Job Description & How to Apply Below
Exeter
£40,000-£50,000
Monday - Friday days
21 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays
Healthcare Package
Life Assurance
The Role & Team ImpactYou will lead, mentor, and organize a dedicated team within a fast-paced laboratory environment. Balancing people management with operational delivery, you will ensure test schedules are met while acting as a key technical focal point for the team.
Day-to-Day Responsibilities- Provide full line management for engineers and technicians, including PDRs, objective setting, and performance tracking.
- Plan, schedule, and allocate daily testing workloads across static, fatigue, and thermal analysis equipment to ensure project timescales are met.
- Support team members with technical problem-solving on complex or difficult non-metallic and composite testing activities.
- Ensure all testing activities comply with international quality and testing standards (BS EN ISO, ASTM).
- Oversee accuracy in test data collection, failure analysis, and client report delivery.
- Drive team engagement, development, and high standards across the laboratory.
- Technical Qualification (Essential):
Degree qualified (minimum) in Materials Science, Aerospace, Mechanical, or Manufacturing Engineering (or equivalent industrial experience). - Leadership
Experience:
Demonstrable people management, supervisory, or team leading experience with a genuine passion for leading and developing people (deputising or supervisory experience considered). - Materials Expertise:
Strong background in non-metallic materials testing, with experience in composite materials strongly preferred. - Planning & Organization:
Proven capability to plan workloads, coordinate technical projects, and handle changing operational priorities. - Location:
Must live within a reasonable commute of Honiton, Devon.
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