Engineering Test Manager

Yolk Recruitment Ltd; Cwmbran; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A global manufacturer is seeking an Engineering Test Manager for their R&D facility in South Wales. This leadership role involves managing a small test team and ensuring timely results for product development. Key responsibilities include planning testing activities, maintenance of testing equipment, and promoting a safety-first culture. Candidates should have a Mechanical Engineering background along with relevant testing experience. The position offers a salary between £55,000 and £65,000 and an excellent benefits package.

Benefits

Pension

Holidays

Wider perks

Qualifications

• Mechanical Engineering education required.
• Proven experience in testing environments is preferred.
• Knowledge of data acquisition systems is essential.

Responsibilities

• Plan and coordinate testing activities for prototypes and customer programmes.
• Lead and manage a small development team.
• Design or adapt testing equipment and ensure maintenance and compliance.
• Produce documentation for testing activities and results.
• Promote a safety-first culture within the lab.

Skills

Mechanical Engineering education

Relevant experience within Development / Test

Familiarity with data acquisition systems

Safety-conscious

Organised

Confident in structured problem-solving

Education

Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Data acquisition systems

Hydraulics

Pneumatics

PLC programming

Job description

Engineering Test Manager – South Wales £55,000 - £65,000 + benefits

Yolk Recruitment is exclusively partnered with a global manufacturer to recruit an Engineering Lab Manager for their South Wales R&D facility. 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
• 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 £55,000 - £65,000.
• 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! Please note, whilst we do our best to contact all candidates, due to the high number of applications we receive we cannot guarantee this for every role. If you have not heard anything from us within 7 days of applying - then unfortunately you have been unsuccessful. Please keep an eye on our website for more opportunities