Senior Design Engineer

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 13 August 2025
LOCATION
Co Down
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Mid-Senior level
CATEGORY
Manufacturing
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SKILLS

Solidworks Design Engineering Technical Development Leadership Communication Teamwork IT Skills

FULL DESCRIPTION

Summary

[Employer hidden — view at passion-project.co.uk] is seeking an experienced and highly motivated Senior Design Engineer to join their team in Co Down. The Senior Design Engineer will work closely with the Managing Director and Senior Management Team, focusing on the design of custom molded plastic parts, technical development, and team leadership. The role involves translating client requirements, creating designs, and contributing to continuous improvement initiatives.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Design of custom moulded plastic parts for a range of industries
  • Responsibility for technical development and quality of all concept and detailed designs
  • Lead the development, training and motivation of team members
  • Work closely with customers and the commercial team to translate a client’s requirements into concepts
  • Create designs to achieve both practical and aesthetic requirements

Core Requirements:

  • Degree in a relevant subject
  • Minimum of seven years’ experience in a technical or design engineering role
  • Experience working with Solidworks
  • Confidence
  • Technical skills
  • Leadership and interpersonal skills
  • IT and numerical skills
  • Communication skills
  • Teamwork skills

Job Description

The Senior Design Engineer’s tasks will include:

  • Design of custom moulded plastic parts for a range of industries
  • Responsibility for technical development and quality of all concept and detailed designs
  • They will be expected to encourage value of innovation and exploration of new technologies, materials and processes
  • Lead the development, training and motivation of team members, ensuring they have the capability to perform their roles at a high level
  • Support sales and project management with customer engagement activities
  • Create, promote and lead a culture of continual improvement by encouraging team members to take accountability, identify and realise opportunities for positive change with industry standard processes
  • Work closely with customers and the commercial team to translate a client’s requirements into concepts, specifications, proposals and meaningful engineering drawings
  • Create designs to achieve both practical and aesthetic requirements
  • Work closely with the commercial team to guide products through a stage gate design process, through consultation with customer
  • Work alongside customer design teams to further the customer’s understanding of Donite’s capabilities
  • Give key input into the development of new procedures and strategies
  • Liaise with key stakeholders to set and to measure KPIs
  • Establish workflow policies that enhance speed and efficiency without compromising product safety or integrity
  • To undertake any other reasonable and relevant duties as required by management

Personnel Specification

  • Hold a degree (or near equivalent) in a relevant subject
  • Minimum of seven years’ experience in a technical or design engineering role
  • Experience working with Solidworks in a professional capacity
  • Flexible to work outside core business hours when required by the demands of the business
  • Confidence
  • Technical skills
  • Organisation and efficiency
  • Leadership and interpersonal skills
  • IT and numerical skills
  • Communication skills
  • Teamwork skills

Salary

Based on experience and commensurate with the position

For more information, or to apply for this role, send your CV with cover letter to [contact hidden].

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