Senior Mechanical Design Manager (Medical Sector)

Mechanical Design Manager (Medical Sector)

We are seeing a period of exceptional growth in our medical and
scientific sector team at the moment in response to a wide range of exciting
long-term project requests.

As a result, we are able to offer exciting career opportunities for
outstanding engineers with extensive medical product development and project
management experience as part of our growing, dynamic medical and scientific
sector team.

You will be working alongside other exceptional individuals to help
develop and implement our medical and scientific sector marketing plan. This
will involve pitching to potential clients, creating detailed costed proposals
and nurturing long-term relationships with key strategic clients. You will be
expected to plan and manage a diverse range of exciting and complex medical
product development projects against challenging timescales and budgets, while
also taking on the technical lead role on these projects.

We operate in multi-functional project teams and as a Sector Manager in
our medical and scientific sector you will need to work closely with designers,
mechanical, electronics and software engineers and other skill teams to
integrate the visual and functional aspects of medical products and create
class-leading designs that deliver real benefits to their users.

Most of the products we design go to market and are highly visible. It’s
always very rewarding to see the products you have helped design delivering
success for our clients and improving people’s lives. 

What we
expect

• Considerable
  experience of delivering successful medical development projects within an
  ISO 13485 quality framework.
  
• Ideally,
  you will have experience of working within a consultancy environment,
  balancing quality, cost, timescale and risk targets.
  
• Ability
  to plan, quote and manage the financial and commercial aspects of medical
  product development projects, as well as leading the technical work. This
  will involve selecting and organising the team, managing budgets and
  timescales, and working closely with the client’s project team.
  
• Able
  to guide, support and check the work of your multi-disciplinary project
  team.
  
• Creative
  problem-solving, generating innovative solutions to complex engineering
  problems.
  
• Good
  verbal and written communication skills with clients, suppliers and
  colleagues.
  
• Travel
  to medical industry events (Including International events) such as trade
  shows, seminars, conferences to represent DCA.
  
• Supporting
  the development and delivery of the medical and scientific sector
  marketing initiatives, including writing articles and delivering
  presentations.
  
• Establishing
  and building strong, long-term relationships with our strategic clients.
  
• Enthusiastic,
  hardworking and proud of your work. People at DCA are passionate about the
  creation and delivery of successful new products.
  
• Attention
  to detail and a drive to achieve excellence.
  

What you
need

• A 1st
  or Upper 2nd degree in mechanical, mechatronics or design engineering from
  a university with a strong engineering reputation, or an equivalent
  technical qualification.
  
• Have
  experience working in a medical product design or development environment,
  applying Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) tools and computational
  techniques to deliver medical and scientific product solutions, utilising
  a wide range of manufacturing processes and materials.
  
• A
  track record of delivering exceptional results across a range of medical
  projects.
  
• A
  track record of successfully managing multi-disciplinary medical projects
  and client relations.
  
• For
  this role, we will expect you to work in our Warwick studios, so you must
  be prepared to commute or relocate and you must be eligible to work in the
  UK.
  
• Knowledge
  of and experience in high-volume manufacturing 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 medical product
  development experts, managing exciting design and development projects
  with global impact, often seeing projects through from the initial
  exploratory front end to launch.
  
• The
  chance to lead world-class teams to create novel IP, reduce cost and
  environmental impact, enhance user ergonomics and usability, improve
  manufacturability and functional performance to create class-leading
  medical and scientific products.
  
• The
  opportunity to work with some of the world’s most exciting and innovative
  medical and scientific brands and companies.
  
• Formal
  training and on-the-job career development opportunities, coordinated
  through our mentoring and reviewing processes.