Design Office Manager - Contract

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the day-to-day planning and coordination of the Design Office.
• Oversee workload allocation across Mechanical Design, Electrical Design and Calculations teams.
• Develop and maintain resource plans, capacity forecasts and workload schedules.
• Assess engineering workloads and establish realistic delivery timescales.
• Monitor team utilisation, identify bottlenecks and proactively address resource constraints.
• Coordinate engineering activities to ensure delivery against project schedules.
• Work closely with Team Leads, Project Delivery and Engineering Management to manage priorities.
• Track progress, identify delivery risks and resolve scheduling issues.
• Drive improvements in planning processes, resource management and engineering efficiency.

Requirements

• Degree, HNC, HND or equivalent experience in Mechanical, Electrical or a related engineering discipline.
• Significant experience within an engineering or technical design environment.
• Previous experience managing engineering workloads, resource planning or Design Office operations.
• Strong understanding of engineering design and development processes.
• Proven experience in capacity planning, resource allocation and workload scheduling.
• Ability to assess engineering tasks and establish realistic delivery timescales.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Strong organisational, communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and resource planning tools.

Experience within automotive, motorsport, simulation, manufacturing, or other complex engineering environments would be advantageous.