Our client is a successful and well-established manufacturer. They are looking for an Engineering Manager to coordinate and manage the engineering team, along with involvement with engineering projects. NOTE – The start date for this role is likely to be in September / October 2025, so if you have a 3 month notice period please still apply. PLEASE ONLY APPLY IF YOU MEET THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA: * Minimum of 5 years experience of managing engineering activity in a manufacturing / FMCG / Production environment. * Experience of managing teams of over 15 people. * Proven capability of setting and managing budgets more than £2m/year. * You have an ONC/HNC Engineering qualification. * Recognised management qualification e.g. NVQ, ILM, CMI. * NEBOSH General Certificate. * IOSH Managing Safely. * Computer literacy to a high level. Job Details: * Salary depending on experience (to be discussed if your application is shortlisted). * Access to a Pool car Other benefits. * Hours of work: Monday to Friday days with possible out of hours support via telephone or personal attendance on site to manage any significant issues beyond the authority/capability of on site personnel. Responsibilities: * Ensure compliance with Health & Safety policies, procedures, and legislation and ensure that all work is undertaken to the highest Health & Safety standard. * Implement and maintain an asset management program to cover all manufacturing equipment and services. * Control engineering and toolroom spending and ensure adherence to budgets. * Engineering stores and workshop management including stock control, purchasing, spares availability and housekeeping. * Manage and control contracts in line with procedures from specification writing to installation. * Management and control of contractors on site to ensure compliance with company safety and environmental policies. * Assess downtime trends to identify areas of weakness and in conjunction with production function develop plans to reduce breakdowns and improve equipment reliability. * Strengthen overall leadership and capabilities for the engineering function. * Build and sustain a high-performance engineering and site services team and ensure strong alignment and coordination with Production function and other functional groups. * ‘Champion’ the application of maintenance ‘excellence’ methodology. * Develop and maintain a maintenance KPI dashboard in engineering and toolroom. * Managing compliance to requirements of ISO14001. * Develop and manage the AGILITY CMMS system. This job would suit people with similar previous job titles such as; Senior Engineering Manager / Engineering Supervisor / Head of Engineering / Site Manager / Engineering Lead / Engineering Leader / Project Engineer / Lead Engineer / Maintenance Manager / Maintenance Supervisor / etc