Engineering Director

SimWest Engineering Recruitment; Manchester; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus 15%

Private healthcare (BUPA)

Life assurance

25 days holiday

Job summary

SimWest Engineering Recruitment is seeking an Engineering Director for Capital Equipment in Greater Manchester. The role leads Mechanical Design, Electrical Engineering and Project Management, delivering high-value capital equipment projects and steering strategic direction.

You will recruit, mentor and develop engineers, manage KPIs, and collaborate with customers, manufacturing and supply chain to improve delivery and governance. Chartered status beneficial.

Qualifications

• Requires a degree in Mechanical Engineering or closely related discipline.
• More than five years of engineering management or senior leadership experience.
• Strong background in high-value capital equipment or complex engineered products.
• Proven experience leading and developing a multidisciplinary design/engineering office.

Responsibilities

• Set and deliver the engineering strategy aligned with company objectives.
• Lead and develop Design, Projects, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering teams.
• Oversee engineering delivery of capital-equipment projects.
• Manage departmental capacity, workloads, priorities and resources.
• Ensure projects meet technical, quality, commercial and delivery standards.
• Introduce engineering best practices to improve productivity and efficiency.
• Establish and manage departmental KPIs and governance.
• Recruit, mentor and develop team members at all levels.
• Collaborate with customers, sales, manufacturing and supply chain.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Design leadership

Project management

Mechanical design

Electrical engineering

Stakeholder management

Strategic direction

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Engineering Director - Capital Equipment

£80,000-£100,000 + bonus of up to 15% + private healthcare & benefits.

Location: Greater Manchester

Are you an experienced engineering leader with a strong background in the design and manufacture of high-value capital equipment?

This is an opportunity to take responsibility for a multidisciplinary engineering function covering Mechanical Design, Electrical Engineering and Project Management. You will provide the strategic direction, technical leadership and operational structure needed to develop the team and improve the delivery of complex capital-equipment projects.

The role requires more than high-level strategic oversight. You will remain close enough to the engineering and project activity to understand the challenges, support your managers and team leaders, and provide informed technical direction when needed.

THE ROLE

As Engineering Director, you will:

• Set and deliver the engineering strategy in line with the company's wider objectives.
• Lead and develop the Design, Projects, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering teams.
• Oversee the engineering delivery of high-value capital-equipment projects.
• Manage departmental capacity, workloads, priorities and resources.
• Ensure projects meet the required technical, quality, commercial and delivery standards.
• Introduce engineering best practices that improve productivity, consistency and efficiency.
• Establish and manage departmental KPIs.
• Strengthen engineering processes, design controls and project governance.
• Recruit, mentor and develop employees at all levels of the engineering team.
• Work closely with customers, sales, manufacturing, supply chain and third-party manufacturing partners.
• Provide senior technical support when complex engineering or project challenges arise.
• Contribute to wider business strategy and senior-management decision-making.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

You will need:

• A degree in Mechanical Engineering or a closely related discipline.
• More than five years' engineering management or senior leadership experience.
• A strong background in high-value capital equipment, special-purpose machinery or complex engineered products.
• Proven experience leading and developing an engineering design office and multidisciplinary team.
• In-depth knowledge of engineering design and project delivery.
• Experience managing projects from concept and design through manufacture, installation and commissioning.
• Strong resource planning, prioritisation and people-development skills.
• The ability to combine strategic leadership with practical technical judgement.
• A track record of improving engineering performance, processes and project delivery.
• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills.

Chartered Engineer status would be beneficial but is not essential. Previous experience operating as an executive or main board member would also be advantageous.

SALARY AND BENEFITS

• £80,000-£100,000 basic salary.
• Annual bonus worth up to 15% of salary.
• BUPA private healthcare.
• Life assurance.
• 25 days' holiday plus bank holidays.

If you are an experienced engineering leader who can develop people, strengthen engineering operations and improve the delivery of complex capital-equipment projects, we would be keen to hear from you