Lead engineer Work, Jobs in Kent (with Salaries)

Lead Design Engineer
Swegon UK & I —Whitstable
- AutoCAD
- CAD
- Engineering
Operations Manager
Safetykleen —Ditton
- £60,000 - £72,000 a year
- 8 hour shift
- Employee assistance programme
- Referral programme
Quick apply
Reliability Maintenance Engineering Area Manager, RME
Amazon UK Services Ltd. —Rochester
- Weekend availability
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Management
- Flexible schedule
Production Engineer - Lean Operations
Genuit Group —Aylesford
- Full-time
- AutoCAD
- CAD
- Engineering
- Free parking
- Annual leave
13d
Construction Site Manager
Square One Group —Ashford
- £40,000 - £50,000 a year
- Full-time
- Supervising experience
- Project management
- Organisational skills
Quick apply
Molding Manufacturing Engineer (f/m/d)
TE Connectivity —Hastings
- Engineering
- Data analysis skills
- English
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Employee stock purchase plan
Lead Systems Engineer
General Dynamics Mission Systems - United Kingdom —Hastings
- £59,200 - £80,000 a year
- Full-time
- Microsoft Excel
- Leadership
Quick apply
Senior Associate Civil Engineer - Infrastructure
Stantec —Ashford
- Civil engineering
- Business development
- Mentoring
- Annual leave
6d
Manufacturing Engineer (f/m/d)
TE Connectivity —Hastings
- Engineering
- Data analysis skills
- Analysis skills
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Employee stock purchase plan
Departmental Lead: Building Services Engineer
Tonbridge School —Tonbridge
- School
Senior Systems Engineer
General Dynamics Mission Systems - United Kingdom —Hastings
- £45,600 - £60,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Excel
- Leadership
Quick apply
Plumbing & Heating Engineer (Senior / Lead Role)
David C Osborne Ltd —Canterbury
- £40,000 - £45,000 a year
- Full-time
- Plumbing
- Driving
Quick apply
4d
Editor
Electronic Specifier Ltd —Cranbrook
- £38,000 - £42,000 a year
- Full-time
- In-person
- Free parking
- Work from home
Quick apply
12d
Project Manager
MKE Engineering Group —Sittingbourne
- £50,000 - £60,000 a year
- Full-time
- Microsoft Word
- Civil engineering
- Microsoft Excel
Senior Engineering Manager
Servomex —Crowborough
- Up to £120,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Sales
- Engineering
- Agile
- Free parking
- Annual leave
Graduate OPS Area/Shift Manager - UK , Amazon Operations
Amazon UK Services Ltd. - A10 —Tilbury
- Full-time
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Outlook
- Data analysis skills
Lead Lift Engineer PPM - Nights
Schindler —Northfleet
- Full-time
- Maintenance
- Communication skills
- Employee assistance programme
Engineering Delivery Manager - Typhoon
General Dynamics Mission Systems - United Kingdom —Hastings
- £65,000 - £90,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Mentoring
- AI
- Leadership
Quick apply
2026 Graduate Civil Engineer – Ashford
Tony Gee and Partners LLP —Ashford
- Engineering
- Master's degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
Steel Fabrication / Workshop Manager
AKD and Son Ltd —Tonbridge
- Up to £100,000 a year
- Overtime
- Welding
- In-person
- Leadership
- Free parking
- Annual leave
Quick apply
5d

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Lead Design Engineer

Swegon UK & I -
Whitstable

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Job details

Qualifications

AutoCAD
Mechanical design
CAD
Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Supervising experience
Project management
FEA
Root cause analysis
Leadership

Full job description

Lead Design Engineer:
The Lead Design Engineer, based at our site in Whitstable; Kent, will provide technical leadership within the engineering function of the UK’s leading supplier of passive fire protection products, an organisation actively involved in driving fire standards in the UK. The role is responsible for the design integrity, development and lifecycle support of mechanical products. It covers reverse engineering and redesign of legacy products, as well as new product development, ensuring solutions meet functional, cost, manufacturing and regulatory requirements. The Lead Engineer sets technical direction, maintains engineering standards and guides the design team through concept, development and validation.

Main duties and responsibilities:

Ensure all engineering designs, prototypes and development activities are carried out in accordance with relevant health, safety and regulatory requirements
Provide technical leadership across mechanical product design, development and lifecycle support
Lead reverse engineering activities to analyse, redesign and improve existing products
Develop concept designs based on engineering analysis, test data and requirements
Produce 2D/3D CAD models and drawings using AutoCAD
Plan and execute prototype manufacture including build and evaluation
Design and conduct Design of Experiments (DOE)
Perform FEA analysis (Nastran)
Analyse test data to drive product improvement
Own technical problem solving and root cause analysis
Support manufacturing and resolve design issues
Maintain technical documentation and reports

Essential Experience

5-10+ years mechanical design engineering experience
Reverse engineering and product redesign
Prototype development and testing
Engineering analysis (FEA/calculations)
Technical leadership or supervisory experience

Desirable Experience

Project management experience
Direct medium-high volume production environment exposure
Toolroom trained (lathe, CNC, etc)
Prototype development
Lean/Continuous Improvement.

Essential Qualifications

Degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent experience

Equal Opportunities Statement

We are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, disability, gender identity, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation, in line with the Equality Act 2010. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates and are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is fair, transparent, and accessible to all. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know and we will do our best to accommodate your needs.

We offer
At Swegon, we work to create the world's best indoor climate that makes people thrive and feel good inside. We have ambitious goals in our sustainability efforts, in offering the most energy-efficient products, promoting gender equality, and becoming carbon neutral, and we have clear transparency in our work. We offer exciting challenges in a global environment with competent colleagues and a culture characterized by our values; "Customer Empathy, Trust, and Commitment," which permeate everything we do and are the basis for the decisions we make and how we interact with each other. At Swegon, we have an open and flexible organizational culture with short decision-making processes, plenty of development opportunities, and we care about you being able to balance your work with your personal life. We place great emphasis on personal qualities, welcome applicants with different backgrounds, and strive for diversity and gender equality.

(Please note that we are not looking to use any agencies to fill this vacancy)

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lead engineer jobs in kent

Lead Design Engineer

Operations Manager

Reliability Maintenance Engineering Area Manager, RME

Production Engineer - Lean Operations

Construction Site Manager

Molding Manufacturing Engineer (f/m/d)

Lead Systems Engineer

Senior Associate Civil Engineer - Infrastructure

Manufacturing Engineer (f/m/d)

Departmental Lead: Building Services Engineer

Senior Systems Engineer

Plumbing & Heating Engineer (Senior / Lead Role)

Editor

Project Manager

Senior Engineering Manager

Graduate OPS Area/Shift Manager - UK , Amazon Operations

Lead Lift Engineer PPM - Nights

Engineering Delivery Manager - Typhoon

2026 Graduate Civil Engineer – Ashford

Steel Fabrication / Workshop Manager

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