Engineering Manager

Salary/Rate: £54k - 60k per year + pension, 33 days annual leave, product discounts, health care, life assurance

Working Hours:
Monday–Friday, 07:00–15:30

We are looking for an ambitious and hands-on Engineering Manager to take ownership of a busy manufacturing site commutable from Scunthorpe, Hull, Grimsby & Lincoln and make the engineering function their own.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Engineering Supervisor, Engineering Manager or senior maintenance professional who is ready to take genuine responsibility for a site, establish clear and consistent processes, and create an engineering operation that is structured, accountable and performance driven.

As Engineering Manager, you will have the autonomy to put your own stamp on the department. You will be expected to bring structure to workload planning, establish clear priorities, drive planned and preventative maintenance, and ensure the engineering team consistently delivers against agreed targets and deadlines.

The successful Engineering Manager will be someone who leads from the front, sets clear expectations, and holds their team accountable. You will be comfortable challenging poor performance, identifying inefficiencies and implementing better ways of working, while maintaining a positive and collaborative relationship with production and senior management.

This is a role for someone who wants to own the engineering function rather than simply manage it.

• Take full ownership of the engineering and maintenance function across the site.
• Lead, manage and develop the engineering team, setting clear objectives, targets, and expectations.
• Establish clear processes for prioritising and allocating engineering workloads.
• Work closely with Operations and Production Management to ensure engineering activities support production requirements and minimise disruption.
• Monitor engineering performance, output, and completion against agreed deadlines, taking action where standards are not being met.
• Develop and maintain an effective planned preventative maintenance (PPM) programme covering plant, machinery, equipment, and buildings.
• Ensure reactive maintenance is dealt with efficiently and that recurring issues are identified and eliminated wherever possible.
• Plan to engineer resources effectively, including holidays, absences, overtime, and departmental cover.
• Keep overtime under control through effective planning, organisation, and resource management.
• Ensure engineering projects, shutdown work and long-term improvement projects are properly planned, resourced, and delivered.
• Take ownership of site engineering projects, ensuring work is completed safely, efficiently, within budget and to a high standard.
• Liaise with suppliers and contractors to ensure the correct materials, equipment and services are available when required.
• Manage engineering expenditure and monitor weekly and periodic costs against agreed budgets.
• Identify opportunities to reduce maintenance costs, downtime, waste, and unnecessary expenditure.
• Ensure the engineering team has the appropriate skills, training, and competence to carry out assigned tasks safely and effectively.
• Arrange additional training and development where required.
• Work closely with departmental managers to minimise the operational impact of planned and reactive maintenance.
• Communicate clearly and confidently with senior management, providing regular updates on performance, issues, improvements, and future requirements.
• Analyse site maintenance and production issues, make sound decisions and implement effective solutions.
• Establish robust inspection, testing, and maintenance schedules.
• Ensure all engineering activities comply with relevant legislation, regulations, and…