We currently have a vacancy for a Southern Area Sales Manager to join our Dust & Fume Team. 

Role Purpose

As an Area Sales Manager, you will drive profitable growth across the South of the UK by developing and winning industrial dust and fume extraction projects. Working directly with manufacturing businesses, you'll build trusted relationships, understand customer processes and deliver technically sound solutions that improve workplace safety, compliance and operational performance. You'll manage opportunities from initial enquiry through to project handover while growing your territory through both inbound leads and proactive business development.

Key Responsibilities

Business Development

• Generate new business opportunities across the territory.
• Convert inbound enquiries into profitable orders.
• Identify new applications and target customers.
• Develop long-term customer relationships.

Consultative Sales

• Conduct site surveys.
• Understand manufacturing processes.
• Recommend technically appropriate solutions.
• Produce commercial proposals.

Territory Management

• Own and develop the South UK territory.
• Maintain an accurate CRM pipeline.
• Deliver sales and profit targets.
• Forecast accurately.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work with Engineering.
• Work with Projects.
• Work with Service.
• Ensure smooth project handovers.

Continuous Improvement

• Monitor competitors.
• Identify market trends.
• Support exhibitions.
• Share customer insight.

Skills & Experience

Experience

• Proven industrial B2B sales experience.
• Experience managing technical projects.
• Track record of achieving targets.

Technical Knowledge

• Dust/Fume/LEV experience desirable.
• Ability to understand manufacturing processes.
• Technical aptitude.

Personal Attributes

• Commercially driven.
• Excellent communicator.
• Relationship builder.
• Self-motivated.
• Organised.
• Consultative approach.

Success in this role will be measured by:

• Sales growth across the territory
• Gross margin achievement
• Conversion of inbound enquiries
• Pipeline value and quality
• New customer acquisition
• Customer satisfaction
• CRM compliance
• Forecast accuracy

Location: WFH, but expectation to be in our Telford office periodically

Salary: Competitive + Company Car/Car Allowance + Bonus

Why Join Filtermist?

Filtermist Limited, part of the Swedish Absolent Air Care Group, is a UK market leader with over 55 years of innovation in oil mist, dust and fume extraction. Trusted by world-class manufacturers in over 60 countries - spanning aerospace, automotive, medical, and food processing, we take pride in cleaning the air for global industry.

Officially certified as a Great Place to Work©, we foster a culture that supports both career development and a positive work-life balance.

Our Perks:

• Early Friday Finish: Condensed hours mean we finish at 12:45 PM on Fridays.
• Continuous Learning: Tailored Personal Development Plans & peer-led Internal Masterclasses.
• Financial & Future Wellbeing: Enhanced pension support (when you pay above the minimum) and an additional holiday purchase scheme.
• Purpose-Driven Culture: Join a team dedicated to internal workplace culture and meaningful community initiatives.

Our Culture & Values

We pride ourselves on our attitude and culture. Success in this role requires a commitment to our core behavioural competencies:

• Positive & Collaborative: A supportive team player who brings a solution-oriented attitude to daily challenges.
• Proactive Time Management: Self-motivated to prioritise workloads, meet deadlines, and drive operational efficiencies.
• Professionalism: An exceptional communicator and company ambassador who builds respectful relationships with internal teams and external suppliers.
• Quality & Customer Focus: Takes pride in delivering excellent service, keeping both internal and external customer needs at the forefront.
• Continuous Improvement: Open to learning, adapting to new systems, and driving both personal and business development.
• Safety & Sustainability: Holds a strong awareness of safety, welfare, and regulatory compliance to protect our people and environment.

If you think you could be the person we are looking for, please send your CV to [email protected].

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We currently have a vacancy for a Senior Design Engineer.

Role Purpose

The Senior Design Engineer leads the design and development of new products and major product developments across Filtermist’s brands (Filtermist oil mist filters, Dustcheck dust control and Kerstar industrial vacuums), from initial concept through to production release.

The role combines strong hands-on design capability with a proven projects background. The Senior Design Engineer owns their NPD projects end to end: scope, timescales, cost and risk. They work through a structured product introduction process and coordinate Purchasing, Production, Test, Quality and Sales to deliver a complete, compliant and manufacturable product to market.

The role works alongside the Lead Engineer – Serial Development. The Senior Design Engineer focuses on new products and significant redesigns, handing over formally to Serial Development once a product is released into production.

Key Responsibilities

1. New Product Design & Development

• Design and develop new products from concept to commercial product, and develop existing products to grow market share, reduce cost and widen applications.
• Produce concepts, engineering calculations, 3D models and detailed drawings using Autodesk Inventor and/or SolidWorks.
• Apply structural and vessel design principles, including stiffening for pressure and vacuum ratings, support steelwork, and wind loading for externally sited units.
• Design hopper and flow geometry for effective discharge of product from collectors and filter units.
• Design for manufacture using modern sheet metal fabrication methods, engaging Production early in the design.
• Plan and oversee prototyping, testing and validation.

2. NPD Project Management

• Develop project estimates, budgets, timelines and milestones that are realistic and achievable.
• Run projects through the structured product introduction (stage-gate) process, securing sign-off at each gate.
• Coordinate resources from outside Engineering (Purchasing, Production, Test, Quality, Sales) to deliver a complete package to the company’s sales channels.
• Maintain live, visible project plans, risk registers and project lists.
• Provide monthly reports to the Head of Engineering on progress, cost, timeline and risk.

3. Compliance & Certification

• Ensure new products comply with applicable standards and regulations, including CE/UKCA and, where relevant, ATEX and DSEAR.
• Prepare technical files and obtain relevant certification before launch.
• Maintain correct drawing revision control throughout development.

4. Technical Documentation & Handover

• Prepare drawings, bills of materials, diagrams and technical descriptions for new and updated products.
• Produce or arrange technical manuals, product briefings and training material.
• Complete a formal handover of released products to Serial Development and Production.

5. Technical Support & Collaboration

• Provide technical advice and approval to Purchasing for externally sourced products.
• Support Sales and customers with technical input on new or bespoke applications, including customer meetings and site visits.
• Work with sister companies across the Absolent Air Care Group, consultants and professional bodies to bring in technical expertise when needed.
• Share knowledge with and informally guide less experienced engineers.

Experience & Qualifications

Essential

• Degree or HNC/HND in Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline.
• Significant design engineering experience (typically 7+ years) on industrial or manufactured products.
• A proven track record of leading NPD projects from concept to launch, including managing timelines, budgets and cross-functional input.
• Expert user of Autodesk Inventor and/or SolidWorks.
• Extensive sheet metal construction and modern fabrication methods knowledge.
• Knowledge of structural and vessel design.
• Strong command of engineering drawings and revision control.
• Experience of CE/UKCA implementation.
• Experience working within a structured product introduction or stage-gate process.
• Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel, including internationally.

Desirable

• Experience in dust control, oil mist, LEV or extraction (HVAC) systems.
• Understanding of fluid and powder dynamics.
• Working knowledge of ATEX and DSEAR regulations.
• Formal project management qualification (e.g. APM PMQ, PRINCE2 or CMI).
• Experience with DFMEA.
• Experience of PDM/PLM and ERP systems.
• Lean or continuous improvement experience.
• Chartered or Incorporated Engineer status, or working towards it.

Core Competencies

Project Leadership & Ownership

• Takes end-to-end ownership of projects and outcomes.
• Plans realistically and holds others to agreed milestones.
• Communicates progress and risk early and honestly.
• Demonstrates resilience and ownership.

Technical Excellence

• Strong engineering judgement.
• Focus on quality and technical integrity.
• Maintains high professional standards.

Strategic Thinking

• Understands the broader business context.
• Balances short-term delivery with long-term capability development.
• Makes sound business decisions using evidence and data.

Collaboration & Influence

• Builds effective relationships across functions.
• Challenges constructively.
• Influences without relying on hierarchy.

Continuous Improvement

• Promotes Lean thinking.
• Challenges waste and inefficiency.
• Drives process maturity and standardisation.

Commercial Awareness

• Understands cost, margin, and customer value.
• Considers business impact when making engineering decisions.
• Supports profitable business growth.

Key Performance Indicators

Project Delivery

• Project milestones achieved on time.
• Project spend against approved budget.
• Stage gates passed first time.

Design Quality

• Engineering changes needed within 6 months of launch (design right first time).
• Prototype and validation test pass rate.

Commercial

• Target product cost achieved at launch.
• Time to market.

Compliance & Handover

• Certification and technical file complete before launch.
• Handover accepted by Serial Development and Production without open actions.

Success Looks Like

The milestones below set out what good looks like. They will be used to structure probation and the first-year review.

First 3 months

• Understands the product range, the product introduction process and the key stakeholders.
• Has taken ownership of at least one live NPD project, with a reviewed and agreed plan, budget and risk register.
• Is producing design work to company standards with minimal correction.

By 6 months

• Is delivering projects against agreed milestones, with clear monthly reporting to the Head of Engineering.
• Is trusted by Purchasing, Production and Sales as the technical lead for their projects.
• Has taken at least one project successfully through a stage gate.

By 12 months

• Has delivered at least one new product or major development to launch: on time, within budget and fully certified.
• Has handed over released products cleanly to Serial Development with complete documentation.
• Post-launch engineering changes are low, showing designs that are right first time.
• Has contributed to improving the product introduction process itself.

Progression Path

This role develops the combination of design depth and project leadership that underpins senior engineering roles. Depending on business need and individual aspiration, progression may lead to a Lead Engineer role (NPD or Serial Development) and, in time, engineering leadership. Development will be supported through the IDP process, including formal project management qualification where appropriate.

Non-Negotiable Operating Principles

• No project moves past a stage gate without the required sign-off.
• No design is released without a check, correct revision control and confirmed compliance.
• Safety and compliance are never traded for speed or cost.
• Project plans, costs and risks are kept live and visible, with no surprises.
• Risks to timeline, budget or compliance are escalated early, not at the deadline.
• Production is engaged before design freeze: we design for manufacture.
• Every released product is formally handed over with complete documentation.

Department: Engineering

Reports To: Head of Engineering

Location: Telford (head office), with some UK and international travel

Why Join Filtermist?

Filtermist Limited, part of the Swedish Absolent Air Care Group, is a UK market leader with over 55 years of innovation in oil mist, dust and fume extraction. Trusted by world-class manufacturers in over 60 countries - spanning aerospace, automotive, medical, and food processing, we take pride in cleaning the air for global industry.

Our Perks:

• Early Friday Finish: Condensed hours mean we finish at 12:45 PM on Fridays.
• Continuous Learning: Tailored Personal Development Plans & peer-led Internal Masterclasses.
• Financial & Future Wellbeing: Enhanced pension support (when you pay above the minimum) and an additional holiday purchase scheme.
• Purpose-Driven Culture: Join a team dedicated to internal workplace culture and meaningful community initiatives.

Our Culture & Values

We pride ourselves on our attitude and culture. Success in this role requires a commitment to our core behavioural competencies:

• Positive & Collaborative: A supportive team player who brings a solution-oriented attitude to daily challenges.
• Proactive Time Management: Self-motivated to prioritise workloads, meet deadlines, and drive operational efficiencies.
• Professionalism: An exceptional communicator and company ambassador who builds respectful relationships with internal teams and external suppliers.
• Quality & Customer Focus: Takes pride in delivering excellent service, keeping both internal and external customer needs at the forefront.
• Continuous Improvement: Open to learning, adapting to new systems, and driving both personal and business development.
• Safety & Sustainability: Holds a strong awareness of safety, welfare, and regulatory compliance to protect our people and environment.

If you think you could be the person we are looking for, please send your CV to [email protected].

Download full job description

To apply, email [email protected] with your CV

We currently have a vacancy for a Lead Engineer - Serial Development to join our Engineering team. 

Role Purpose

The Lead Engineer – Serial Development is the senior technical authority for Filtermist’s existing product range. The role owns the engineering integrity of products already in production and makes sure they continue to perform, comply and be manufactured efficiently.

This is an individual contributor role. The Lead Engineer leads through technical expertise, design authority and mentorship rather than line management. They are the primary escalation point for complex technical issues from Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Sales and Service, and they raise the capability of the engineers around them through structured coaching and knowledge sharing.

By owning Serial Development day to day, the role creates capacity for the Head of Engineering to focus on strategy, departmental development, product roadmaps, systems and long-term business improvement.

Key Responsibilities

1. Technical Leadership & Design Authority

• Act as design authority for serial products, setting and upholding engineering standards, design rules and drawing standards.
• Carry out design reviews and drawing checks on serial development work before release.
• Advise the Head of Engineering on serial development priorities, flagging business-critical work and resource conflicts early.
• Deputise for the Head of Engineering on technical matters when required.

2. Mentorship & Capability Building

• Mentor and coach Design Engineers through on-the-job guidance, design reviews and structured knowledge sharing.
• Provide technical input to engineers’ Individual Development Plans (IDPs), working with their line manager.
• Capture and share engineering know-how through standards, lessons learned and technical briefings so knowledge is not held by one person.

3. Serial Development Ownership

• Own engineering changes relating to existing products.
• Lead resolution of product performance, quality and manufacturing issues.
• Coordinate investigations into engineering-related non-conformances and drive corrective and preventive actions.
• Ensure engineering solutions balance cost, quality, performance and lead time.

4. Technical Problem Solving

• Act as the primary escalation point for complex technical issues.
• Lead root cause investigations using structured techniques (e.g. 8D, 5 Whys, Fishbone).
• Facilitate cross-functional reviews to identify and agree solutions.
• Make sound engineering decisions where information may be incomplete, assessing and managing risk appropriately.

5. Engineering Change, Standardisation & DFM

• Lead the Engineering Change process for serial products.
• Assess changes for impact on product, manufacturing, inventory, compliance and customers.
• Ensure required validation is completed and approved changes are implemented cleanly into production.
• Drive product standardisation, part rationalisation and cost reduction through Design for Manufacture (DFM).

6. Stakeholder Management & Business Continuity

• Work closely with Manufacturing, Operations, Quality, Purchasing, Sales, Service and Product Management.
• Represent Engineering in operational meetings and project reviews, communicating decisions and progress clearly.
• Lead the engineering response to urgent customer, production and supplier issues so they do not disrupt operational performance.
• Balance competing stakeholder priorities and make decisions under pressure.

7. Compliance & Governance

• Ensure engineering activities follow company procedures and standards.
• Support compliance with relevant legislation, regulations and standards (including CE/UKCA).
• Maintain the accuracy and integrity of technical documentation and drawing revision control.
• Ensure engineering decisions and their rationale are documented.

Experience & Qualifications

Essential

• Degree or HNC/HND in Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline.
• Typically 10+ years’ engineering experience within manufacturing or industrial products.
• Proven experience as a technical lead or senior engineer guiding the work of other engineers.
• Demonstrable experience mentoring or coaching engineers.
• Strong problem-solving and root cause analysis capability.
• Strong knowledge of engineering drawings, fabrication and sheet metal.
• Strong understanding of the product lifecycle and engineering change control.
• Ability to implement product standardisation through DFM.
• Proficiency in 3D CAD (Autodesk Inventor and/or SolidWorks).
• Experience managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to make informed decisions under pressure.

Desirable

• Experience within filtration, air movement or industrial machinery equipment.
• Knowledge of CE/UKCA compliance requirements.
• Experience of ERP, PDM, PLM and engineering data management systems.
• Lean, Six Sigma or continuous improvement experience.
• Experience with DFMEA and change management.
• Project management and NPD experience to help drive innovation within Serial Development.
• Formal coaching, mentoring or technical leadership training.

Core Competencies

Technical Leadership & Mentorship

• Builds trust and accountability.
• Leads through expertise and example rather than authority.
• Coaches engineers and develops their technical capability.
• Demonstrates resilience and ownership.

Technical Excellence

• Strong engineering judgement.
• Focus on quality and technical integrity.
• Maintains high professional standards.

Strategic Thinking

• Understands the broader business context.
• Balances short-term delivery with long-term capability development.
• Makes sound business decisions using evidence and data.

Collaboration & Influence

• Builds effective relationships across functions.
• Challenges constructively.
• Influences without relying on hierarchy.

Continuous Improvement

• Promotes Lean thinking.
• Challenges waste and inefficiency.
• Drives process maturity and standardisation.

Commercial Awareness

• Understands cost, margin, and customer value.
• Considers business impact when making engineering decisions.
• Supports profitable business growth.

Key Performance Indicators

Responsiveness

• Engineering escalation response and resolution time.
• Manufacturing issue closure rate.

Quality

• Corrective and preventive actions closed on time.
• Reduction in repeat issues and engineering-related non-conformances.

Change Control & Standardisation

• Engineering change cycle time (request to implementation).
• Changes implemented right first time, without re-issue.
• Cost reduction and standardisation savings delivered.

Delivery

• On-time completion of serial development activities.

People & Stakeholders

• Progress of mentored engineers against the technical objectives in their IDPs.
• Stakeholder satisfaction (Manufacturing, Quality, Sales, Service).

Success Looks Like

The milestones below set out what good looks like. They will be used to structure probation and the first-year review.

First 3 months

• Has a working knowledge of the serial product range, the Engineering Change process and the key cross-functional stakeholders.
• Is handling day-to-day technical escalations from Manufacturing and Quality with growing independence.
• Has agreed design review and drawing check standards with the Head of Engineering.

By 6 months

• Is the recognised technical go-to for serial products across Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality and Service.
• Resolves the majority of engineering escalations without Head of Engineering involvement.
• Runs regular design reviews and has an active mentoring relationship with each Serial Development engineer.

By 12 months

• Engineering response times to manufacturing and customer issues have measurably improved.
• Corrective actions are closing on time, and repeat issues are trending down.
• Has delivered at least one standardisation or DFM improvement with a measurable cost, quality or lead-time benefit.
• Engineers they mentor show clear technical progression against their IDPs.
• The Head of Engineering has visible capacity to focus on strategy, systems, processes and long-term product planning.

Progression Path

This role builds the technical depth, influence and mentoring skills needed for more senior engineering positions. Depending on business need and individual aspiration, progression may lead to a people leadership role within Engineering as the team grows, or to a senior technical specialist route. Development will be supported through the IDP process and formal leadership or project management training where appropriate.

Non-Negotiable Operating Principles

• No change to a serial product is released without formal engineering change control and documented approval.
• No drawing goes to production without a check and correct revision control.
• Safety and compliance are never traded for speed or cost.
• Containment is not closure: every significant issue is taken through to root cause and corrective action.
• Engineering decisions and their rationale are documented, not just agreed verbally.
• Risks to customers, production or compliance are escalated to the Head of Engineering the same day.
• Mentoring is part of the job, not an extra: knowledge is shared, not held.

Why Join Filtermist?

Filtermist Limited, part of the Swedish Absolent Air Care Group, is a UK market leader with over 55 years of innovation in oil mist, dust and fume extraction. Trusted by world-class manufacturers in over 60 countries - spanning aerospace, automotive, medical, and food processing, we take pride in cleaning the air for global industry.

Officially certified as a Great Place to Work©, we foster a culture that supports both career development and a positive work-life balance.

Our Perks:

• Early Friday Finish: Condensed hours mean we finish at 12:45 PM on Fridays.
• Continuous Learning: Tailored Personal Development Plans & peer-led Internal Masterclasses.
• Financial & Future Wellbeing: Enhanced pension support (when you pay above the minimum) and an additional holiday purchase scheme.
• Purpose-Driven Culture: Join a team dedicated to internal workplace culture and meaningful community initiatives.

Our Culture & Values

We pride ourselves on our attitude and culture. Success in this role requires a commitment to our core behavioural competencies:

• Positive & Collaborative: A supportive team player who brings a solution-oriented attitude to daily challenges.
• Proactive Time Management: Self-motivated to prioritise workloads, meet deadlines, and drive operational efficiencies.
• Professionalism: An exceptional communicator and company ambassador who builds respectful relationships with internal teams and external suppliers.
• Quality & Customer Focus: Takes pride in delivering excellent service, keeping both internal and external customer needs at the forefront.
• Continuous Improvement: Open to learning, adapting to new systems, and driving both personal and business development.
• Safety & Sustainability: Holds a strong awareness of safety, welfare, and regulatory compliance to protect our people and environment.

If you think you could be the person we are looking for, please send your CV to [email protected].

Download full job description

To apply, email [email protected] with your CV