Design Manager

Roxel is an Anglo-French Company that designs, develops and manufactures a range of solid propellant rocket motors for use in tactical missiles. Its operations are spread across several sites in the UK and France and it has an annual turnover of about £130M and over 900 staff.

A vacancy has arisen for a Design Manager within the Engineering Department at Roxel UK.

The design department designs new and modified rocket motors and related systems. The department is also responsible for the analysis of rocket motor designs, including: Ballistic performance prediction and modelling, propellant charge and hardware stress analysis, and the provision of documentation service. Maintenance of design manuals and similar knowledge databases is also completed by the Design Team.

Responsibilities

The role holder is responsible for managing a team of design analysts and documentation configuration engineers, to manage the tasks, projects and activities of the department.

Specific Responsibilities Include The Following

• Manage a team of analysts, documentation configuration engineers to deliver the functions and key objectives of the team in line with business plan and requirements.
• Plan and prioritise immediate tasks with team for immediate and mid-term requirements.
• Manage inputs into the design manual for capturing knowledge management for the engineering department.
• Develop and implement strategy to improve the analysis capability at Roxel.
• Responsible for ensuring accurate ballistic and stress analysis.
• Responsible for ensuring high quality documentation configuration and seek to improve OTD of our deliverables.
• Report progress of tasks, issues and progress on a weekly basis.
• Monitor on time delivery of tasks, and take corrective action accordingly.
• Manage people strategy including; setting objectives, training and development for the team, recruitment, talent management and succession planning.
• Bids and pre-concept phase support / management.
• Lead on future propulsion concept scoping.
• Technical management – Project support, investigations, customer engagement etc.
  
  

Skills/ Qualifications

Candidates should have a formal qualification (HNC, HND or degree) with Physics, applied mathematics or relevant engineering discipline and should have previous proven relevant experience

Relevant knowledge and experience should include some of the following:-

• Leadership of technical projects
• Supervision or management of people
• Design of aerospace and defence products
• Environmental trials, e.g. simulated ageing, vibration
• Structural tests, e.g. launch and flight loads
• Product modelling software and techniques
• Customer design and production reviews
• Engineering drawing and configuration management
• Aerospace and defence standards
  
  

General Attributes Should Include

• Interest and aptitude in all aspects of engineering
• Awareness of new technologies and latest design practices
• Ability to communicate technical subjects to non-specialists
• Ability to develop and motivate people
• Drive to succeed and improve
• Record of meeting customer expectations
• Proficient in general office and conferencing software
  
  

How To Apply

Please email your CV and motivation letter: [email protected]

Please specify your salary expectations as part of the process.

Please Note

The sucessful applicant must be a UK national due to the conditions of this role.

Obtaining a Security Clearance is a requirement of employment at Roxel UK.