Job Description
Engineering Manager
Corby, Northamptonshire | Competitive salary | Full-time | Permanent | Senior leadership role within a heavy industry manufacturing environment.
Introduction
Acorn by Synergie is recruiting for an Engineering Manager to join the senior management team within a large manufacturing environment. Reporting to the Works Manager, this role is responsible for delivering safety, performance, financial, and development metrics while defining and delivering site strategy.
Key Duties:
* Provide engineering leadership to support manufacturing operations and ensure compliance with health, safety, and environmental requirements.
* Lead asset reliability strategies, including criticality assessments and FMEA.
* Drive maintenance and reliability excellence, improving process understanding and problem-solving capability.
* Plan and schedule maintenance shutdowns, including major refurbishment activities.
* Manage the annual maintenance and repair budget.
* Contribute to strategic planning, engineering standards, and best practices.
* Lead and develop a team of skilled engineers within a safety-critical environment.
* Ensure manufacturing assets and infrastructure are maintained to high standards.
* Drive improvements in plant performance, reliability, and availability.
Requirements:
* Degree-qualified engineer (Mechanical or Electrical preferred).
* Chartered status or working towards it (preferred).
* Experience delivering maintenance excellence programmes in medium to heavy industry.
* Proven experience leading large, multi-disciplinary engineering teams.
* Strong understanding of manufacturing KPIs such as OEE and loss analysis.
* Ability to use data-driven maintenance strategies to improve performance.
* Experience working within safety-critical environments.
What We Offer:
* Competitive salary.
* Comprehensive benefits package.
* Opportunity to join a well-established industrial organisation.
* Long-term career development opportunities.
Interested?
Apply now with your up-to-date CV.
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