Head of Mechanical Design

Head of Mechanical Design

West Yorkshire

£75,000-£80,000 base salary + benefits

The Company

Our client designs and manufactures large capital goods for the process industry. Producing purely bespoke designs, they offer a one-of-a-kind product that matches client specifications exactly. The business generates £25 million revenue and are trusted by their customers due to their 98% product efficiency.

The company has been operating for over 100 years and now has over 150-person headcount. Over the last 3 years they have seen almost 40% revenue growth, and have invested into training and developing their team, both through internal and external training providers.

The Role

The role of Head of Mechanical Design will involve leading a team of Mechanical Design Managers and Engineers responsible for project-style design work. Leading a 4-person Design Management team and 9 Engineers, you will ensure the team keep to agreed timescales and are of the highest possible quality. You will:

Lead the design team, ensuring competency and providing training, development, and day-to-day management
Keep design projects to timescales, quality, and conformity requirements, signing off on designs and drawings before issue
Creating business cases for non-contract product modifications
Working cross-collaboratively with applications, project, sales, scheduling, and engineering teams
Ensuring information from the customer is con...