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Principal Mech Design Engineer

Job Posted: 23 days ago

Salary: £ 70,000 - 70,000 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Leeds

Expire in: 5 days

Job Description

Principal Design Engineer
Leeds area, UK
 Virtual interview 
 Mon–Fri
 
Certain Advantage is partnering with a key client to recruit a Principal Design Engineer. You will lead a design team, ensuring effective handover from simulation to design and technical leadership of continuous improvement initiatives for non-conformance.

What will you be doing? 

 Lead and line manage the team, coordinating workloads, resolving issues, and ensuring delivery against timescales, KPIs, and customer requirements.
Develop team capability through performance management and targeted support to maintain high standards.
Lead complex, high-value projects, delivering innovative, technically advanced solutions and providing expert guidance.
Operate with a high degree of autonomy, making informed decisions within organisational and client frameworks.
Drive quality in simulation deliverables and lead continuous improvement initiatives within the delivery stream.
Manage non-conformance, implementing corrective actions and process improvements.
Contribute to engineering strategy, best practices, and process development to enhance operational performance.
Define and capture design requirements, ensuring clarity and alignment throughout delivery.
Lead internal and external design reviews, securing client acceptance of designs.
Provide expert technical support in mechanical engineering across projects. 
A couple of things you should know:

 Proficient in the design of transmission systems, gears, and gearboxes
Experienced in producing mechanical specifications, scopes of work, calculations, drawings, and schedules.
Analyse and resolve complex design issues, identifying root causes and implementing effective solutions.
Iterate and refine designs through testing and analysis to ensure compliance with specifications.
Manage and track design changes to existing products.
Prepare technical reports and present progress to project teams and clients.
Working knowledge of key design tools, including Solid Edge, Siemens NX, and AutoCAD.
Confident in chairing design review meetings. 
During an interview, you may be asked about:

Your knowledge of quality management systems and industry standards (e.g., AS9100, ISO 9001)
Your experience in the heavy engineering industry, power transmission systems, gears and gearboxes 
 
Sounds like you? Apply now or WhatsApp/ring Lukas - (phone number removed) / (phone number removed)
 
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