Design Engineering Team Manager

Office Angels; Wellington; On-site; NZD 126,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Company pension scheme

Annual Company Bonus based on perfomrn

Cycle2Work scheme

Volunteering days (up to 2)

Enhanced Maternity/Paternity pay

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Death in service insurance (4 x salary

Job summary

Office Angels UK is recruiting an experienced Design Engineering Team Manager in Wellington to lead a multidisciplinary design engineering group. You will drive technical excellence, improve processes and deliver robust, manufacturable solutions across projects with strong collaboration across electronics, software and manufacturing teams.

The role emphasizes people leadership, resource planning and strategic capability development, with a focus on continuous improvement and best-practice

Qualifications

• Degree qualified in Engineering or equivalent industry experience.
• Significant experience in design engineering, product development, or high-technology manufacturing.
• Proven experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams with strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop the Design Engineering team to deliver high-quality solutions.
• Plan and allocate resources across projects, product development and improvements.
• Provide technical leadership and ensure designs are robust, manufacturable and compliant with standards.
• Drive continuous improvement and maintain design governance and documentation practices.

Skills

People leadership

Resource planning

Cross-functional collaboration

Engineering governance

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

Job Title: Design Engineering Team Manager

Location: Wellington, Somerset

Salary: £65,000 PA

Hours: 37.5 hours Monday to Friday

Benefit Package:

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Company pension scheme
• Annual Company Bonus based on performance
• Cycle2Work scheme
• Up to 2 days per year for volunteering
• Enhanced Maternity/Paternity pay
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Death in service insurance (4 x salary after probation)

The Company

A successful and growing technology-led manufacturing business that designs and supplies specialist products and solutions to a diverse range of industry sectors. Known for its focus on innovation, quality and customer service, the company offers a collaborative working environment and continues to invest in new technologies, people and processes to support its ongoing growth.

The Opportunity

An excellent opportunity for an experienced engineering leader to take ownership of a Design Engineering function, leading a team of engineers while driving technical excellence, continuous improvement, and effective project delivery.

The successful candidate will be responsible for developing team capability, overseeing engineering resources, maintaining design standards, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality engineering solutions that meet business, customer, and project requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, manage and develop the Design Engineering team through coaching, mentoring and performance management.
• Plan and allocate engineering resources across product development, customer projects and business improvement activities.
• Provide technical leadership and oversight of design activities, ensuring solutions are robust, manufacturable and fit for purpose.
• Establish and maintain engineering standards, design governance processes and documentation practices.
• Support recruitment, onboarding and the development of graduates and junior engineers.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance engineering efficiency, quality and repeatability.
• Promote effective knowledge sharing, documentation and best practice across the engineering function.
• Support the adoption of digital engineering tools and modern ways of working.
• Work closely with Electronics, Embedded, Software, Manufacturing, Quality and Product teams to ensure successful project delivery.
• Contribute to engineering strategy, product improvement initiatives and long-term capability development.

About You

We're looking for a confident engineering leader with strong people management skills and a proven background in design and product development within a technical engineering environment.

You will ideally have:

• Degree qualified in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Systems, Product Design or similar), or equivalent industry experience.
• Significant experience within design engineering, product development, industrial equipment, automated test systems, special purpose machinery, manufacturing, or a similar high-technology sector.
• Previous experience leading or managing engineers within a multidisciplinary engineering environment.
• Strong understanding of engineering design processes, design reviews, technical risk management and engineering governance.
• Experience producing and reviewing engineering documentation to support manufacture, testing and lifecycle support.
• Knowledge of design for manufacture, design for test, maintainability and configuration control principles.
• Strong resource planning, workload management and prioritisation skills.
• A proven track record of coaching, mentoring and developing engineering teams.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage stakeholders across engineering, production, commercial and operational functions.

The ideal candidate will be:

• A strong people leader who can motivate and develop teams.
• Pragmatic and delivery-focused with a hands-on approach.
• Organised, analytical and solutions-driven.
• Collaborative and able to build strong cross-functional relationships.
• Committed to continuous improvement and engineering excellence.

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