Position Available: Senior Manufacturing Engineering Manager

Location: Greater Manchester (Hybrid)

Salary: Circa £65,000-£70,000 + Bonus & Benefits

Qualifications required: A relevant engineering degree, or a technical engineering/craft apprenticeship to NVQ Level 3 with an HNC or equivalent qualification.

Experience needed: Strong technical engineering and manufacturing experience, with a proven background leading industrialisation, production-readiness and continuous-improvement activities within a complex engineering environment.

About the Role

We're looking for a Senior Manufacturing Engineering Manager to act as the manufacturing technical authority for a complex engineering portfolio.

You'll ensure that production systems can meet current and future manufacturing requirements, overseeing technical changes, industrialisation, production-rate increases and the transition of new products into series production. This is a senior, highly collaborative position involving regular interaction with engineering teams, customers, suppliers and project leadership.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure manufacturing systems are technically capable of meeting production requirements
• Lead manufacturing input into product development and technical change activities
• Oversee industrialisation activities and contribute to project gate reviews
• Coordinate manufacturing obsolescence and replacement initiatives
• Lead production-rate increases across relevant manufacturing areas
• Manage project-level manufacturing CAPEX requirements and funding submissions
• Coordinate the validation and certification of production systems
• Support the transition of products from development into series production
• Identify manufacturing risks and develop appropriate mitigation strategies
• Lead continuous-improvement initiatives to increase efficiency and capability
• Manage technical relationships with customers, suppliers and internal stakeholders

What We Need From You

• Significant technical experience within engineering and manufacturing
• Experience working with complex manufacturing or production systems
• Proven experience leading engineering projects, industrialisation or production-readiness activities
• Strong knowledge of risk management, problem-solving and technical issue resolution
• Experience managing obsolescence, continuous improvement or production-rate increases
• The credibility to act as a technical authority and influence senior stakeholders
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication and decision-making skills
• Experience within defence, aerospace or another highly regulated engineering environment would be advantageous

If you'd like to learn more or register your interest, hit apply as we'd love to hear from you!