Head of Design

2 weeks ago

Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom ATA Search Full time £60,000 - £100,000 per year

Head of Mechanical Design

West Yorkshire

£75,000-£80,000 base salary + benefits

The Company

Our client designs and manufactures large capital goods for the process industry. Producing purely bespoke designs, they offer a one-of-a-kind product that matches client specifications exactly. The business generates £25 million revenue and are trusted by their customers due to their 98% product efficiency.

The company has been operating for over 100 years and now has over 150-person headcount. Over the last 3 years they have seen almost 40% revenue growth, and have invested into training and developing their team, both through internal and external training providers.

The Role

The role of Head of Mechanical Design will involve leading a team of Mechanical Design Managers and Engineers responsible for project-style design work. Leading a 4-person Design Management team and 9 Engineers, you will ensure the team keep to agreed timescales and are of the highest possible quality. You will:

  • Lead the design team, ensuring competency and providing training, development, and day-to-day management
  • Keep design projects to timescales, quality, and conformity requirements, signing off on designs and drawings before issue
  • Creating business cases for non-contract product modifications
  • Working cross-collaboratively with applications, project, sales, scheduling, and engineering teams
  • Ensuring information from the customer is converted into conceptual design layouts & instructions

The Candidate

To be successful in your application for this Head of Mechanical Design role you will need:

  • Proven ability to lead teams of design engineers
  • Experience producing 3D mechanical designs of heavy industrial equipment
  • Familiarity with concepts such as thermofluids, stress analysis, and pressure drop calculations.
  • Flexibility to work between projects depending on scale and customer demand

The Benefits

For this Head of Mechanical Design role the following benefits are on offer:

  • £75,000 - £80,000 base salary
  • 25 days holiday + bank holidays
  • 6% employer contribution / 4% employee contribution
  • Flexible working structure

If you're interested please apply online, send your CV to lauren.- or give me a call on

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