Location: B1 1BY, Birmingham, West Midlands, West Midlands, UKDesign ManagerThis would suit an experienced Design Manager ideally with a background in special-purpose machinery or automated solutions. Projects can vary in size from £50k up to £2m and often within automotive, medical, industrial and aerospace industries.Salary £55K - £65K, 25 days holiday, pension contribution, laptop & phoneHours Monday - Friday, 1pm finish Fridays.The roleManage a small team of 4 design engineers.Design using 2D AutoCAD and Inventor 3D CAD software Design machines and systems from the concept stage through to the final detailed stageInvolved with the planning, organising and customer meetings working closely with the project leaderSolving problems and initiating corrective actions as required ensuring that the project is completed on time and within budget.Developing team skills set, motivation.Proactively engaging with emerging advances digital twins, Industry 4.0 principlesLead design reviewsParticipate in customer meetings to clarify technical requirements and present design concepts.Person ProfileSeveral years' design management experience - essentialA senior design engineer from the automation sector will be consideredStrong understanding of manufacturing processes, robotics, and automation technologies - all beneficialVisa sponsorship is not possible. WR Engineering are the #1 recruitment partner for engineering, manufacturing & technical sales jobs. We recruit for permanent jobs UK wide.WR is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.TPBN1_UKTJ