Engineering Manager

Description:

The Engineering Manager, a key member of the Senior Management Team, holds overall responsibility for equipment and building management across the site, supported by a team of managers and engineers. This role entails fostering inter-departmental relationships, managing and motivating engineering teams. The role will involve strategic planning, team leadership, and process improvement to ensure optimal productivity and efficiency.

Client Details

Our client is a prominent manufacturing site situated on the outskirts of Cardiff, the facility is recognised for its state-of-the-art production capabilities and its role in helping client companies bring their products to market efficiently and at scale.

Description

As the Engineering Manager you will be responsible for:

Establish and maintain good and effective inter-departmental working relationships
Management, development and motivation of direct and indirect reports within the engineering team
Continuous monitoring of departmental business KPIs related to safety, quality, delivery, cost and people, ensuring the team is achieving targets and working towards surpassing them
Enhance competitiveness through leading and driving continuous improvement initiatives
Ensure all maintenance activities are carried out in accordance with company procedures and applicable regulations (COMAH site), including long term maintenance
Define and deliver the long term strategy for the site in terms of maintenance & equipment investments
Ensure the commissioning of new engineering projects (equipment, building work, …) is done safely, on time, on budget and with respect of company procedures and applicable regulations
Ensure new products are well assessed and introduced from an engineering point of view (change parts requirements, CAPEX, technical solution to make the product) in partnership with the Industrialisation team
Generate solutions through creative problem-solving
Be accountable for delivering remedial results relating to HSE and Quality CAPAs
Establish departmental long-term goals through forward-thinkingProfile

As the Engineering Manager you will be able to demonstrate the following skills and experience:

Ideally Degree Qualified or equivalent in an Engineering or Chemical discipline.
You will be a natural leader with your experience gained in high speed manufacturing environments.
You will need to demonstrate experience of managing large engineering teams.
Multidisciplinary engineering skills (electrical, process, mechanical).
Has a rigorous approach towards enforcing discipline in the workplace.
Has a proven experience of effective and creative problem-solving.
Good team-building skills.
Has the ability to embrace and drive change to ensure continuous improvement and competitive advantage.
Experience in a COMAH (Control of Major Accident Hazards) site is a advantage but not essential.Job Offer

A competitive salary, pension, car allowance.
An attractive pension scheme.
A supportive and collaborative company culture.If you are an experienced Engineering Manager looking for a new challenge, we encourage you to apply today