Engineering Team Manager

CRP Subsea Ltd; Skelmersdale; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary annual bonus up to 15%

Life assurance 4x annual salary

Private medical insurance

Employee assistance programme (24/7 GP

Group personal pension scheme

Job summary

AIS is seeking an Engineering Team Manager in Skelmersdale to lead and deliver design engineering work, ensuring quality and on-time performance. You will steer the Engineering Team within the Business Group, drive continuous improvement, and support winning new opportunities while collaborating with product and other functions.

The role emphasizes technical sign-off, DFMA/DFMECA integration, and mentoring engineers in a manufacturing environment. Salary is dependent on experience.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a multi-disciplinary engineering team.
• Ability to deliver design work on time with high quality.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience in manufacturing or engineering environments.
• Proven track record in product development and process improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the Engineering Team within the Business Group.
• Ensure timely delivery of all design engineering work allocated to your team.
• Maintain high-quality engineering outputs and processes.
• Support the Business Group in winning new work opportunities.
• Develop and deploy DFMA processes for released products.
• Collaborate on Product Road Maps with Engineering Leads.
• Authority for technical sign-off on SOPs.
• Embed DFMECA within the business for best practices.
• Ensure customer satisfaction through timely delivery of work.
• Interface with other functions as required.
• Estimate schedules and resources for engineering data.
• Organise delivery of engineering documentation for projects.
• Carry out other duties as requested.

Skills

Technical leadership

Project coordination

Engineering calculations

Stakeholder management

Tools

DFMECA

SOPs

Job description

Engineering Team Manager Skelmersdale Salary dependent on experience

The role

AIS is looking for an Engineering Team Manager to play a key role within the Engineering function, by leading and managing the Engineering Team.

What will you do as our Engineering Team Manager

• Management of the Business Group Engineering Team.
• Successful and timely delivery of all design engineering work allocated to your team.
• Ensure that high-quality engineering work is maintained.
• Support the Business Group in the process of winning new work.
• Understand changing customer and market needs and use information to continuously improve our product offering and differentiate us from the competition.
• Identifying ‘cost out’ opportunities for through evolutionary product design changes and improvement efficiencies.
• Develop, deploy and maintain a robust Design for Manufacture (DFM) process for all products released by the Business Group into the business.
• Work collaboratively with the Product Group Engineering Leads, develop and deliver Product Road Maps that are aligned with the approved business strategy.
• Authority for technical sign off on SOP’s. This does not include general administration or ownership of SOP.
• Embed DFMECA process within the business (where appropriate) in order to establish best practices.
• Ensure customer satisfaction through timely and efficient delivery of the team’s work.
• Technical authority for design / functional quality related issues, driving through containment with a high level of focus on minimising any detrimental impact to our customer commitments.
• Ensure that all products are designed in accordance with customer requirements, company practice and recognised engineering standards.
• Generate technical presentations for either internal or external purposes.
• Ensure that information on drawings and in documentation is both correct and complete.
• Assist in the communication of technical data to customers and sub-contractors.
• Interface with other functions as required.
• Estimating the schedule and resources required to generate engineering data relating to a project.
• Organising the delivery of engineering documentation from other team members for a project.
• Carrying out any other reasonable duties that may be requested from time to time.

What are we looking for in our Engineering Team Manager

• Ability to lead and coordinate multiple projects, ensuring delivery against timescales, quality and business objectives.
• Strong organisational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritise workloads for both self and team members.
• Experience providing technical leadership, supervision, mentoring and support to engineers and other team members.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and build relationships at all levels, both internally and externally.
• Ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary and cross-functional teams, fostering collaboration and knowledge sharing.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with experience undertaking engineering calculations and technical analysis.
• Proven ability to identify and lead product development, continuous improvement and process optimisation initiatives.
• Adaptable and proactive, with the ability to quickly learn new products, technologies and engineering methodologies.
• Logical and methodical approach to engineering design, decision-making and project delivery.
• Commitment to following and continuously improving established design and development processes.
• Experience working across cultural boundaries and within global teams.
• Experience within a manufacturing or engineering environment.

What are the benefits of being our Engineering Team Manager

• Competitive salary dependent on experience.
• Discretionary annual bonus of up to 15% of basic salary.
• Life assurance of 4 x annual salary.
• Family Private Medical Insurance.
• Comprehensive employee assistance programme including 24/7 GP, unlimited mental health support and legal consultations.
• Group personal pension scheme.

An ambitious business committed to embracing innovation and solving our customers’ toughest challenges.

AIS is a global leader in the engineering, manufacture and application of fire protection & insulation, marine, renewables and subsea solutions.

Through continued innovation and strategic acquisitions, including testing capabilities and aquaculture technologies, AIS continues to expand its advanced materials, testing, and marine technology offering across a diverse range of sectors.

Our advanced material solutions protect life, assets and infrastructure across the energy, offshore wind, industrial, automotive, chemical, defence, marine and power sectors, performing in some of the world’s most demanding environments, on land and at sea.

Our values make us who we are. Four values sum up the AIS way of working. We are responsible, using our influence wisely and taking ownership of our actions. We are candid, building honest relationships through openness and trust. We are perceptive, applying our expertise to spot opportunities and make them count. And we are fearless, harnessing innovation to solve complex problems.