Mechanical Design Team Leader

We’re looking for an experienced Mechanical Design Team Leader to head up a Mechanical Applications & Design team, delivering safety‑critical diesel engine packages and forklift truck conversions, for hazardous and regulated environments.

This role combines people leadership with strong hands on mechanical engineering expertise, with strong CAD skills, and ideally knowledge of ATEX and IECEx compliant product design.

The Mechanical Design Team Leader will lead and coordinate the full mechanical design and development, from concept through to manufacture and in-service support, using your experience of industrial equipment or engine based systems.

The Mechanical Design Team Leader role involves translating customer and project requirements into compliant mechanical solutions, providing mechanical engineering input into bids and feasibility assessments, identify technical risks, assist with problem solving in manufacture, supporting technical discussions with customers, working with suppliers, test bodies, and certification partners.

Strong analytical capability, structured problem‑solving, and clear technical communication are essential.

To be successful in this role, we envisage you will have a related Degree, significant experience in mechanical design for industrial equipment or engine based systems, strong CAD ability, experience in leading a technical team, and ideally formal ATEX training, be a Chartered Engineer, and have worked with certification bodies.

Benefits:

25 days holiday plus Bank holidays, retailer discounts, health cash plan, 5% employer pension contribution, bonus scheme, life assurance and employee assistance programme.

If you have not received a response within 5 working days, then you have not been successful on this occasion.

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