Senior Design Engineer

Company: Nicholas Associates
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Location: Middlesbrough
Job Description:

Position : Senior Design Engineer / Design Supervisor

Specialism : Telecom infrastructure

Location: Middlesbrough

Hybrid : No, this is an onsite role

Visa Support : No, you MUST have the right to live and work in the UK

You will join a team working on major telecoms infrastructure projects and will provide hands-on engineering expertise to the team. This will include CAD drawings, structural and load calculations, FEA and stress analysis. Strong engineering capabilities are essential as well as CAD skills

Key Responsibilities :

  • Lead and support the internal telecom engineering design team.
  • Organise design priorities and delegate workload across the team.
  • Communicate design lead times clearly to internal stakeholders for delivery to customers
  • Produce and review engineering designs for telecom infrastructure products.
  • Use 3D CAD software, ideally SolidWorks (Inventor or SolidEdge also welcome) to develop models, drawings and design solutions.
  • Carry out structural calculations to support product design and customer requirements.
  • Perform or support finite element analysis where required.
  • Work closely with project management, sales, production, procurement and customer service teams.
  • Ensure designs are delivered accurately and within tight project deadlines.
  • Support the development of steel infrastructure solutions for telecom applications.
  • Provide technical guidance to colleagues and help resolve design or manuf

About You

  • A minimum of a Degree level qualification in a relevant engineering subject ; Mechanical Engineering, Computer Aided Design Engineering or similar
  • Experience working within a steel manufacturing or steel fabrication environment.
  • Strong 3D CAD capability, ideally using SolidWorks.
  • Experience producing engineering drawings, models and technical documentation.
  • Knowledge of structural calculations.
  • Some experience performing finite element analysis.
  • Strong communication skills.
  • The ability to work effectively to tight deadlines.
  • A proactive, organised and solutions-focused approach.
  • The ability to lead, support and delegate within a technical team.

Posted: July 9th, 2026