with500people in the UK and Canada - doing something bigger: protecting what matters.