Engineering Manager

Job Description

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is recruiting for an Engineering Manager to join the senior management team within a large manufacturing environment. Reporting to the Works Manager, this role is responsible for delivering safety, performance, financial, and development metrics while defining and delivering site strategy.

Key Duties

• Provide engineering leadership to support manufacturing operations and ensure compliance with health, safety, and environmental requirements.
• Lead asset reliability strategies, including criticality assessments and FMEA.
• Drive maintenance and reliability excellence, improving process understanding and problem-solving capability.
• Plan and schedule maintenance shutdowns, including major refurbishment activities.
• Manage the annual maintenance and repair budget.
• Contribute to strategic planning, engineering standards, and best practices.
• Lead and develop a team of skilled engineers within a safety-critical environment.
• Ensure manufacturing assets and infrastructure are maintained to high standards.
• Drive improvements in plant performance, reliability, and availability.

Requirements

• Degree-qualified engineer (Mechanical or Electrical preferred).
• Chartered status or working towards it (preferred).
• Experience delivering maintenance excellence programmes in medium to heavy industry.
• Proven experience leading large, multi-disciplinary engineering teams.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing KPIs such as OEE and loss analysis.
• Ability to use data-driven maintenance strategies to improve performance.
• Experience working within safety-critical environments.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary.
• Comprehensive benefits package.
• Opportunity to join a well-established industrial organisation.
• Long-term career development opportunities.

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