Mechanical Engineering Team Lead
L3Harris Technologies
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Tewkesbury • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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Senior
About the role
- Leading, directing and reviewing the work of a team of mechanical engineers.
- Performance management for a small team of mechanical engineers, including goal setting, staff development and compensation planning.
- Coaching and mentoring of team members.
- Delivery of conceptual designs, detail designs, manufacturing specifications, operational documentation and validation evidence for mechanical engineering solutions in relation to defined requirements.
- Planning and execution of tasks to deliver specific agreed objectives on time, demonstrating control of cost and quality.
- Identifying and exploiting opportunities for cost savings, efficiency and business improvement.
Requirements
- Demonstrable experience of team leadership, ideally as a line manager.
- Experience in designing fabricated, machined, injection moulded and die cast electronics enclosures for EMC.
- Experience in the use of 3D mechanical design tools, preferably Autodesk Inventor.
- Familiarity with the design of rugged electronics enclosures for harsh environments, including the use of structural and thermal analysis tools (Celsius EC, Ansys IcePak or similar).
- Experience in designing electronics cooling solutions.
- Experience of designing parts in all major material groups.
- Good understanding of configuration control processes using SAP, Aras PLM or similar.
- A minimum of 10+ years of industrial experience is preferred.
Benefits
- £3,000 to £6,000 DV Bonus – please note this level of clearance isn’t essential for this role.
- Flexible or part-time working arrangements considered upon request.
- Half day finish on a Friday
- 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days
- Private medical insurance with optional family cover
- Pension scheme of up to 7% employer contribution
- Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x)
- Group income protection
- Flexible opt-in extras such as a health care cash plan, dental insurance, gym membership, critical illness cover and cycle to work scheme
- Employee assistance program providing mental health and wellbeing support
- Professional membership reimbursement (discretionary)
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
mechanical engineeringconceptual designdetail designmanufacturing specificationsoperational documentationvalidation evidencedesign of electronics enclosures3D mechanical designthermal analysisconfiguration control
Soft skills
team leadershipperformance managementcoachingmentoringgoal settingstaff developmentcommunicationplanningexecutionbusiness improvement