New Process Development Engineer

Project Lead - New Process Development/ Manufacturing

Location: Ellesmere Port

Type: Permanent

Salary: CIRCA £50,000, there may be some flex for exceptional candidates

Hours: onsite, CIRCA 3 weeks additional travel PA (international)

Additional: Up to 20% annual bonus, Life assurance at 4x annual salary, company pension etc

Russell Taylor is working exclusively with an international engineering and manufacturing business to recruit a Project Lead for their specialist technical and innovation team (role created through promotion). This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced engineer or project professional to take ownership of a varied portfolio of new process development, technology and CAPEX projects, helping shape the future direction of the business.

The role:

• You'll take ownership of multiple new process, technology and capital projects, helping turn ideas and innovation into real-world manufacturing capability.

• You'll work closely with engineering, operations, R&D, suppliers and wider technical teams, taking projects through Stage Gate processes from initial concept and trials through to implementation.

• Leading multiple new process, technology and innovation projects

• Managing projects through structured Stage Gate / PMO processes

• Supporting and developing CAPEX proposals, budgets and investment cases

• Identifying and trialling new technologies, equipment and processes

• Working with suppliers and internal teams to take ideas from concept through to implementation

• Using data, trials and Design of Experiments (DOE) to support decision making

• Providing technical support to manufacturing and operations teams

• Helping shape future technology and product development strategies

• Potentially providing day-to-day/dotted-line leadership to technical or scientific team members depending on the project portfolio

The Person;

We're particularly interested in people from mechanical engineering, process engineering, manufacturing or R&D backgrounds who have experience delivering projects and making things happen.

You could come from industries such as:

Glass, Ceramics, Refractories, Iron & Steel, Automotive, Petrochemical, Mechanical Design & Manufacturing, Industrial R&D

You'll ideally have:

• An engineering degree, or similar (physics etc) or equivalent practical experience

• Experience delivering enginee...