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.

• 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.

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.

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.