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Senior Engineering Manager

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£3 monthly

Job Description - Senior Engineering Manager

White Raven Resourcing Ltd are acting as a recruitment agency in relation to permanent recruitment services.

Our client is an established engineering organisation operating within the aerospace, defence and industrial sectors. They are seeking a Engineering Manager to join their leadership team, responsible for driving engineering excellence, supporting new business growth, and delivering high -quality product solutions. The role can be based within the clients North Wales or South West facilities however regular travel between both sites would be expected, incorporated into a hybrid working arrangement across a 4 day working week. 

This is a key leadership role requiring a collaborative, results -driven professional with strong technical expertise and people management capability.

Key Responsibilities

  • Align engineering resources with strategic objectives to support both short - and long -term business goals.
  • Lead, develop and manage a high -performing engineering team, including capacity planning, recruitment, coaching, performance management and employee relations.
  • Contribute to and lead new business proposals, including bid development, customer relationship management and strategy to secure new contracts.
  • Manage new product development programmes from contract award through to introduction into the supply chain, ensuring delivery against cost, schedule and performance targets.
  • Oversee in -service engineering support, including issue resolution, failure analysis and concession management.
  • Drive technology acquisition and maturation through market analysis, gap identification and strategic planning.
  • Establish and maintain performance metrics to monitor the health of key business processes and support continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Support compliance with relevant certifications, approvals and internal procedures.


Requirements

Skills & Experience

Essential:
  • Degree -qualified in an engineering discipline (or equivalent experience).
  • Minimum of 10 years’ engineering experience within aerospace, defence or a similar highly regulated industry.
  • Proven leadership experience, with the ability to deliver results through teams.
  • Strong analytical and problem -solving capabilities.
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
  • Professional and composed approach when dealing with challenging situations.
  • Effective time management and organisational skills.
  • Experience with Lean and/or Six Sigma methodologies.
  • Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel domestically and internationally.
Personal Attributes:
  • High integrity and commitment to doing the right thing.
  • Team -oriented with a collaborative mindset.
  • Strong coaching and performance management capability.
  • Focused on delivering value and driving operational excellence.


Benefits

Package & Contract

  • Competitive salary and benefits package (details available on request).
  • Opportunity to play a key role in a forward -thinking engineering organisation with strong growth ambitions.


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