Engineering Manager Design & Manufacturing

Everlinked Ltd; Glenrothes; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A well-established manufacturing company in Glenrothes seeks an Engineering Manager to lead a team of design engineers and shape engineering strategy. The role offers competitive salary and benefits, contributing to a high-performance culture and the opportunity for career development within a stable, growing business.

Benefits

Competitive benefits package

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven Engineering Manager experience with minimum 3 years in a leadership role.
• Strong technical background in a complex manufacturing environment.
• Confident in motivating and developing engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of design engineers.
• Own the design-to-manufacture process, ensuring timely product delivery.
• Act as a technical link across functions to meet customer needs.
• Drive change and continuous improvement in engineering processes.
• Plan engineering resources and budgets to support strategic growth.

Skills

Leadership

Team development

Technical problem-solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

A well-established, highly reputable manufacturing company in Glenrothes is looking for an Engineering Manager to lead a team of 5 Design Engineers and play a key role in the senior management team.

What's on offer

• £50,000 - £60,000 depending on experience.
• Competitive benefits package (pension, holiday and additional perks).
• Genuine career development opportunities within a stable, growing business - including the chance to shape the engineering strategy, influence investment in new technology and progress further within the senior leadership team.

The role - what you'll be doing

• Lead, coach and develop a team of 5 design engineers, setting objectives, managing workload and driving a high-performance, collaborative culture.
• Own the design-to-manufacture process - from models, drawings, BOMs and routings through to production engineering support, ensuring products are delivered right first time and on time.
• Act as the technical link between Engineering, Sales, Production, Purchasing and Quality, turning customer requirements and performance data into robust, manufacturable solutions.
• Drive change, compliance and continuous improvement, managing design changes, ensuring regulatory standards are met and using testing/prototype data and shop-floor feedback to improve quality, cost and lead times.
• Plan and manage engineering resources and budgets, contributing as part of the senior management team to support growth, profitability and long-term strategy.

About you

• Proven Engineering Manager (or similar) with minimum 3 years in a leadership role, ideally leading design/engineering teams.
• Strong technical background from a complex / high-variation manufacturing environment.
• Confident people leader - able to motivate, mentor and develop engineers while holding clear standards.
• Comfortable working cross-functionally and representing Engineering at senior level.

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