Engineering Manager

A leading industrial operation is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to provide strategic and operational leadership across engineering, maintenance and asset reliability within a Lubricants Manufacturing Plant.
This is a key leadership position responsible for ensuring the plant's assets remain safe, reliable, efficient and fit for purpose
, while driving a proactive engineering culture and continuous improvement across the operation.

• Develop and implement the Engineering, Maintenance & Asset Reliability Strategy
• Lead multidisciplinary mechanical, electrical, instrumentation and reliability functions
• Drive preventative, predictive and reliability-centred maintenance programmes
• Improve plant availability, OEE and MTBF while reducing unplanned downtime
• Establish effective maintenance planning, backlog management and shutdown strategies
• Lead root-cause analysis and ensure recurring equipment failures are permanently eliminated
• Manage engineering budgets and drive maintenance cost and asset lifecycle optimisation
• Oversee CAPEX, engineering projects and capital investment from scope through to delivery
• Ensure compliance with statutory requirements, engineering standards and technical governance
• Manage engineering contractors, suppliers and external service providers
• Develop engineering capability, competency plans and high-performing technical teams
• Partner closely with Operations, SHEQ, Supply Chain and other business functions to support production objectives
• Drive engineering-related continuous improvement and operational excellence initiatives

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics or Industrial Engineering
• 10–15 years' engineering and maintenance experience within a manufacturing, FMCG, chemical, refinery, lubricants or industrial processing environment
  , with a minimum of 5 years' experience leading multidisciplinary engineering and maintenance teams
  .

The successful candidate should demonstrate strong experience in:
Asset Management | Engineering Strategy | Reliability | Preventative & Predictive Maintenance | Maintenance Planning | Shutdowns | CAPEX | Cost Optimisation | Technical Governance | Contractor Management | Continuous Improvement

We are looking for a technically strong and commercially minded engineering leader with the ability to strategise, influence and execute
.
The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong people leadership, change management, analytical and problem-solving capabilities
, coupled with excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
If you are an engineering leader ready to take ownership of asset reliability, maintenance excellence and operational performance
, this is an opportunity to make a significant impact within a major industrial manufacturing environment.