Mechanical Design Team Leader

Mechanical Design Team Leader – North Yorkshire – Precision Engineering - Special Purpose Machinery – £60-70k DOE – hybrid working once up and running

+++Highlights – extremely varied work, company is an OEM that’s developing “first of their kind machines”, innovation driven, well-established department, international group, rapidly growing company, full order book+++

Samuel Frank is recruiting for a Mechanical Design Team Leader to join a successful, bespoke, special purpose machine manufacturer based in North Yorkshire.

Key aspects of the Mechanical Design Team Leader role include;

• Skills are likely to have been through developing automation or special purpose machines for the world market, experience of designing CE compliant systems in any of the following; pharmaceutical, healthcare, consumer goods or clean energy industries.
• Successful Mechanical Design Team Leader will work with senior management team to provide technical risk mitigation plans
• Plan projects, schedule and allocate work packets to Mechanical Design Engineers
• Provide a high level of commercial awareness to ensure design solutions are delivered in a cost-effective manner & design changes are managed in accordance with standard operation procedures
• Able to provide clear technical instruction to Mechanical Design Engineers
• Ability to manage priorities for all stakeholders and provide clear reporting
• Competent in technical aspects of Mechanical Design and ideally development of special purpose machinery
• Experience of working within a multi–skilled environment (i.e. knowledge of mechanical, pneumatic and electrical components)
• The company is big on innovation and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible and they’re also the embodiment of the phrase “bespoke”, they design special purpose machinery for a range of different sectors and applications from scratch.

The company’s premises are commutable from the following locations Leeds, Selby, Wetherby, Harrogate, Ripon, York, Pontefract, Doncaster, Hull / East Yorkshire and Wakefield. 

If this sounds like it could be you’re an experience Mechanical Design Team Leader, please hit apply and we can arrange a convenient time to talk it through.