Lead Design Engineer

Lead Design Engineer – Special Purpose Machinery Birmingham, West Midlands – Full time – Salary: £58,000 – £70,000 per annum plus benefits. Join a market‑leading food packaging and automation machinery manufacturer as a Lead Design Engineer and become a key part of a growing design team working on highly technical special purpose machinery. Responsibilities Lead the mechanical design of special purpose machinery projects.

Design machinery from inception through to production and delivery. Manage 2–3 projects simultaneously while working closely with production and procurement teams on‑site. Produce detailed mechanical designs using SolidWorks.

Support automation, robotic, pneumatic, and electro‑mechanical machinery projects. Involve in costing and manufacturing considerations. Maintain a hybrid split role between on‑site and remote work.

Qualifications Experience working with special purpose machinery. Strong mechanical engineering understanding, including pneumatics, hydraulics, automation, robotics, conveyors, etc. Basic electrical understanding, including single‑phase systems.

Knowledge of fabrication and sheet metal design. Background within food or packaging machinery – desirable. SolidWorks experience – desirable.

Ability to commute to the Birmingham site. Benefits OEM training and long‑term technical progression. Hybrid role (on‑site and remote).

Monday to Friday working pattern. Private healthcare and life assurance. Cycle scheme.

Organised holidays and pension. Job satisfaction and innovative project involvement. This position is open to all candidates who are legally permitted to work in the United Kingdom. #J-18808-Ljbffr