Engineering Manager – Lead Reliability & Safety, Manufacturing

Engineering Manager

North Lancashire

60k - 70k DOE + Bonus + Excellent Benefits

Monday - Friday | 8:00am - 4:30pm

A well established Manufacturing business is looking to appoint an experienced Engineering Manager to lead its on site engineering function. This is a pivotal leadership role with real influence over site performance, culture and long-term strategy.

You'll join a stable, forward thinking organisation where you can make a genuine impact driving reliability, safety and continuous improvement across the operation.

As Engineering Manager will take full ownership of the engineering department and team. This role is focused on delivering a high performing, reliable plant while embedding a strong safety culture and driving continuous improvement initiatives.

• Leading health, safety and environmental compliance across engineering
• Driving improvements in machine uptime and reliability
• Managing planned and reactive maintenance through CMMS (SIRE or similar)
• Implementing LEAN / continuous improvement strategies
• Delivering CAPEX projects (circa £1.5 budget)
• Managing contractors, suppliers, and engineering spend
• Playing a key role within the site leadership team

• Experienced Engineering Manager from a manufacturing / industrial environment
• Background in process-led Manufacturing
• Proven ability to lead and develop diverse engineering teams
• Strong knowledge of LEAN manufacturing / Six Sigma
• Experience with CMMS systems
• Solid understanding of compliance, H&S, and engineering standards
• Financial awareness including budget and CAPEX management
• Engineering qualification (HND preferred) (electrical bias preferred)
• IOSH

You'll be a hands on leader in approach, someone who leads with honesty, builds strong relationships and works collaboratively with across the business to deliver results.

• Salary up to £69,000
• Discretionary annual bonus of up to 10%
• Private healthcare (family cover)
• Free company products
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Employee discounts portal
• Ongoing training and development opportunities
• Stable, long-term opportunity within an established business
• Real opportunity to influence culture, safety, and team performance

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Zoe Murray
Principal Recruiter

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