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Design Manager

Job Posted: a month ago

Salary: £ Competitive
Job Type: Permanent
Location: East Harling, Norfolk

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Job Description

Design Manager / Permanent position / East Harling / Offer a competitive salary

Position 1 Recruitment is seeking an experienced Design Manager for our client providing innovative solutions across commercial and industrial sectors. This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated professional to advance their career while working with innovative products in a fast-paced, hands-on environment.

This is a full-time position.

What’s included:

  * 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays

  * Private Health Insurance

  * Pension scheme

  * Travelling allowance

Lead, shape, and grow multi-site design operations as a hands-on Design Manager. You’ll drive high-quality design output, streamline processes, and support a talented team across local sites.

Key Responsibilities:

Design Operations & Standards

  * Set, maintain, and enforce high standards of drawing practice.

  * Establish a robust drawing checking and approval workflow.

  * Create and maintain a library of standard design details to ensure consistency.

Collaboration & Process Improvement

  * Work closely with production teams to enhance efficiency and manufacturability.

  * Organise and lead design review meetings with internal teams and external stakeholders.

  * Drive continuous improvement through lessons-learned reviews.

Team Leadership & Development

  * Lead design teams across multiple sites, providing coaching, performance reviews, recruitment, onboarding, and professional development.

Allocate and manage workloads to meet project deadlines and targets

Stakeholder Management & Reporting

  * Collaborate with leadership, customers, and third parties to ensure designs meet quality, safety, and regulatory requirements.

  * Monitor and report monthly KPIs to the Head of Projects.

You will need

  * Experience as a Design Manager in a similar or larger business

  * Leadership experience and managing multi-sites.

  * AutoCAD and Autodesk Inventor or Solidworks

  * Knowledge of Autodesk Vault or Solidworks PDM

  * Experience producing 2D drawings and coordinating designs with customers and third parties

  * Working within an ISO9001-accredited business

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