Engineering Team Lead (Mechanical) in Dorset

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Job Description

Fortress Recruit is supporting a leading engineering organisation in their search for a Design Team Lead (Mechanical). This is a key leadership role, overseeing, developing, and shaping the Mechanical Design function within a high-performance engineering environment.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of Mechanical Design Engineers, ensuring strong performance and professional growth.
• Oversee mech design from concept through to verification, documentation, and support to manufacture, ensuring outputs align with programme objectives, design standards, and legislative requirements.
• Drive development of mechanical capabilities, processes, and design best practice across all projects.
• Coordinate resources, recruitment, and training to ensure the department is effectively structured to meet business needs.
• Champion a rigorous engineering review process with a focus on manufacturability, assembly, product lifecycle maintenance, safety, compliance, and warranty considerations.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve processes, and support business agility and innovation.
• Support design reporting, technical documentation, and equipment certification activities.
• Attend internal and external meetings with customers and suppliers.
• Undertake UK and occasional overseas travel as required.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• A degree and/or minimum 10 years’ proven mechanical design experience within a relevant industry, with broad and robust technical background.
• Demonstrable leadership capability with experience in performance management and mentoring engineering teams.
• Strong capability with CAD tools (ideally Creo) and experienced in producing high-quality technical design documentation.
• Comprehensive understanding of mechanical design principles, product lifecycle, materials selection, and manufacturing considerations.
• Excellent problem-solving skills with a proactive, motivated, and accountable approach to delivery.
• Experience with Lean Six Sigma and continuous improvement tools/methodologies.
• Strong communication, presentation, and organisational skills with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.
• Must hold or be eligible for SC Clearance.

This is a full-time, permanent position based on-site in Dorset, offering the opportunity to lead a pivotal engineering function in a forward-thinking, agile environment. You’ll shape team capability, influence future design standards, and directly impact programme success. A salary of c£60K (DoE) is available, along with flexible working options.

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