Lead Project Design Engineer

Lead Project Design Engineer | Manchester

£55,000 - £60,000

Excellent Benefits Package Personal Bonus & Profit Share & Flexi-Time

Aerospace & Defence industries.
Rapidly growing business.
Very innovative and versatile business.
Excellent culture - full of passionate engineers and approachable people.
Excellent opportunity to grow with the business in the long-term.
Developing concept directly with the customer.
Our client designs, develops and manufactures bespoke equipment for aerospace and military applications, dealing with some of the biggest blue-chip companies globally.

Most design opportunities in the market offer just detailed design work, this is an opportunity where you will be given responsibility, dealing directly with global aerospace and defence companies directly, coming up with concepts and project timescales, doing the detailed design, product development and analysis, and working closely with the shop floor to get the project delivered.

If you are currently working in a design engineering role and you're looking for that next step / challenge that will really give you the chance to expand your experience and knowledge into project management and product development, this is worth serious consideration. Future progression opportunities and support with further education are very much a real thing.

Experience/Skills;

Masters or Degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent.
Dealing directly with customers developing concepts - more focused on the sharp part of the project
Use of SolidWorks and AutoCAD to produce 3D and 2D drawings of engineered products
Understand and convert concept drawings from customers into drawings for manufacture
Perform engineering calculations to understand mechanical parameters of engineered parts
Ensure components and assemblies adhere to industry standards
Organise and maintain existing engineering records
If you feel this opportunity sounds like it fits your aspirations, please feel free to get in touch with James Taylor at JMT Recruitment Ltd for a confidential conversation on either (phone number removed).

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