National Engineering Leader - UK & Ireland Travel

Barker Ross; West Midlands; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Barker Ross is recruiting a National Engineering Manager to lead engineering and maintenance across a multi-site UK & Ireland operation. You will travel extensively, provide strategic technical leadership, and partner with senior leaders to raise standards, drive reliability and deliver measurable productivity gains.

The role requires a strong engineering background, CMMS experience, CAPEX involvement and a hands-on, data-driven approach to improve asset performance and operational efficiency

Qualifications

• Relevant ONC/HNC or higher engineering qualification, ideally Electrical or Mechanical.
• Significant engineering/maintenance leadership experience within a production, manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Proven experience improving equipment reliability, productivity, capacity and downtime.
• Strong understanding of planned maintenance, CMMS and asset management.

Responsibilities

• Provide national engineering and maintenance leadership across multiple UK and Ireland sites.
• Drive continuous improvement in maintenance standards, systems, reliability and asset performance.
• Support the implementation and development of the TOM CMMS, Golden Rules of Maintenance and maintenance maturity programmes.
• Provide hands-on technical support to sites experiencing significant equipment or maintenance issues.
• Identify opportunities to improve equipment reliability, reduce downtime and maximise production capacity.
• Share best practice and ensure successful improvements are implemented across the wider estate.
• Act as a trusted engineering advisor to senior site and business leaders.
• Influence and challenge senior stakeholders using data, technical expertise and clear commercial reasoning.
• Demonstrate how engineering interventions can improve productivity, capacity, cost and overall business performance.
• Lead and support national and regional engineering improvement initiatives.
• Provide data-driven engineering input into CAPEX and investment decisions.
• Identify technologies and projects that improve reliability, capacity and operational efficiency.
• Support engineering and maintenance projects through to successful implementation and benefits realisation.
• Manage performance reviews with key engineering and maintenance suppliers.
• Promote high standards of Health & Safety, engineering compliance and operational discipline.
• Support sites in developing engineering capability, people and performance.
• Lead root-cause analysis and corrective actions for recurring equipment and maintenance issues.
• Use KPIs and maintenance maturity assessments to identify priorities and drive measurable improvement.
• Ensure improvements become embedded and best practice is shared across the organisation.

Skills

Leadership

Data analysis

Project management

Strategic thinking

Communication

Travel readiness

Education

ONC/HNC or higher engineering qualification

Tools

CMMS

Power BI

Microsoft Excel

CAPEX budgeting tools

Job description

Barker Ross is recruiting a National Engineering Manager to lead engineering and maintenance across a multi-site UK & Ireland operation. You will travel extensively, provide strategic technical leadership, and partner with senior leaders to raise standards, drive reliability and deliver measurable productivity gains.

The role requires a strong engineering background, CMMS experience, CAPEX involvement and a hands-on, data-driven approach to improve asset performance and operational efficiency