Senior Consultant Mechanical Engineer

As a Senior Consultant Mechanical Engineer at CDP, you will develop products that make a difference. These span a wide range of areas, including novel medical devices and drug delivery systems, cutting-edge diagnostics and consumer devices. 

You will provide leadership and specialist expertise beyond your own delivery: leading complex projects and technical work, developing the people around you, and influencing the quality and effectiveness of CDP's work. Working within a CDP service team, and closely with the Service Team Manager, Markets, Subject Matter Experts and multidisciplinary colleagues, you will lead client programmes from early concept through to launch into manufacture.  

The role sits on the Leadership Path. Alongside deep technical expertise, your primary contribution is guiding teams and major workstreams, upholding delivery, quality and communication standards, developing others and creating the conditions for them to succeed. 

We are looking for leaders who bring others with them and who thrive on change: people who adapt their approach as projects, clients and CDP evolve, help their teams do the same, and contribute to business growth through strong client relationships, proposals and the continuous improvement of how we work. 

Job Duties and Responsibilities 

Client Engagement 

• Lead client relationships across projects, acting as a strategic partner who understands the client's business context, anticipates needs and shapes work proactively. 

• Communicate CDP's approach and value confidently, including with senior client contacts, through reports, meetings, presentations and video calls. 

• Identify and develop new opportunities within accounts, working with Markets to convert them into proposals and follow-on work. 

• Lead sales and marketing efforts, including proposals for complex, multidisciplinary work, marketing collateral and representing CDP at conferences and events. 

• Coach others in client engagement, helping less experienced colleagues build confidence and credibility with clients. 

Technical Expertise 

• Lead the mechanical engineering of client projects as Technical Lead, subject matter expert or technical reviewer, ensuring quality, compliance, risk management and performance. 

• Review and oversee the analysis and development of engineering problems through brainstorming, mechanical first principles and theoretical calculations, CAD development, simulation and lab testing. 

• Oversee prototype production in CDP's internal workshops and with external suppliers. 

• Identify, own and approve documents that support product development, working within CDP's quality management system, including the additional requirements of medical device projects where applicable. 

• Adapt the technical approach as requirements, evidence and client priorities change, making sound, well-reasoned judgements when information is incomplete. 

• Drive continuous improvement in engineering methods, tools and processes, including the adoption of AI and digital tools, and contribute expertise to the development of the service's offerings. 

Project Leadership & Contribution 

• Hold the Project Leader role on larger or more complex projects, with ownership of the project delivery plan, team, client relationship, budget and project review cycle. 

• Lead and empower multidisciplinary teams, setting clear direction and bringing people with you through change, setbacks and shifting priorities. 

• Manage risks, issues and dependencies proactively, keeping teams focused and steady under pressure. 

• Be trusted to take on difficult projects, including those that need to be brought back on track. 

• Support and coach more junior Level 4 Project Leaders, and share what works with other Project Leaders across CDP. 

• Mentor and develop more junior engineers through technical guidance, review and constructive feedback, supporting the Service Team Manager in building team capability. 

Values 

• Lead by example on CDP's values, fostering engagement, fairness and inclusion across teams. 

• Embrace change and respond with confidence to new challenges, helping others adjust their approach and see change through. 

• Collaborate across services, markets and functions, engaging others early and seeking diverse perspectives. 

• Challenge ideas openly and professionally, then commit fully once decisions are made and help others align behind them. 

• Share knowledge, insight and best practice across the wider business. 

• Perform other duties as assigned.