Engineering Design Manager

Engineering Design Manager

Locations: Witney, Oxfordshire

Job Type: Full-time, Office-Based

Hours: Monday - Friday, 08:30-16:30

Salary: £60,000 - £70,000 (DOE)

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Engineering Design Manager to lead the Engineering function within a growing manufacturing business in Witney, Oxfordshire.

This is a hands-on leadership role with responsibility for leading the Engineering team and overseeing New Product Development (NPD) projects from initial concept through to validation, launch and production.

The successful candidate will provide structure, leadership and direction across Engineering, while working closely with Production, Purchasing, Quality, Sales, Operations and external suppliers.

Key Responsibilities

Lead, coach and develop the Engineering team.

Manage the Engineering and NPD project pipeline from initial brief through to production release.

Establish clear project scopes, requirements, deliverables, priorities and ownership.

Plan and manage engineering resources across multiple projects.

Introduce effective project governance, reviews, stage gates and risk management.

Monitor project milestones, actions, risks, dependencies and capacity.

Provide regular programme updates to senior management.

Strengthen and standardise the NPD process from concept through to production.

Ensure products are designed for manufacture, quality, performance and commercial requirements.

Apply structured risk management techniques such as DFMEA.

Improve engineering workflows, documentation and engineering change control.

Maintain effective CAD, PDM and document control systems.

Support the successful transition of new products into manufacturing.

Work closely with Production and Manufacturing to resolve engineering issues.

Develop relationships with UK and international suppliers.

Support supplier selection, technical reviews, tooling and supplier development.

Work with suppliers to resolve technical and quality issues.

Support NCRs, root cause analysis and corrective actions.

Provide leadership and direction to the Quality ...