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Bluebolt Recruitment; Staplehurst; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Bluebolt Recruitment seeks an Engineering Manager to lead a multidisciplinary engineering function in Kent. You will provide technical direction while delivering hands-on people leadership, guiding activity from concept through to installation of complex engineered solutions.

The role suits an experienced Engineering Manager with strong product development capabilities, capable of improving processes and building high-performing teams in a manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams (Mechanical, Electronics, Software) and people management.
• Experience overseeing design through qualification, manufacture and installation of complex products.
• Strong capability in process improvement and governance within engineering.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop multidisciplinary engineering teams across Mechanical, Electronics, Software and related disciplines, including recruitment, onboarding, one-to-ones, performance reviews, coaching and career development.
• Oversee engineering delivery from concept and design through qualification, manufacture and installation, ensuring quality, cost, schedule, safety and technical performance.
• Coordinate design reviews, technical decisions and risk mitigation across disciplines, ensuring products and systems are practical, manufacturable, serviceable and compliant with relevant standards.
• Improve engineering processes, documentation, configuration control and governance, embedding lessons learned and driving reliability, efficiency and development quality.
• Work closely with manufacturing and other functions on resource planning, technology roadmaps, innovation, cost reduction, bids, feasibility assessments and transition of products from development into production.

Job description

We are seeking an Engineering Manager to work for a manufacturer of specialist engineered products and technical solutions for complex applications. With continued investment in manufacturing capability and product development, the organisation is entering a period of growth and is now seeking an Engineering Manager to lead its multidisciplinary engineering function based onsite in Kent.

Position Overview

The Engineering Manager will lead a multidisciplinary team spanning Mechanical, Electronics, Software and specialist technical disciplines, providing technical direction alongside hands-on people leadership. The role will oversee engineering activity from concept and design through qualification, manufacture and installation, ensuring solutions are technically robust, commercially viable and practical to produce.

This role will suit an experienced Engineering Manager or Head of Engineering who combines multidisciplinary leadership with strong product development expertise.

You will be comfortable remaining close to the engineering detail while building capability, improving processes and developing high-performing teams within a complex engineering environment.

Role Responsibilities

• Lead and develop multidisciplinary engineering teams across Mechanical, Electronics, Software and related technical disciplines, including recruitment, onboarding, one-to-ones, performance reviews, coaching and career development.
• Oversee engineering delivery from concept and design through qualification, manufacture and installation, ensuring requirements for quality, cost, schedule, safety and technical performance are met.
• Coordinate design reviews, technical decisions and risk mitigation across disciplines, ensuring products and systems are practical, manufacturable, serviceable and compliant with relevant standards.
• Improve engineering processes, documentation, configuration control and governance, embedding lessons learned and driving greater reliability, efficiency and development quality.
• Work closely with manufacturing and other functions on resource planning, technology roadmaps, innovation, cost reduction, bids, feasibility assessments and the transition of products from development into production.