Senior Design & Product Engineering Leader — Car Allowance

Jonathan Lee Group; St Michael's on Wyre; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Relocation assistance

Benefits package

Job summary

Jonathan Lee Group seeks a Head of Design & Product Engineering to lead a combined design and engineering function in a Lancashire-based manufacturing site. You will steer resource, governance, and compliance while delivering production-ready designs.

The role emphasizes leadership, hands-on engineering oversight, and the ability to translate requirements into reliable, safe products and processes. Relocation assistance is provided where needed.

Qualifications

• A degree, HND/HNC, or equivalent experience in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Product Design or related engineering discipline.
• Extensive experience in sheet metal fabrication, structural steel, or capital equipment manufacture.
• Proven track record leading engineers within a Design or Engineering function.
• Strong ability to review calculations, structural assumptions and FEA outputs.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the design and product engineering function with clear accountability.
• Manage departmental workload and balance delivery with roadmap investments.
• Oversee the technical checking and approval framework for significant decisions.
• Drive production design excellence with timely drawings, BOMs and manufacturing information.
• Lead product development from specification through prototype, verification and production release.
• Translate regulatory and customer requirements into compliant engineering outputs.

Skills

Leadership

Design engineering

3D CAD

Autodesk Inventor

Regulatory compliance

Product development

Education

Degree or HND/HNC (Mechanical/Manufacturing/PD)

Tools

Autodesk Inventor

Autodesk Vault

Job description

Jonathan Lee Group seeks a Head of Design & Product Engineering to lead a combined design and engineering function in a Lancashire-based manufacturing site. You will steer resource, governance, and compliance while delivering production-ready designs.

The role emphasizes leadership, hands-on engineering oversight, and the ability to translate requirements into reliable, safe products and processes. Relocation assistance is provided where needed.