Senior Manufacturing Engineering Manager

Henderson Scott; Greater Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Henderson Scott in Greater Manchester is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Engineering Manager to act as the manufacturing technical authority for a complex engineering portfolio, overseeing industrialisation, production-readiness and continuous-improvement initiatives.

You'll ensure that production systems can meet current and future manufacturing requirements, overseeing technical changes, industrialisation, production-rate increases and the transition of new products into series production.

Qualifications

• Significant technical experience within engineering and manufacturing.
• Experience working with complex manufacturing or production systems.
• Proven experience leading engineering projects, industrialisation or production-readiness activities.
• Strong knowledge of risk management, problem-solving and technical issue resolution.
• Experience managing obsolescence, continuous improvement or production-rate increases.
• Credibility to act as a technical authority and influence senior stakeholders.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication and decision-making skills.

Responsibilities

• Ensure manufacturing systems are technically capable of meeting production requirements.
• Lead manufacturing input into product development and technical change activities.
• Oversee industrialisation activities and contribute to project gate reviews.
• Coordinate manufacturing obsolescence and replacement initiatives.
• Lead production-rate increases across relevant manufacturing areas.
• Manage project-level manufacturing CAPEX requirements and funding submissions.
• Coordinate the validation and certification of production systems.
• Support the transition of products from development into series production.
• Identify manufacturing risks and develop appropriate mitigation strategies.
• Lead continuous-improvement initiatives to increase efficiency and capability.
• Manage technical relationships with customers, suppliers and internal stakeholders.

Skills

Risk management

Problem solving

Technical issue resolution

Stakeholder management

Project leadership

Industrialisation

Production-readiness

Complex systems experience

Job description

Position Available: Senior Manufacturing Engineering Manager

Location: Greater Manchester (Hybrid)

Experience needed: Strong technical engineering and manufacturing experience, with a proven background leading industrialisation, production-readiness and continuous-improvement activities within a complex engineering environment.

About the Role

We'are looking for a Senior Manufacturing Engineering Manager to act as the manufacturing technical authority for a complex engineering portfolio.

You'll ensure that production systems can meet current and future manufacturing requirements, overseeing technical changes, industrialisation, production-rate increases and the transition of new products into series production. This is a senior, highly collaborative position involving regular interaction with engineering teams, customers, suppliers and project leadership.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure manufacturing systems are technically capable of meeting production requirements
• Lead manufacturing input into product development and technical change activities
• Oversee industrialisation activities and contribute to project gate reviews
• Coordinate manufacturing obsolescence and replacement initiatives
• Lead production-rate increases across relevant manufacturing areas
• Manage project-level manufacturing CAPEX requirements and funding submissions
• Coordinate the validation and certification of production systems
• Support the transition of products from development into series production
• Identify manufacturing risks and develop appropriate mitigation strategies
• Lead continuous-improvement initiatives to increase efficiency and capability
• Manage technical relationships with customers, suppliers and internal stakeholders

What We Need From You

• Significant technical experience within engineering and manufacturing
• Experience working with complex manufacturing or production systems
• Proven experience leading engineering projects, industrialisation or production-readiness activities
• Strong knowledge of risk management, problem-solving and technical issue resolution
• Experience managing obsolescence, continuous improvement or production-rate increases
• The credibility to act as a technical authority and influence senior stakeholders
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication and decision-making skills
• Experience within defence, aerospace or another highly regulated engineering environment would be advantageous