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A fantastic opportunity for an experienced Mechanical Engineering Design Manager or a very experienced Mechanical Design Engineer looking for a move into management with a well established and profitable British manufacturer of packaging machinery.
BASIC SALARY: up to £65,000
Benefits
- Annual Bonus
- Salary Sacrifice to purchase an Electric Car.
Location
- Office based in Bedford
- Commutable Locations: Milton Keynes, Northampton, Cambridge, Huntingdon, St Neots, Biggleswade
Job Description
Mechanical Engineering Design Manager, Mechanical Design Engineer, Drawing Office Manager: packaging machinery, turnkey capital equipment, industrial equipment
As our Design Manager, you will be managing the company's Mechanical Design Engineering function (Drawing Office) and a team of 5 Mechanical Design Engineers. You will spend 50% of your time managing and leading the team, and 50% as a hands-on Design Engineer.
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You will be expected to achieve agreed delivery times and KPIs on new machines, upgrades, and spare parts, to create drawings, BOMs, and spares lists and will be expected to liaise effectively with the Electrical Design, Software and Controls, and manufacturing teams.
Person Specification
Mechanical Engineering Design Manager, Mechanical Design Engineer, Drawing Office Manager: packaging machinery, turnkey capital equipment, industrial equipment
- You WILL be an experienced Mechanical Engineering Design Manager (or Drawing Office Manager) or will be a very experienced Design Engineer looking to move into a management role.
- You WILL have specific experience of special purpose machinery and ideally of packaging machinery.
- You WILL be a qualified Mechanical Engineer to a minimum of HNC level.
- You WILL have experience of using SolidWorks and/or AutoCAD software.
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The Company
A very well established and profitable British manufacturer of packaging machinery and turnkey lines supplying the food, chemical, and pharmaceutical markets in the UK and worldwide.
I have recruited for this company for over 10 years and have placed 5 people here as managers, in engineering and in sales and all are still at the company and thriving.
Interested?
Please click apply. You will receive an acknowledgement of your application.
Please Note: Wallace Hind Selection have been chosen as the retained recruitment partner of our client and therefore any direct applications to our client from candidates or agencies will be forwarded on to us direct.
REF: MPH18665, Wallace Hind Selection
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