Engineering Manager

Engineering Manager

Poole, Dorset | £55,000 to £65,000 DOE

This role is open to UK applicants only, or those with full right to work in the UK.

UK eyes only apply due to MOD project involvement.

If you are an Engineering Manager who enjoys leading people, solving complex lifting challenges, and owning projects from concept through to final delivery, this Engineering Manager role offers real technical depth and long-term stability. This is a senior Engineering Manager position within a well-established, globally operating engineering and manufacturing business based in Poole.

As Engineering Manager, you will lead an experienced Design Engineering team, reporting directly into the Operations Director. The Engineering Manager will be responsible for managing day-to-day engineering activity, overseeing custom engineered lifting solutions, and driving new product development from early concept through prototyping, testing, and final release. The Engineering Manager role is varied, hands-on, and highly influential across the wider business.

• Leading, coaching, and developing a multi-disciplinary Engineering team
• Managing workloads, priorities, and deadlines across multiple design projects
• Owning the engineering input for complex custom lifting solutions
• Overseeing new product development, from concept to production release
• Ensuring designs meet global standards including ASME, CE, and UKCA
• Reviewing and approving calculations, FEA, beam analysis, and technical drawings
• Ensuring technical files, user instructions, and engineering documentation are maintained
• Acting as the technical authority for lifting standards, legislation, and best practice
• Supporting Operations with testing schedules, load tests, and technical input
• Managing engineering software licences, budgets, and renewals
• Maintaining ISO-related engineering documentation and audit actions

• Proven experience as an Engineering Manager or senior engineering leader
• Strong people management skills with the ability to motivate and develop engineers
• Experience delivering projects to tight deadlines within a design environment
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and see the bigger picture
• A meticulous eye for detail, particularly when checking drawings and calculations
• Confident communicator, able to engage technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Experience in lifting equipment is highly desirable, but not essential
• Willingness and ability to quickly learn lifting legislation, standards, and norms
• Degree qualified to at least BEng level in Mechanical, Structural, or similar engineering

Due to the nature of MOD projects, the Engineering Manager must be a UK national.

• Salary £55,000 to £65,000 depending on experience
• Free on-site car, motorbike, and bicycle parking
• On-site shower and changing facilities
• Group life cover (DIS benefit)
• Periodic cost of living salary reviews
• Annual occupational health surveillance where applicable
• Employee assistance programme and eye-care vouchers

This Engineering Manager position suits someone who enjoys technical ownership, leadership responsibility, and working in a specialist engineering environment where quality and expertise matter.

If this Engineering Manager role sounds right for you, call or message Hayden at Holt Engineering on  to have a confidential chat.