Engineering and Quality Manager

Grafters Recruitment Consultants Ltd; Eastbourne; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Grafters Recruitment Consultants Ltd is seeking an Engineering and Quality Manager to provide strategic and operational leadership across engineering and quality functions in a manufacturing environment in Eastbourne.

You will own product design and development, manufacturing engineering, new product introduction, equipment reliability, and ISO 9001 quality systems, building a high-performing team and driving continuous improvement to enable significant growth.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in senior engineering management within a manufacturing environment.
• Proven ability to lead and improve engineering teams.
• Strong knowledge of manufacturing processes and equipment.
• Experience with CAD, BOMs, product structures, routings, and engineering change control in ERP/MRP.
• Solid understanding of machinery maintenance and equipment reliability.
• Knowledge of ISO 9001 quality management and root-cause analysis.
• Experience in technical customer engagement and reporting.
• Ability to implement organisational improvements and deliver measurable results.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational leadership across engineering and quality functions.
• Take responsibility for product design and development, manufacturing engineering, and new product introduction.
• Improve machinery and equipment reliability and maintenance programmes.
• Establish systems, processes and standards to support business growth.
• Lead engineering teams and oversee technical compliance.
• Engage with customers and present investigation findings.

Skills

Senior engineering management

People leadership

Manufacturing processes

Quality management systems ISO 9001

Tools

CAD systems

ERP/MRP

Job description

Engineering and Quality Manager

The Engineering & Quality Manager will provide strategic and operational leadership across all engineering and quality functions, taking full responsibility for product design and development, manufacturing engineering, new product introduction, machinery and equipment reliability, quality management and technical compliance.

This is a key senior management appointment, responsible for strengthening the company's technical capability, developing a high-performing engineering team and establishing the systems, processes and standards necessary to support significant business growth.

The successful candidate will combine strong engineering expertise with effective people leadership, commercial awareness and the ability to drive organisational change.

• Significant experience in senior engineering management within a manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrable experience leading, developing and improving the performance of engineering teams.
• Strong practical knowledge of manufacturing processes, equipment, tooling, production engineering and continuous improvement.
• Experience managing CAD systems, bills of materials, product structures, routings and engineering change control within an ERP/MRP environment.
• Sound understanding of machinery maintenance, preventative maintenance programmes and equipment reliability.
• Strong working knowledge of quality management systems, ISO 9001, root-cause analysis, corrective actions and product compliance.
• Experience in technical customer engagement, including the preparation and presentation of professional reports and investigation findings.
• Proven ability to implement organisational improvements, raise standards and deliver measurable operational results.