Mechanical Engineering Team Lead

Job Title – Mechanical Engineering Team Lead

Job Location – Tewkesbury, UK

Job ID – 9492

About this opportunity and L3Harris UK

From 12 UK sites, our team of over 1,400 people deliver unique capabilities across air, land, sea, space and cyber for military, security and commercial customers, worldwide.

L3Harris in Tewkesbury and Fleet are part of our ICI division, we work closely with UK Government and Security Agencies primarily in the areas of crypto/cyber security, electronic warfare, counter drone capabilities and situation awareness projects.

We are looking for an experienced mechanical engineer to lead a team developing mechanical enclosures for innovative products in fields including Electronic Warfare and Data Encryption. You will use CAD techniques to produce functional and cost-effective designs, taking the product from concept through to production and beyond.

You will use your knowledge and experience to contribute directly to projects while guiding and developing the capabilities of the mechanical design team. You will work as part of a multi-discipline team, communicating with other functions as well as external parties (such as customers or vendors) as necessary.

A few of our employee benefits are:

• Half day finish on a Friday
• 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days
• Private medical insurance with optional family cover
• Pension scheme of up to 7% employer contribution
• Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x)
• Group income protection
• Flexible opt-in extras such as a health care cash plan, dental insurance, gym membership, critical illness cover and cycle to work scheme
• Employee assistance program providing mental health and wellbeing support
• Professional registration with the IET

What the role will involve

The responsibilities of your role will include the following:

• Leading, directing and reviewing the work of a team of mechanical engineers.
• Performance management for a small team of mechanical engineers, including goal setting, staff development and compensation planning.
• Coaching and mentoring of team members.
• Delivery of conceptual designs, detail designs, manufacturing specifications, operational documentation and validation evidence for Mechanical Engineering solutions in relation to defined requirements.
• Expedite the planning and execution of tasks in order to deliver specific agreed objectives on time; demonstrating control of cost and quality.
• Identifying and exploiting opportunities for cost savings, efficiency and business improvement.

What you’ll bring

The role of Mechanical Engineering Team Lead requires the following experience and skills:

• Demonstrable experience of Team Leadership, ideally as a line manager.
• Experience designing fabricated, machined, injection mould and die cast electronics enclosures for EMC.
• Familiar with the design of rugged electronics enclosures for harsh environments, including the use of structural and thermal analysis tools (Celsius EC, Ansys IcePak or similar).
• Experience in designing electronics cooling solutions.
• Experience of designing parts in all major material groups.
• Good understanding of configuration control processes using SAP, Aras PLM or similar.
• A minimum of 7+ years of industrial experience is preferred.

Important to know

Due to the nature of our work many our roles require a UK nationality and the ability to obtain a security clearance. Applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment must meet the requirement of right to work in the UK and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and will be subject to government security checks.

As an equal opportunities employer, L3Harris is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join L3Harris.

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