Location: UK
Sector: Advanced Manufacturing / Engineered Products
Job Type: Permanent
Overview
An established international manufacturing business is seeking a Director of Engineering to lead its engineering strategy and operational delivery across a complex, high-performance environment.
This role will provide both strategic direction and hands-on leadership to ensure technical excellence, product integrity, and continuous operational improvement.
Key Responsibilities
* Define and implement the engineering strategy aligned to business objectives
* Lead and develop a multi-disciplinary engineering team
* Oversee manufacturing, process, and product engineering activities
* Drive continuous improvement across safety, quality, cost, and delivery
* Ensure robust technical governance, standards, and compliance
* Lead capital investment planning and execution
* Support new product introduction and production readiness
* Manage product lifecycle, configuration control, and change management processes
* Resolve complex technical issues and provide senior-level engineering guidance
* Collaborate cross-functionally with Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, and Commercial teams
* Act as senior technical representative with customers and external stakeholders
* Provide clear performance reporting and engineering KPIs to senior leadership
Candidate Profile
* Degree-qualified in an Engineering discipline
* Significant senior engineering leadership experience within a manufacturing environment
* Proven track record of delivering operational and technical improvements
* Strong understanding of product lifecycle management and manufacturing processes
* Experience leading capital projects and technical investment programmes
* Commercially aware with strong risk management capability
* Confident communicator able to influence at executive level
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