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Salary: Up to £58,000 DOE

Location: Birmingham

Connect Group has partnered with a world-renowned manufacturer of weighing, packing, and inspection equipment. With a strong commitment to innovation and quality, they provide cutting-edge solutions that help businesses optimize their production processes.

This lead position involves directing a skilled design team to create and deliver diverse machinery, including standard, configured, and bespoke solutions. You'll play a critical role in collaborating across departments to ensure projects are delivered efficiently on budget, and to precise quality standards.

Job Responsibilities

* Plan, manage, and oversee design projects from start to finish, coordinating timelines and managing multiple high-priority tasks to ensure deadlines and budgets are met while maintaining high quality.

* Design detailed and complex systems with precision, performing advanced simulations and leading impactful design optimization projects with sustainability and cost in mind.

* You'll also utilize Design for Manufacture and Value Engineering techniques, ensuring designs and details adhere to ISO standards.

* Maintain comprehensive documentation of all design activities, prepare and present regular progress reports, and ensure proper filing and accessibility of technical documents.

* Work closely with production, software/electrical, quality, and aftersales departments, as well as external partners and suppliers, to ensure seamless integration of design efforts and problem-solving.

* Produce product/component designs, from concept through to manufacturing readiness, using a high-end 3D CAD package.

Skills Requires

* Qualification in HNC/HND in a technical area, preferably Mechanical Engineering.

* In-depth knowledge of design and manufacturing techniques.

* Proven experience in bespoke machine design, a successful track record of managing and delivering projects, and prior commissioning and site experience.

* Proficient use of SolidWorks, with the ability to utilize appropriate calculations and formulas to support design ideas.

Is this a role which could pique your interest? Please apply for the job or each out to me at (email address removed)