Job Description
Fortress Recruit is supporting a leading technology and engineering solutions provider in their search for a Head of Engineering. This is a senior leadership role with strategic and operational responsibility for managing a multi-disciplinary engineering function, delivering high-integrity products and systems across diverse industrial sectors.
Key responsibilities will include:
1. Leading and developing the Technical Services department, ensuring the team is structured, skilled, and resourced to meet business objectives and future growth.
2. Providing leadership across mechanical, electrical, electronic, and software engineering disciplines, setting performance expectations and departmental OKRs.
3. Overseeing delivery of multiple complex projects, ensuring on-time, on-budget completion and adherence to quality, safety, and compliance standards.
4. Acting as design authority for system and product architecture from concept through to end-of-life, ensuring optimisation for reliability and manufacturability.
5. Managing engineering budgets, resource allocation, and performance reporting to the senior management team.
6. Championing technical excellence and innovation through mentoring, coaching, and continuous improvement initiatives.
7. Supporting customer engagement, bid activity, and opportunity assessments to shape winning technical solution...