As the Senior Production Engineering Manager, you will take ownership of the day-to-day engineering leadership across 2 manufacturing areas. You will be the key technical authority onsite, ensuring stable, compliant, highly efficient operations while driving capital investment and strategic engineering improvements.
Client Details
My client is a global leader within the life sciences and advanced manufacturing sector, supporting customers who deliver breakthrough solutions. Their Cardiff site is a high-growth facility producing highly technical products under stringent quality and regulatory standards.
Description
Responsibilities
Provide hands-on engineering support across manual and automated production lines.
Act as the principal contact for resolving technical, process, validation, and quality issues internally and with key suppliers.
Scope, purchase, install, validate, and introduce new machinery through structured change control.
Deliver measurable cost savings, process improvements, and waste-reduction initiatives.
Project manage significant capital projects from concept to completion, including budget control.
Develop and maintain an Engineering Master Plan, assessing future space, equipment, and capability needs.
Champion the use of continuous improvement methodologies (Lean, TPM).
Produce high-quality documentation including specifications, SOPs, training materials, and maintenance standards.
Ensure equipment reliability by aligning maintenance strategies with production priorities.
Profile
Ideal Candidate
Demonstrated leadership experience within an operations or production engineering environment.
Degree in Engineering (or equivalent experience).
Strong background in regulated manufacturing (e.g., medical devices, pharmaceutical, biotech, aerospace, automotive).
Hands-on experience implementing change, introducing new equipment, and leading technical investigations.
Practitioner-level understanding of TPM, with evidence of driving cultural adoption.
Knowledge of SPC and use of data to inform decision-making and process control.
Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills at all levels.
Ability to balance long-term engineering strategy with pragmatic, day-to-day problem solving.
Job Offer
Competitive base salary package aligned to senior engineering leadership.
Annual bonus scheme linked to site and personal performance.
Strong employer pension contribution.
Private healthcare and well being support.
Extensive training, CI development, and long-term career progression opportunities within a global group