Design and Engineering Manager
In support of a firmly established family-owned hydraulic cylinder manufacturing company in Hereford, we are seeking a NEW Design and Engineering Manager to work in partnership with the Managing Director and Operations Manager, supporting the design and engineering of hydraulic products to exceed customer expectations and streamline the implementation of new designs and products into production.
Working with the existing engineering team on site, the Design and Engineering Manager will take the lead role in producing and monitoring viable product designs, managing production implementation plans and timing schedule for new projects. You will also facilitate, as necessary, actions to maintain performance to those plans.
These actions may include and are not limited to outsourcing or insourcing activities, arranging contract work support, identifying alternate routings or design changes that would streamline production. In essence they are the representative of the project with responsibility to pull together all the activities to achieve it, while the factory is responsible for achieving the highest possible overall performance of cost, efficiency, adherence and quality.
Specifically:
• Work to support the customer requirements but balancing these against the engineering considerations required to deliver the project on time and in budget.
• Support the accurate design and development of products to support existing and ne...