Design Engineer Manager

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An opportunity has arisen for a dynamic Design Engineering Manager to manage our busy team of 20 design engineers across 3 UK sites who create bespoke storage designs for our customers who we manufacture and install a range of storage products for. From turnkey designs to supporting our network of approved storage resellers every day is a different challenge. The Whittan group is the market leading supplier of pallet racking, shelving, mezzanine and lockers in the UK and we are proud of the length of service of many of our team as they grow and develop their careers with us. Selling via a number of sales channels with market leading brands we design, manufacture and install storage solutions for commercial and industrial environments in the UK and Europe.

The ideal candidate could have design or technical experience in construction, steel fabrication, pallet racking, shelving or mezzanine or perhaps a graduate with a mechanical engineering degree looking for a long term employment opportunity. The ideal candidate will also have experience in managing a team of people including office and remote staff and demonstrate their success in achieving SLA's, staff management and providing excellent customer service. The successful candidate will receive comprehensive training to understand the complex detail of our products and how best to create a design. This could be a great development opportunity for someone with previous Engineering and CAD experience.

The role will involve ensuring the design team are offering an excellent service level to all indirect and direct customers. The design team have a direct influence on our sales success therefore effective leadership of the design team is required to ensure we maximise our sales through accurate interpretation of customers' requirements, effective communication at all stages, quality information and speed of response.

Key responsibilities:

• Allocating quotes and orders to an appropriate designer within your team based on skill
• set and capacity to achieve return dates.
• Manage the resource and workload regularly to update sales, customers and project
• managers of progress.
• Checking of quotes and orders for accuracy prior to submission.
• Managing re quotes and customer changes effectively to ensure accuracy throughout the
• life cycle of the quote or order
• Work closely with the bid manager to ensure bid timescales are adhered to.
• Ensure we mitigate design risks and ensure any residual risks are documented correctly to
• adhere to CDM 2015 regulations.
• Ensure 100% compliance of all HR processes for the whole design team.
• Investigate all cost of failure to ensure processes are put in place to mitigate future errors.
• Further develop the core capabilities of the engineering team through coaching and training to achieve career plans for members of the team.

Required experience/skills/qualifications:

• Confident communicator
• Excellent time management and organisational skills
• Excellent mentoring and coaching skills
• High attention to detail
• Diploma degree in a mechanical or general engineering with a focus on engineering maths, design and science
• Minimum GCSE A-C or equivalent in English, Science and Maths.
• Full UK driving licence

Company Benefits:

• Competitive Salary
• 33 days holiday per annum including bank holidays
• Company pension
• Life assurance
• Company Car
• Employee discount scheme
• Long Service Awards
• Monthly STAR Awards
• Medicash Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Support from Trained Mental Health First Aiders
• Cycle2Work Scheme

For more information, please contact HR@whittan.com

The Whittan Group promotes equality of opportunity in that everyone who works for us and any job applicants will be treated equally, regardless of gender or gender reassignment, age, ethnic or national origin, nationality, race, colour, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief.