Technical Design Manager Location: On the edge of the stunning Lake District Hours: Full-time/37 hours per week, Mon-Fri Benefits: - Salary of up to £57,500 per annum - Flexible working arrangements including potential AM finish on Fridays - 24 days' holidays per year plus Public Holidays - Holiday buyback option - Profit share scheme - Regular social events - Ongoing professional development, free parking, bike storage and shower facilities Are you a highly competent engineer who enjoys developing new innovative products, problem solving, taking on responsibility and getting things done?
Have you the capability to lead and grow a multidisciplined technical team?
If so, this could be the ideal role for you!
The Role As the Technical Design Manager your responsibilities include: - Providing technical leadership, meeting customers and suppliers, balancing technical and commercial needs, and conducting product development reviews - Managing and ensuring LED Technology and associated product developments are delivered to specification, on-time, and on-budget.
This includes problem solving, managing departmental KPIs and the running and continuous improvement of design and prototype manufacturing processes - Working closely with manufacturing partners to ensure products are designed for cost-effective and efficient volume manufacture.
Periodic supplier and customer visits (foreign and domestic) will be required to ensure alignment between design and manufacture is maintained and improved - The line management of the technical team, capacity, and capability planning, supporting the recruitment process of technical roles and conducting regular employee performance reviews What our client is looking for in the successful candidate: - Highly experienced, ideally from within an electro-mechanical or electronics industry - Previous experience in a senior position, preferably in an SME, with line-management experience an advantage - A good degree in a relevant electro-mechanical or electronic engineering discipline - Experience of product development and extensive knowledge of design risk evaluation and mitigation techniques - Experience in full life cycle product development in both B2C and B2B - Well organised with good communication and presentation skills and the capability to develop good people management skills - Able to take on responsibility, work to tight deadlines, and put forward technical solutions Why Work for Our Client?
Our client is very good at designing, manufacturing, and delivering cutting edge LED solutions in a vast range of industries and markets.
But they're also really good at caring about the environment and their people.
They are looking for an enthusiastic Technical Design Manager to join their team, where they have a great working atmosphere with regular social events.
You'd be working for an award-winning business focused on innovative design, superior quality, and outstanding service.
To Apply Select the apply button and send your CV together with a covering letter explaining why you are the right person for this role.
Our client will hold a virtual interview with anyone they shortlist for the role to get to know you and give you the opportunity to get to know more about them too.
Final interviews will be held in their office.
Our client reserves the right to close the vacancy at any time, if it is deemed that there have been enough applications received.
No agencies please.
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Other organisations may call this role Electrical Design Manager, Senior Electrical Design Engineer, Electronics Design Manager, Electro-Mechanical Design Manager, Technical Project Manager, Product Design Manager, Solutions Design Manager, Design Engineering Manager, or Engineering Design Lead.