Manufacturing Engineering Manager (Machining)

Midianet; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Engineering & Manufacturing company in the United Kingdom is seeking a Manufacturing Engineering Manager to provide technical and managerial leadership. In this role, you will ensure products are manufactured efficiently and to high standards, manage training plans for staff and apprentices, and work cross-functionally to bridge operations. The ideal candidate will have proven skills in change management and manufacturing techniques, alongside strong leadership abilities.

Qualifications

• Proven skills in leading teams through change management.
• Expertise in manufacturing engineering techniques for high-value components.
• Experience with low and high-volume manufacturing processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support production teams to ensure product quality and schedule efficiency.
• Develop training and development plans for staff and apprentices.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on machine shop operations.

Skills

Change management

Manufacturing engineering techniques

Machining high value components

Manufacturing processes and methodologies

Regulatory compliance

Continuous improvement

Product introduction

CAD/CAM systems

Data analysis

Job description

REED Engineering & Manufacturing are working with a leading Engineering & Manufacturing company who are growing at a rapid pace year on year.

As a Manufacturing Engineering Manager at the company, you will lead and support, strategically and technically, our machine shops to deliver our customers products.

In this role, you will provide both technical and managerial leadership to several manufacturing and tooling engineers. You will be the authority for issues related to manufacturing engineering within the machine shops ensuring that the products we manufacture are produced right first time, to quality, budget and schedule.

You will own the training and development plans for our staff and ensure that our apprentices are trained to the highest standards, ensuring that we have operational excellence in everything we do.

You will work in a matrix structure with teams across HR, quality, HS&E and production to deliver your role. Working with the head of machine shops and the production manager, a key aspect of the role is to bridge our current operations with our new machine shop recapitalisation team, ensuring a smooth transition over the next five years.

Essential Skills

• Lead teams through change management.
• Proven skills in manufacturing engineering techniques.
• Machining of high value, high integrity components.
• Expertise in both low and high-volume manufacturing processes and methodologies.
• Applied codes and standards from a highly regulated sector such as Oil & Gas, Nuclear, Orthopaedic and Aerospace.
• Lead continuous improvement programmes in a manufacturing environment.
• Proven expertise in new product and process introduction.
• Experience of CAD/CAM and PLM systems.
• Ability to analyse data, make recommendations and report findings.

Personal Skills

• Demonstrate robust leadership skills, along with strong emotional intelligence and excellent listening skills to foster effective professional relationships.

Provide clear communication both written and verbal at all levels in, and outside, the organisation covering technical and non-technical information.