Design Team Lead

Job description

Design Team Lead

Reporting to the Head of Function / Engineering Director, the Team Leader will play an important role in all aspects of the technical delivery of work undertaken for our clients. The Team Leader will have a proven track record of providing team leadership to multiple clients with particular emphasis on delivery and quality.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• To lead and manage a team of ~5 Mechanical Design Engineers in delivering design based work packages to time, cost and quality.
• Work packages will typically consist of the production of design data for changes to aircraft and/or equipment / components.
• To ensure compilation and delivery of all design documentation meets internal and customer required standards, and where applicable demonstrate compliance with the regulatory requirements.
• If suitably qualified and on award of delegated technical signatory, check design data and deliverables.
• Provide design input to and attend customer programme meetings, ie Technical Review Meetings, PDR & CDR etc.
• Support the checking of design data and deliverables prior to customer delivery.
• Team competency and performance management including allocation of tasks to appropriate team members.
• Manage and provide technical guidance to the team, managing enablement and dependencies, ensuring the team perform the tasks assigned to them to the highest technical standard, in a timely manner and within the prescribed budget.
• Point of contact to the customer Technical and Project team from task scoping, project launch, progression and reporting through to delivery.
• Working with the Operations and Project Management team in managing and maintaining project risk and dependency trackers.
• Working with the Lead Engineer and Engineering Director to ensure adequate and suitably capable resources are available to meet the current and planned customer requirements.
• SoW compilation reflecting verbal or written customer requests for approval by Engineering and Operations.
• Internal status reporting on work complete, budget, enablement etc, ensuring any matters arising which may affect quality, on-time delivery or technical compliance are raised to the Operations and Engineering leadership team.

Essential Skills and Experience

• Proven track record of team leadership and technical management.
• Airbus Aircraft Programmes
• VPM/PASS/APS
• Airbus Methodology
• Aerospace design experience
• Metallic and composite material design experience
• Experience of working directly with customer technical leadership teams
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build successful working relationships with customer points of contact as well as internal stakeholders.
• Ability to articulate project progress to Operations Manager
• Experience of working to tight deadlines on projects and interfacing with clients.
• Demonstrated experience in risk and dependency management
• Good organisational skills.
• Good estimating skills
• Resource management
• Quick learner and highly self-motivated.
• Commercial awareness and discretion.

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Bradley Stoke

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

26-04-2026

Profession type

Design / Fashion

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English