Head of Engineering and Manufacturing Support

SUMMARY:
A leading manufacturing organisation is seeking an experienced Engineering Executive / Senior Engineering Manager to lead the Engineering, Maintenance, and Toolroom functions within a high-performance manufacturing environment.
This is a senior engineering leadership opportunity suited to a technically strong, hands-on leader with extensive experience in discrete manufacturing environments. The successful candidate will combine engineering governance, manufacturing engineering expertise, maintenance and reliability leadership, and factory-floor operational support capability.

POSITION INFO:
Key Responsibilities

• Lead the Engineering, Maintenance, and Toolroom functions
• Drive engineering governance, technical standards, and reliability systems
• Support manufacturing operations through strong engineering leadership
• Oversee asset care, maintenance strategy, and continuous improvement initiatives
• Manage CAPEX projects and engineering improvement programmes
• Ensure effective manufacturing support engineering and technical problem-solving
• Lead and develop engineering managers, maintenance teams, and technical staff
• Maintain strong integration between product engineering, manufacturing processes, tooling, and production support
• Drive operational uptime, engineering efficiency, and technical compliance

Minimum Requirements

• BEng or BTech in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline
• 10–15 years’ manufacturing experience within discrete manufacturing environments
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in a senior engineering leadership role
• Proven leadership of engineering managers, maintenance managers, and multidisciplinary technical teams
• Strong understanding of:
• Manufacturing engineering
• Reliability and maintenance systems
• Engineering governance
• BOM management
• CAPEX execution
• Production support engineering
• Experience within one or more of the following environments:
• Automotive manufacturing
• Defence manufacturing
• Precision engineering
• Heavy fabrication
• Industrial equipment manufacturing
• Engineered products manufacturing
• Strong factory-floor presence and practical leadership capability
• Ability to operate effectively in high-accountability manufacturing environments

Advantageous

• GCC qualification
• SAP exposure
• Experience within globally competitive manufacturing environments

Preferred Background
The ideal candidate will have exposure to:

• Machining and CNC environments
• Toolroom operations
• Assembly manufacturing
• Precision or high-volume manufacturing
• Fabrication and engineered product environments

Please Note
This opportunity is best suited to candidates with a strong engineering-led manufacturing background.
Candidates from the following backgrounds are unlikely to be suitable:

• Pure operations or plant management
• FMCG/process manufacturing-only environments
• Utilities or facilities engineering
• Project management without manufacturing leadership depth
• Design engineering-only profiles
• Maintenance-only leadership without broader engineering governance exposure

Applications are invited from technically credible leaders who are comfortable operating close to the factory floor and driving engineering excellence across manufacturing operations.
Shortlisted candidates will be contacted in due course. If you are not contacted please consider your application unsuccessful.

 

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