Technical Design Manager

Location: Ulverston, on the edge of the stunning Lake District. We are a two-minute walk from Ulverston train station which offers great transport links from within Cumbria and Lancashire. Hours : Full time/37 hours per week, Mon-Fri Benefits : Flexible working arrangements including potential AM finish on Fridays, 24 days holidays plus Public Holidays, holiday buy back option, profit share scheme, regular social events, ongoing professional development, free parking, bike storage and shower facilities. Are you a highly competent engineer who enjoys developing new innovative products, problem solving, taking on responsibility and getting things done? Have you the capability to lead and grow a multidisciplined technical team? If so, this could be the ideal role for you The Role As the Technical Design Manager your responsibilities include: Providing technical leadership, meeting customers and suppliers, balancing technical and commercial needs, and conducting product development reviews. Managing and ensuring LED Technology and associated product developments are delivered to specification, on-time, and on-budget. This includes problem solving, managing departmental KPIs and the running and continuous improvement of our design and prototype manufacturing processes. Working closely with our manufacturing partners to ensure products are designed for cost-effective and efficient volume manufacture. Periodic supplier and customer visits (foreign and domestic) will be required to ensure alignment between design and manufacture is maintained and improved. The line management of the technical team, capacity, and capability planning, supporting the recruitment process of technical roles and conducting regular employee performance reviews. What we are looking for in a successful candidate: Highly experienced, ideally from within an electro-mechanical or electronics industry, Previous experience in a senior position, preferably in an SME, with line-management experience an advantage, A good degree in a relevant electro-mechanical or electronic engineering discipline, Experience of product development and extensive knowledge of design risk evaluation and mitigation techniques, Experience in full life cycle product development in both B2C and B2B, Well organised with good communication and presentation skills and the capability to develop good people management skills, Able to take on responsibility, work to tight deadlines, and put forward technical solutions. Why work for us? At Forge we’re very good at designing, manufacturing, and delivering cutting edge LED solutions in a vast range of industries and markets. But we’re also really good at caring about the environment and our people. We are looking for an enthusiastic Technical Design Manager to join our team, where we have a great working atmosphere with regular social events. You’d be working for an award-winning business focused on innovative design, superior quality, and outstanding service. Our Low-energy LED lighting is making a fundamental positive contribution to the challenge of the Climate Crisis and has applications from domestic, and commercial users, and is being used in industry and into biotech and beyond. To apply: Send your CV together with a covering letter explaining why you are the right person for this role. We will hold a virtual interview with anyone we shortlist for the role to get to know you and give you the opportunity to get to know more about us too. Final interviews will be held in our Ulverston office. Please visit www.forge.co.uk for further information. Forge reserves the right to close the vacancy at any time, if it is deemed that there have been enough applications received. No agencies please.