Mechanical Engineering Team Lead

Systems Engineering & Assessment Ltd; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 56,000 - 68,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Work life balance

Hybrid/flexible working arrangements

25 days' annual leave

Up to 16 days flexi leave accrual

Half day Fridays

Reservists in the Armed Forces receive

Family & wellbeing

Private medical health insurance & EMP

Group Pension Plan of up to 7%

Cycle to work scheme

Wellbeing Centre

Sports & Social activities

Employee Discounts portal - online and

Life assurance policy

Publication and recruitment bonus

LinkedIn learning

Facilities & resources

Job summary

Systems Engineering & Assessment Ltd is seeking a Mechanical Engineering Team Lead to supervise mechanical activities, manage a team of specialists, and ensure design, testing, manufacturing and in-service support meet quality and schedule targets.

You will lead technical direction, perform GD&T tolerance studies, prepare design and test specifications, and work with BS8888 standards. The role is based at our Barnstaple site with hybrid working, minimum 2 days on site.

Qualifications

• Lead mechanical activities and provide leadership to a team of specialists.
• Oversee design, testing, manufacturing and in-service support for mechanical hardware.
• Support tasking, risk management and progress reporting to meet milestones.

Responsibilities

• Clear communication within the project team and with stakeholders.
• Provide technical direction to ensure on-time, on-cost, on-quality delivery.
• Line management including development discussions and regular 1:1s.

Skills

Leadership

Mechanical engineering

GD&T

Risk management

Job description

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.

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.

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.

Have?a look at?the 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 the?Armed?Forces 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

Join us and be part of something smaller - with?500?people in the UK and Canada - doing something bigger:

protecting what matters.