SUMMARY:

Manufacturing Engineering Director

Engineering, Maintenance & Toolroom Leadership

POSITION INFO:
Key Responsibilities Lead the Engineering, Maintenance, and Toolroom functions Drive manufacturing engineering excellence across machining, fabrication, and assembly operations Ensure robust engineering governance, BOMs, routings, manufacturing systems, and technical standards Drive asset reliability, maintenance strategies, and equipment performance Lead CAPEX projects, continuous improvement initiatives, and process optimisation Develop and mentor engineering managers and technical teams Support a culture of accountability, technical excellence, and operational performance Requirements BEng or BTech Mechanical Engineering (or related) 10-15 years' manufacturing experience Minimum 5 years in a senior engineering leadership role Experience leading engineering, maintenance, and technical teams Strong exposure to manufacturing engineering, engineering systems, reliability, and production support Experience within machining, toolroom, fabrication, assembly, precision engineering, automotive, defence, industrial equipment, or similar discrete manufacturing environments Advantageous GCC SAP experience Exposure to globally competitive manufacturing environments This Role Is Not Suited To Operations or Plant Managers without strong engineering depth Maintenance-only leaders FMCG\/process manufacturing professionals Project or Design Engineering specialists Technical specialists without leadership scale If you are a technically credible engineering leader who enjoys balancing strategy with factory-floor execution, we would like to hear from you.