The Team Leader Mechanical Design directs and mentors the mechanical engineering team. This role coordinates workload distribution to guarantee the timely delivery of high-quality designs that meet strict customer specifications, design standards, and global regulatory frameworks. The Team Leader acts as a primary technical liaison for sales, service, and external customers while aggressively driving continuous improvement and value engineering.

Position description - Tasks, Responsibilities, Competencies

• Leads a high-performing design team producing complex CAD models, technical drawings, and Design for Excellence (DFX) outputs. Enforces strict SolidWorks modelling methodologies and parametric design standards to ensure CAD models are robust, scalable, and easily editable by the entire team.
• Manages end-to-end project delivery by optimizing resource allocation, scheduling, and engineering quality metrics. Owns and optimizes the Engineering Change Notice (ECN) and Engineering Change Request (ECR) processes, ensuring all design modifications are thoroughly vetted, documented, and communicated to assembly.
• Establishes continuous feedback loops between the design and assembly teams to improve standardization and Design for Manufacturability (DFM).
• Monitors and minimizes project lead times, design queues, and error rates from initial kickoff through to final product shipment.
• Drives value engineering initiatives to eliminate waste, control material costs, standardize components, and maximize product margins.
• Coaches team members through daily technical roadblocks, fostering an environment of collaborative problem-solving.
• Implements standardized design practices and process workflows to increase the speed and accuracy of the engineering department.
• Mentors direct reports and identifies high-potential individuals to build the company's next generation of engineering leadership. Conducts regular technical design reviews and peer audits to maintain quality control, share knowledge, and alignment on design intent across the team.
• Establishes Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for the engineering team, balancing workloads across designers while conducting rigorous technical design reviews to maintain quality control.

Job Specification

Education

Mandatory

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline

Desirable

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Professional experience

Mandatory

• 10 + years of engineering design experience in an industrial equipment environment
• 3+ years' experience for designing and complying with international regulation and directives including but not limited to (EAC, ATEX CE, NR12)
• 5+ years SolidWorks design and PLM/PDM experience
• 3+ years of formal leadership experience, with a proven track record of implementing standardized workflows (ECN/ECR), conducting design reviews, and managing performance.

Desirable

• Experience with plastics processing equipment
• Proficiency working in an SAP environment

Interpersonal skills and behavioral competencies

Mandatory

• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills with the ability to convey complex technical data to non-technical stakeholders
• Demonstrates strong entrepreneurial accountability and an innovative process-improvement mindset.
• Highly structured self-starter capable of anticipating project bottlenecks and proactively avoiding risks.
• Collaborative partner with a strong work ethic and a customer-focused approach to engineering leadership.
• Ability to hold team members accountable to strict engineering standards and constructively resolve technical disagreements within the design loop

Schedule: Standard workweek; occasional non-standard hours required to meet critical project milestones.

Travel frequency in %

(e.g. 1 week per month = 25%) 10%

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Work Arrangement : Onsite

Bonus Eligible: This position is eligible to earn a discretionary bonus based on performance metrics and other criteria outlined in our applicable bonus plan.

We consider several job-related, non-discriminatory factors when determining the pay rate for a position, including, but not limited to, the position's responsibilities, a candidate's work experience, a candidate's education/training, the position's location, and the key skills needed for the position. Pay is one of the Total Rewards that we provide to compensate and recognize employees for their work.

Benefits for this position include: a 401(k) savings plan with employer contributions; medical, dental and vision insurance; wellness programs; health savings account, health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts; company paid short-term disability and long-term disability; company paid employee basic life and AD&D insurance; supplemental employee and dependent life insurance; optional accident, hospital indemnity and critical illness insurance; adoption, surrogacy, and fertility benefits and assistance; parental, military, jury duty, and bereavement leaves of absence; paid time off, including 10 paid holidays per calendar year, paid vacation days beginning at 80 hours annually, 40 paid sick leave hours annually or as provided under state and local paid sick leave laws, tuition assistance; employee referral bonus; business travel services; employee discounts; and an employee assistance program that includes company paid counseling sessions and legal services. Eligibility for benefits is governed by applicable plan documents and policies.

Job Function : Engineering