Lead Mechanical Engineer

We are seeing a period of exceptional growth in our mechanical engineering team at the moment in response to a wide range of exciting long-term project requests from clients in all four of our market sectors.

As a result, we are able to offer exciting career opportunities for outstanding "lead mechanical engineers" preferably with extensive medical product development experience, as part of our growing, dynamic medical sector team.

You will get the chance to manage and work alongside other outstanding individuals, taking a 'project lead' and 'technical lead' role on a diverse range of exciting and challenging medical device projects. Your input will make a real difference to people’s lives.

We operate in multi-functional project teams and our mechanical engineers need to work closely with designers, electronics, software engineers and other skill teams to integrate the visual and functional aspects of a product to create class-leading designs.

The vast majority of the products we design go to market and are highly visible, it’s great to see the products you have helped design being successful and improving people’s lives.

What we expect

• A great creative problem-solver, able to generate innovative solutions to complex problems.
  
  
• Experience leading highly regulated product development projects
  
  
• Guide, support and check the work of the other members of the engineering team.
  
  
• Successful candidates will often be expected to manage the financial and commercial aspects of projects as well as leading the technical work. This will involve selecting and organising the team, managing budgets and timescales, liaising with and presenting to our clients.
  
  
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with clients and colleagues.
  
  
• Be enthusiastic, hardworking and proud of your work. People at DCA are passionate about the creation and delivery of new products.
  
  What you need
  
  
• A 1st or Upper 2nd degree in mechanical engineering from a university with a strong engineering reputation.
  
  
• Have experience working in a product design or development environment, applying Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) tools and computational techniques to deliver product solutions, utilising a wide range of manufacturing processes and materials.
  
  
• A track record of delivering exceptional results across wide-ranging projects.
  
  
• A track record of overseeing projects and client relations.
  
  
• We will expect you to be able to work in our Warwick studios and you must be eligible to work in the UK.
  
  
• Knowledge and experience in low-volume rapid prototyping technologies as well high-volume processes such as injection moulding.
  
  
• To lead by example in setting standards with a “can do” attitude that inspires colleagues and clients.
  
  What we offer
  
  
• The opportunity to work collaboratively, with world-leading skill and sector experts on fascinating design and development projects with global impact, often seeing projects through from the initial exploratory front end to launch.
  
  
• Get involved designing clever mechanisms, creating elegant mathematical models, get hands on building and testing prototypes in our many workshops and labs fitted with state of the art equipment.
  
  
• Help create novel IP, reduce cost and environmental impact, improving manufacturability and improving performance to create class leading products.
  
  
• The opportunity to work with some of the world’s most exciting and innovative brands and companies, including Bentley, GSK, Reckitt, Hitachi, Rolls-Royce, Sanofi to tackle some of the most challenging issues.
  
  
• Formal training and on-the-job career development through our mentoring and reviewing processes.
  
  
• The opportunity to grow with regular professional and technical development opportunities.
  
  Benefits
  
  
• We offer competitive salaries, with paid overtime for working over conventional hours at an enhanced rate.
  
  
• A 37 hour working week with half day on Fridays, great for work-life balance.
  
  
• A substantial annual discretionary profit-related bonus.
  
  
• 2 additional fixed holiday bonuses in (paid in July and December, totalling 3% of base pay).
  
  
• Consideration will be given to hybrid working arrangements.
  
  
• Pension scheme.
  
  
• Our Warwick town centre location is convenient for shops or grabbing a coffee. A short journey from Leamington Spa.
  
  
• Activities and Social fund, various subsidised sport activities throughout the week. Staff run Football, Badminton, Squash, running, go-karting and cycling trips away.
  
  
• Cycle to work scheme.
  
  
• Paid parking permit.
  
  
• Car allowance and company car (dependant on seniority).
  
  If you have any questions about the role or to speak to the team direct in confidence please contact Mike Vinson at DCA