Engineering Manager

Engineering Manager

Bedford,

Up to £85,000

Monday to Friday, Days

We're working with a well-established manufacturing business in Bedford who are looking to appoint an Engineering Manager to lead and develop their site engineering and maintenance function.

This is a senior, high autonomy role where you'll have the opportunity to shape the engineering strategy, develop the team and drive improvements across a busy 24/7 manufacturing site.

The role

You'll take overall responsibility for the engineering and maintenance function, working closely with Operations, Technical, HR and other departments to improve reliability, compliance and overall site performance.

Key responsibilities include:

Leading, coaching and developing the Engineering team

Managing all planned, preventative and reactive maintenance across the site

Developing the maintenance strategy to improve plant reliability and reduce downtime

Driving a proactive culture around continuous improvement, RCA and asset reliability

Managing engineering KPI's including reactive vs proactive maintenance, downtime, top losses and labour utilisation

Ensuring all maintenance systems, processes and statutory requirements are maintained

Managing engineering stores and ensuring critical spares are available

Managing departmental budgets and expenditure

Supporting and delivering capital projects and continuous improvement initiatives

Working closely with other site functions to ensure engineering supports operational performance

Maintaining a strong Health & Safety and compliance culture

Developing the team through clear objectives, regular feedback and visible leadership

About you

We're looking for an experienced Engineering Manager, Maintenance Manager, Head of Engineering or Chief Engineer with a strong background within manufacturing.

You'll ideally have:

HND or Degree in Engineering

Proven experience leading an engineering or maintenance team within manufacturing

Strong knowledge of PPM, CMMS and maintenance systems

Experience driving reliability and continuous improvement

Lean or Six Sigma experience

Experience managing budgets and capital projects

Strong knowledge of Health & Sa...