Engineering Manager

Engineering Manager Corby, Northamptonshire | Competitive salary | Full-time | Permanent | Senior leadership role within a heavy industry manufacturing environment. Introduction Acorn by Synergie is recruiting for an Engineering Manager to join the senior management team within a large manufacturing environment. Reporting to the Works Manager, this role is responsible for delivering safety, performance, financial, and development metrics while defining and delivering site strategy.

Key Duties:

Provide engineering leadership to support manufacturing operations and ensure compliance with health, safety, and environmental requirements. Lead asset reliability strategies, including criticality assessments and FMEA. Drive maintenance and reliability excellence, improving process understanding and problem-solving capability. Plan and schedule maintenance shutdowns, including major refurbishment activities. Manage the annual maintenance and repair budget. Contribute to strategic planning, engineering standards, and best practices.

Lead and develop a team of skilled engineers within a safety-critical environment. Ensure manufacturing assets and infrastructure are maintained to high standards. Drive improvements in plant performance, reliability, and availability. Requirements:
Degree-qualified engineer (Mechanical or Electrical preferred). Chartered status or working towards it (preferred). Experience delivering maintenance excellence programmes in medium to heavy industry. Proven experience leading large, multi-disciplinary engineering teams. Strong understanding of manufacturing KPIs such as OEE and loss analysis. Ability to use data-driven maintenance strategies to improve performance. Experience working within safety-critical environments.

What We Offer:

Competitive salary. Comprehensive benefits package. Opportunity to join a well-established industrial organisation. Long-term career development opportunities. Interested? Apply now with your up-to-date CV. Acorn by Synergie acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment.