Engineering Test Lab Manager in Cwmbran, Torfaen

Energy Jobline CVL; Cwmbran; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A global manufacturer in South Wales seeks an Engineering Test Lab Manager to lead a team, ensuring accurate testing results for product development. Candidates should have a Mechanical Engineering education and relevant experience in Development/Test. This role offers a salary of £50,000 - £60,000 with excellent benefits including development opportunities within an international firm.

Benefits

Excellent benefits package including pension

Development opportunities

Scope to shape future lab capabilities

Qualifications

• Mechanical Engineering education required.
• Experience in Development/Test is a must.
• Familiarity with data acquisition systems desired.

Responsibilities

• Plan and coordinate testing activities for prototypes.
• Lead and manage a test and development team.
• Ensure equipment is maintained and compliant.

Skills

Mechanical Engineering education

Relevant experience within Development / Test

Familiarity with data acquisition systems

Knowledge of hydraulics

Knowledge of pneumatics

Basic PLC programming

Education

Mechanical Engineering degree

Job description

Engineering Test Lab Manager

South Wales

£50,000 - £60,000 + benefits

About the Role

Yolk Recruitment is exclusively partnered with a global manufacturer to recruit an Engineering Test Lab Manager for their R&D facility in South East Wales.

This is a key leadership role, managing a small test and development team and ensuring the laboratory delivers safe, accurate and timely results to support new product development, prototyping, validation and customer projects.

Responsibilities

• Planning and coordinating testing activities for prototypes, validation and customer programmes.
• Leading and managing a team, allocating work and developing capability.
• Designing or adapting test equipment and fixtures, specifying datalogging systems and ensuring all equipment is maintained, calibrated and compliant.
• Running and overseeing test activities – force, pressure, environmental etc – and producing documentation including test plans, procedures, reports, production test specs and maintenance schedules.
• Supporting production, sales, quality and customer teams with data and expertise.
• Identifying future equipment needs and improvements to lab capability.
• Promoting a safety‑first culture and driving continuous improvement in the lab.
• Collaborating with wider R&D departments, DFMEA, DVP and varied problem‑solving.

Qualifications

• Mechanical Engineering education.
• Relevant experience within Development / Test.
• Familiarity with data acquisition systems.
• Desirable – knowledge of hydraulics, pneumatics, basic PLC programming. Training can be provided.
• Safety‑conscious, organised, and confident in structured problem‑solving.

Benefits

• Salary in the region of £50,000 – £60,000.
• Excellent benefits package including pension, holidays and wider perks.
• A role with scope to shape the future capability of test activities onsite.
• Development opportunities within a secure, international manufacturer.

Are you up to the challenge? If you feel you have the skills, experience and passion to be successful in this role, apply now!