Engineering Manager

Northampton Business Directory; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading capital equipment manufacturer is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a multidisciplinary engineering team across design and production. You will manage budgets, drive new product introductions, and collaborate on product improvements. Ideal candidates have extensive project management experience and a relevant engineering degree. This role offers a competitive salary of up to £85,000, along with bonuses and benefits, including private medical insurance.

Benefits

Personal and company bonus (£5,000-£7,000)

Private Medical

25 Days Holiday & Bank Holidays

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading a multidisciplinary team.
• Excellent people management capabilities.
• Commercially aware and ideally experienced in a global business.

Responsibilities

• Lead the engineering team across design and production.
• Manage NPI and project management.
• Take ownership of product reliability and service improvements.

Skills

Project management skills

Leadership skills

DFM or DFMA experience

Competent with ERP systems

Education

B.Eng / BSc in a relevant engineering subject

Job description

Basic Salary

Up to £85,000, dependant on your relevant experience

Benefits

• Personal and company bonus (£5,000-£7,000)
• Private Medical
• 25 Days Holiday & Bank Holidays

Location

Bedford

Commutable Locations

Milton Keynes, Northampton, Luton, Leighton Buzzard, Wellingborough, Rugby, Coventry, Kettering, Corby, St Neots, Huntingdon, Peterborough.

Job Description

Engineering Manager, Head of Engineering, Project Manager – R&D, Capital Equipment, Aviation

As our new Engineering Manager, you will lead a large team of talented multidisciplinary engineers across design, R&D and production (circa 20 people).

Your role is to motivate and develop your engineering team, not just across our site but globally across our group. The role will be varied, driving new product introduction (NPI), production engineering, re‑engineering, obsolescence, CAPEX and production support for engineering change.

You must be open and available to travel if needed.

Your Responsibilities

• Lead our engineering team (design, production engineering, project, CAPEX)
• Manage and drive our NPI including project management
• Take ownership of our DFMA and service to improve product reliability
• Manage a sizeable budget (£5m+)
• Collaborate across the group to offset risk, product improvements and cost reduction projects

Your Background

As an Engineering Manager, you will have excellent project management skills from a design, R&D or an NPI environment and be able to take a product to production, be an excellent people manager, be commercially aware and ideally have worked within a multi‑site operation / global business.

Ideally, as an Engineering Manager you will have:

• Proven experience leading a multidisciplinary design, R&D team of 10+ (ideally encompassing mechanical, electrical, electronic and firmware)
• Machinery and/or equipment experience
• Experience of DFM or DFMA, and ideally service
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to inspire, coach and lead your team
• Very competent with ERP systems

Your Education

• B.Eng / BSc or above in a relevant engineering subject – likely Electrical / Electronic Engineering or Mechanical Engineering related

The Company

We are owned by a global group designing, developing and manufacturing capital equipment for the aviation industry.

Prospects

After you reshape our engineering department, we have a variety of challenges and other career paths available for you, internally or within our global group.

Interested?

Please click apply. You will receive an acknowledgement of your application.

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