Project Design Engineer: Lead End-to-End Clean Air Solutions

Contained Air Solutions; Middleton; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Contained Air Solutions is seeking a Project Manager / Design Engineer to deliver customer projects from concept to completion. You’ll work with Contracts, Design, Production, Purchasing, Quality, Service and Installation, ensuring technical accuracy, planned delivery, and controlled costs.

The role offers growth into project management with full training and exposure to design reviews, supplier liaison, and documentation control in a specialist engineering environment.

Qualifications

• Degree or HND in mechanical engineering or closely related discipline.
• Working knowledge of 2D and 3D CAD/SolidWorks through education or project work.
• Ability to interpret technical drawings and apply engineering principles.

Responsibilities

• Support assigned projects from internal handover to final completion, working to agreed scope, programme, quality and cost requirements.
• Review customer orders, specifications, quotations, drawings and contractual requirements, escalating omissions, conflicts or risks promptly.
• Prepare and maintain project plans, action lists, design schedules, risk and issue logs, and progress reports.
• Coordinate information and actions across Design, Production, Purchasing, Quality, Testing, Service and Installation.
• Arrange and contribute to internal and customer project meetings, issue clear notes and follow up agreed actions.
• Monitor milestones, long-lead items, design approvals, manufacturing progress, testing, delivery and installation dates.
• Identify potential delays, cost increases, technical problems and changes to scope, and raise them with the responsible manager before they affect delivery.
• Support the management of variations by recording the reason, technical impact, programme impact and associated cost for approval.
• Maintain accurate project records, correspondence, approvals and close-out documentation within the company systems.
• Build professional working relationships with customers and suppliers, providing accurate updates within the limits of delegated authority.
• Producing and maintaining weekly project reports alongside the Design Engineer, ensuring reports are accurate, completed on time, and ready for issue to customers and Production.
• Produce and revise 2D and 3D designs, general arrangement drawings, component drawings, assemblies and supporting manufacturing information.
• Translate customer and project requirements into practical, safe and manufacturable designs, with guidance from experienced engineers where required.
• Prepare and maintain bills of materials, drawing registers, technical files and controlled design records.
• Check dimensions, interfaces, materials, tolerances and component selections before drawings are released for manufacture.
• Apply relevant company standards, design procedures, customer specifications and applicable regulatory or industry requirements.
• Participate in design reviews, risk assessments, design verification and problem-solving activities.
• Liaise with Production and suppliers to resolve manufacturing queries and improve ease of manufacture, assembly, testing, maintenance and installation.
• Support testing and factory acceptance activities, including the investigation and correction of technical issues.
• Incorporate approved changes accurately and ensure final as-built information reflects the product supplied.
• Contribute to standardisation, continuous improvement, lessons learned and the development of reusable design solutions.

Skills

Mechanical engineering

Project management

CAD/SolidWorks

Documentation & records

Microsoft Office

Education

Degree or HND in mechanical engineering

Tools

Microsoft Project

ERP systems

Job description

Contained Air Solutions is seeking a Project Manager / Design Engineer to deliver customer projects from concept to completion. You’ll work with Contracts, Design, Production, Purchasing, Quality, Service and Installation, ensuring technical accuracy, planned delivery, and controlled costs.

The role offers growth into project management with full training and exposure to design reviews, supplier liaison, and documentation control in a specialist engineering environment.