Senior Production Engineering Manager

Michael Page; Wales; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Senior Production Engineering Manager in Wales. You will oversee engineering leadership across manufacturing areas, ensuring compliance and efficiency while driving technical improvements. The ideal candidate has a strong background in regulated manufacturing and experience leading engineering teams. This position offers competitive compensation, annual bonuses, and opportunities for career progression within a global context.

Benefits

Competitive base salary

Annual bonus scheme

Strong employer pension contribution

Private healthcare

Extensive training and career progression

Qualifications

• Demonstrated leadership experience within an operations or production engineering environment.
• Strong background in regulated manufacturing, such as medical devices or pharmaceuticals.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on engineering support across manual and automated production lines.
• Act as the principal contact for resolving technical, process, validation, and quality issues.
• Project manage significant capital projects from concept to completion.

Skills

Leadership in operations or production engineering

Strong communication skills

Change implementation

Data-driven decision-making

Education

Degree in Engineering or equivalent experience

Tools

SPC

TPM (Total Productive Maintenance)

Job description

As the Senior Production Engineering Manager, you will take ownership of the day‑to‑day engineering leadership across 2 manufacturing areas. You will be the key technical authority onsite, ensuring stable, compliant, highly efficient operations while driving capital investment and strategic engineering improvements.

Client Details

My client is a global leader within the life sciences and advanced manufacturing sector, supporting customers who deliver breakthrough solutions. Their Cardiff site is a high‑growth facility producing highly technical products under stringent quality and regulatory standards.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands‑on engineering support across manual and automated production lines.
• Act as the principal contact for resolving technical, process, validation, and quality issues internally and with key suppliers.
• Scope, purchase, install, validate, and introduce new machinery through structured change control.
• Deliver measurable cost savings, process improvements, and waste‑reduction initiatives.
• Project manage significant capital projects from concept to completion, including budget control.
• Develop and maintain an Engineering Master Plan, assessing future space, equipment, and capability needs.
• Champion the use of continuous improvement methodologies (Lean, TPM).
• Produce high‑quality documentation including specifications, SOPs, training materials, and maintenance standards.
• Ensure equipment reliability by aligning maintenance strategies with production priorities.

Ideal Candidate

• Demonstrated leadership experience within an operations or production engineering environment.
• Degree in Engineering (or equivalent experience).
• Strong background in regulated manufacturing (e.g., medical devices, pharmaceutical, biotech, aerospace, automotive).
• Hands‑on experience implementing change, introducing new equipment, and leading technical investigations.
• Practitioner‑level understanding of TPM, with evidence of driving cultural adoption.
• Knowledge of SPC and use of data to inform decision‑making and process control.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder‑management skills at all levels.
• Ability to balance long‑term engineering strategy with pragmatic, day‑to‑day problem solving.

Job Offer

• Competitive base salary package aligned to senior engineering leadership.
• Annual bonus scheme linked to site and personal performance.
• Strong employer pension contribution.
• Private healthcare and well‑being support.
• Extensive training, CI development, and long‑term career progression opportunities within a global group.