Engineering Manager

Peaple Talent; Wembley; On-site; GBP 67,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A progressive food manufacturing firm in Wembley is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a skilled engineering team and drive performance in a modern manufacturing environment. The role offers strategic influence, ownership of engineering strategy, and a competitive salary of £67,500 with a guaranteed 20% bonus. The ideal candidate should have experience in a leadership role, a background in manufacturing, and a proactive approach to continuous improvement. This is an exceptional opportunity for professionals looking to influence strategy and people development.

Qualifications

• Experience in manufacturing or fast-paced production environments.
• Experience managing a small technical team.
• Comfortable operating at senior site leadership level.

Responsibilities

• Lead a small, multi-shift engineering team plus external contractors.
• Drive maintenance strategy and reliability across the site.
• Implement CAPEX delivery and site improvement projects.

Skills

Proven experience in an Engineering Manager or Engineering Team Lead role

Strong people leader

Proactive, data-driven and improvement-focused

Confident with maintenance strategy

Job description

Engineering Manager | London

Are you ready for a career-defining leadership role where you can shape strategy, influence investment, and build a high-performing engineering team in a modern manufacturing environment?

We’re partnering with a forward-thinking food manufacturing site in London to recruit an Engineering Manager into a key position on their Site Leadership Team.

This is a highly visible role offering real influence over performance, people, and long-term site strategy.

You will take ownership of the engineering function, leading a small, skilled team of engineers and contractors, while driving reliability, efficiency, safety, and continuous improvement across the site.

Package: Circa £67,500 base salary + guaranteed 20% bonus making it over £80,000

The Opportunity

This role offers a genuine mix of strategic leadership and hands‑on operational impact. You'll shape the long‑term engineering roadmap while ensuring day‑to‑day maintenance excellence, asset reliability, and production support.

You’ll be trusted to lead CAPEX projects, modernisation programmes, sustainability initiatives, and continuous improvement — with full backing from the wider leadership team.

What You’ll Be Leading

• A small, multi‑shift engineering team plus external contractors
• Site‑wide maintenance strategy (PPM, reactive, and reliability‑centred)
• CAPEX delivery, asset renewal and site improvement projects
• Engineering support to production, NPD and site upgrades
• Health, Safety & Compliance across all engineering activities
• Site infrastructure including utilities, building fabric and plant systems

You’ll play a central role in minimising downtime, improving efficiency, and ensuring engineering enables production — not restricts it.

What They’re Looking For

• Proven experience in an Engineering Manager or Engineering Team Lead role
• Background in manufacturing or fast‑paced production environments
• Strong people leader with experience managing a small technical team
• Confident with maintenance strategy, CAPEX, compliance and contractor management
• Proactive, data-driven and improvement-focused
• Comfortable operating at senior site leadership level

Why This Role Stands Out

• True Site Leadership Team position with strategic influence
• Ownership of engineering strategy and investment
• Lead and develop a tight‑knit, high‑performing team
• Work in a business that values modern engineering, sustainability and innovation
• Strong stability with a structured long‑term roadmap
• £67,500 base salary + guaranteed 20% bonus

The Bottom Line

If you’re an ambitious Engineering Manager looking for a progressive next step where you can influence strategy, develop people, and take real ownership of site performance — this role offers the platform to do exactly that.

Apply now