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Design Manager (Mechanical Engineering)

£50,000 - £55,000 + Company Bonuses + Private Medical Insurance + 1 Day WFH + Training + Professional Development + Paid Sick Leave

Lichfield

Are you a mechanical design engineer, wanting to build on your heavy engineering design experience and progress into a leadership position, where you will receive tailored training to support your development and accelerate your career?

Do you want to work on technically challenging projects and become an expert name in your field, designing bespoke centrifugal machinery for an international client base, and play a pivotal role in the company's continued success within a Design Manager role?

On offer is the opportunity to join a well-established company with a great reputation and for both its services and relationships with employees, rewarding them with a generous twice-yearly bonus. Established over 40 years ago, they have recently taken on new contracts for international clients and are now looking for a Design Engineer to step into a Manager role, to help the company grow and keep up with demand.

You will be responsible for managing large centrifugal projects from concept to completion, liaising with clients to understand their needs and using CAD software to design or modify existing design to meet those needs. You will also be responsible for looking into design factors such as operational efficiency, material use and cost.

The Role

Managing the design process from concept to completion
Investigating all design factors such as function, materials and opertational efficiency
Preparing project engineering data such as BOMs
Overseeing the work of a small design teamThe Person

Mechanical Design Engineer or similar
Experience with heavy engineering design
Ideally any experience with machine automation, pneumatics and hydraulics
Looking to progress into management
Key Words: Design Engineer, Lead Design Engineer, Design Team Lead, Team Lead, Engineering, Mechanical Design, Product Design, AutoCAD, Inventor, Vault, Litchfield, Birmingham

Reference: BBBH13389

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