Product Group Engineering Lead

CRP Subsea Ltd; Skelmersdale; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus up to 15%

Life assurance 4x salary

Private medical insurance

Employee assistance programme

Job summary

CRP Subsea Ltd. is seeking a Product Group Engineering Lead to guide the engineering team in Skelmersdale. You will drive design engineering delivery, ensure compliance with standards, and lead continuous improvement initiatives across the product group.

Experience leading technical teams in a manufacturing or engineering environment is essential, with focus on quality, cost, and schedule performance.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5–10 years' engineering experience in manufacturing or engineering environments.
• Degree qualified in Mechanical Engineering or similar (BEng/MEng).
• Proven leadership and coaching skills with ability to motivate and develop teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor engineers; manage performance and development plans.
• Ensure design reviews, verifications and risk assessments are completed.
• Plan resources and prioritise work to meet schedule, cost and quality objectives.
• Drive continuous improvement and support recruitment and onboarding.

Skills

Leadership

Coaching

Project management

Design engineering

Quality assurance

Education

Mechanical Engineering degree

Tools

Engineering change control

FMEA / FEA

Job description

Product Group Engineering Lead - Skelmersdale - Up to £60,000.00 per annum DOE

The role: CRP Subsea are looking for a Product Group Engineering Lead to support our Engineering Team in Skelmersdale.

What will you do as our Product Group Engineering Lead:

• Support the Engineering Team Manager to provide design engineering cover across the Business Group and across CRP when necessary.
• The deployment of critical strategic objectives agreed with the Engineering Team Manager within your engineering team.
• Ensure appropriate engineering reviews, design verification activities, and risk assessments are completed in accordance with company procedures.
• Manage performance, objectives, and development plans for engineers within the product group.
• Conduct regular one-to-one meetings and performance reviews.
• Identify training and competency development requirements.
• Support succession planning and talent development activities.
• The day-to-day supervision of all engineering resources within your engineering team, recognising their development needs and implementing plans for improvement.
• Accountable for the successful delivery of all engineering activities within the designated product group, ensuring quality, schedule, and cost objectives are achieved.
• Plan and prioritise engineering resources to meet project and operational demands, escalating capacity risks where necessary.
• Act as the first point of escalation for all issues encountered within your engineering team.
• Ensure adherence to all company policies and prevailing business regulations.
• Perform design engineering activities within Design Engineering on a day-to-day basis.
• Ensure that all products are designed in accordance with customer requirements, company practice and recognised engineering standards.
• Improve product design methods and procedures.
• Lead departmental continuous improvement initiatives.
• Generate technical presentations for either internal or external purposes.
• Ensure information in drawings and documentation is both correct and complete.
• Provide technical support for products associated with the Business Group activities.
• Provide technical support relating to production plant and equipment if required.
• Assist in the communication of technical data to Customers and sub-contractors.
• Interface with Supply Chain and Operations as required.
• Support and participate in company-wide improvement initiatives.
• Support the Business Group in the process of winning new work.
• Promote a positive, collaborative, and accountable team culture.
• Support recruitment and onboarding activities where required.
• Other appropriate activities as defined by the Business Group management.

What are we looking for in our Product Group Engineering Lead:

• Demonstrates a consistent track record of delivering high-quality engineering solutions.
• Ability to work to defined company processes and standards.
• Maintain customer focus and ensure customer satisfaction through delivery of your work.
• Proven ability to identify and implement improvements to engineering processes and product design methodologies.
• Work in a logical and analytical manner.
• Be a champion for procurement and related processes within the organisation.
• Work effectively on simultaneous projects; manage time flexibly and effectively with minor supervision.
• Advise and agree reasonable timescales for completion of engineering with sales and projects colleagues.
• Communicate effectively with good written and verbal skills.
• Build strong working relationships and work well within a multi-discipline team.
• Set an example for and provide support/training to less experienced engineers.
• Awareness, understanding and effective application of relevant technical and HSE standards.
• Experience in working across cultural boundaries, communicating effectively, both internally and externally.
• Experience working within a manufacturing environment.
• Experience in conducting analytical calculations.
• Demonstrated ability to build customer confidence and maintain high levels of customer satisfaction.
• Strong leadership and coaching skills with the ability to motivate and develop engineering teams.
• Effective decision-making skills with the ability to balance technical, commercial, and operational requirements.
• Strong stakeholder management skills across customers, suppliers, and internal functions.
• Previous experience leading or supervising technical teams.
• Experience managing multiple projects and competing priorities.
• Experience working with design reviews, engineering change processes, and product lifecycle management.
• Experience working with customers and suppliers.
• Minimum 5-10 years' engineering experience in a manufacturing or engineering environment.
• Degree qualified in Mechanical Engineering or other similar discipline (BEng (hons) or MEng (hons) or equivalent).

What are the benefits of being our Product Group Engineering Lead:

• Up to £60,000.00 per annum DOE
• Discretionary annual bonus of up to 15% of basic salary
• Life assurance of 4 x annual salary
• Single 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

• 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.
• We are fearless, harnessing innovation to solve complex problems.

If you would like to join an award winning, forward thinking organisation that recognises its people as fundamental to its success, we would love to hear from you.

If you experience any difficulty applying for our vacancies or would like to discuss our recruitment process, please contact [e-mail].