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Senior Design Engineer

Posted 03 September 2025
Salary £50,000 per annum
LocationNewcastle upon Tyne
Job type Permanent
Industry Sector TechnicalEngineering
ReferenceJ139360
Job FunctionMechanical Design

Job description

The Company

Our client is a specialist manufacturer. Due to a period of growth, they are now looking to take on a Senior Design Engineer.

The Role

  • The role will give the candidate responsibility of all the projects they are currently designing.

  • Manage design function covering all live projects.

  • Liaise with Project Manager and Production to ensure timely handovers.

  • Support live programs and forecasted programs of work to highlight any high-volume times.

  • Keep track of projects throughout the design phase.

  • Work to the design program for the team and ensure the dates are adhered to from both their team and the customer’s approval turn-around.

  • Offer site support for any specific queries on a project at any stage.

  • Check drawings prior to being sent for approval and manufacture.

  • Weekly update report on on-going projects.

 The Person

  • Ideally degree qualified and have worked in a similar role.

  • Autodesk Revit experience is essential.

  • Good computer literacy and working knowledge of the full MS Office suite.

  • Able and willing to visit site/attend meetings now and then to support our other offices.

  • Self-driven individual to work on their own initiative and also work well as part of our wider team with a high attention to detail.

  • Good time management skills and ability to work due diligently to tight deadlines.

  • Good interpersonal and communication skills.

  • The successful candidate will be comfortable with design Engineering principles and understanding of managing a full design function.

  • Good working knowledge of 2D and 3D CAD systems (AutoCAD and Solidworks preferred)

  • A dynamic approach to problem solving.

  • Confident communication with customers answering any technical based enquiries.

  • Ability to interpret customer requirements to create documents and information packs.

  • Experience of managing a small team.

 The Benefits

  • You will be working for a well-established growing employer.

  • An excellent salary.

  • A company experiencing continued growth, expansion and investment.

  • The company are fully compliant with the latest health and safety requirements for current safe working practices.

  • 4 day working week.