At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead a dynamic team in innovative design projects within the water and pumping industry.
- Company: Join a growing engineering team focused on impactful water solutions.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, generous holiday, pension, training, and employee perks.
- Other info: Exciting opportunities for career growth and professional development.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in engineering while developing your leadership skills.
- Qualifications: Mechanical engineering experience and strong leadership abilities required.
A growing engineering team within the water and pumping industry is looking for an experienced mechanical engineering professional to lead its design function.
You will lead a team of Design Specialists, Project Design Engineers and Setting Out & Surveying Engineers, taking projects from initial requirements through surveys, modelling, detailed design and construction documentation.
This could suit a Lead Engineer, Engineering Team Leader or experienced Mechanical Design Engineer with strong design capability, project planning and people leadership experience.
- What You Will Be Doing
- Lead a team across design, project design engineering, setting out and surveying activities.
- Plan and coordinate workloads, allocating the right people and resources across multiple projects.
- Review drawings and models before submission, ensuring they meet the client brief, regulatory requirements, internal standards and industry best practice.
- Oversee projects through site survey, concept development, site modelling, equipment modelling, detailed design and construction documentation.
- Create and maintain accurate 3D models of pumping applications.
- Produce and oversee construction drawings including plans, elevations, sections and technical details.
- Manage design changes, approvals, model control, Revit families, templates and design standards.
- Support, develop and motivate the team while monitoring workload, performance, quality and delivery standards. Skills & Experience Required
- Mechanical engineering experience within a design or project environment.
- Previous experience as a Lead Engineer, Engineering Team Leader, Design Team Leader or similar role.
- Strong leadership skills with experience guiding and allocating work across an engineering or design team.
- Strong design capability, ideally covering architectural and Mechanical Electrical Plumbing applications.
- Experience creating and managing Revit families, templates, models and standards.
- Strong project management, planning and organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects and priorities.
- Ability to read, interpret and review technical drawings with excellent attention to detail.
- Experience within mechanical engineering, civil engineering, pumping, construction or a related engineering environment.
- Knowledge of site surveying procedures and equipment including GPS or Robotic EDM would be advantageous.
- HND in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent would be advantageous, but relevant mechanical engineering experience will also be considered.
- Auto CAD experience would be beneficial.
- Driving licence would be useful for occasional site support but is not essential. What The Role Offers
- £60,000 to £65,000 inclusive of bonus and benefits
- 25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays
- Increasing annual leave entitlement with long service
- Pension based on total earnings
- Training and development
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Employee discount scheme
- Employee referral scheme
- Free parking If you have a strong mechanical engineering background, extensive design experience and a proven track record of leading design teams, apply now to find out more
Engineering Design Lead employer: Kiota Recruitment
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