Site Engineering Manager

Discover Recruitment; Workington; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Discover Recruitment is partnering with an established manufacturing business in West Cumbria to appoint a Site Engineering Manager. You will lead the engineering and maintenance function to drive reliability and improvements across plant, machinery and infrastructure.

You will manage a multidisciplinary team, budgets and contractors, delivering capital projects while upholding health and safety and engineering standards, collaborating closely with production.

Qualifications

• Proven engineering or maintenance management experience within manufacturing or industrial environments.
• Strong electrical engineering knowledge preferred, although mechanical or multidisciplinary backgrounds will be considered.
• Experience managing engineering teams, maintenance strategies and plant reliability.
• Understanding of industrial machinery, electrical systems, automation and mechanical maintenance.
• Experience delivering engineering improvements and managing budgets.
• HND or equivalent experience in a relevant engineering discipline.
• A proactive leadership style with strong communication and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop and manage a multidisciplinary engineering and maintenance team.
• Oversee planned and reactive maintenance, improving equipment reliability and minimising production downtime.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives through root cause analysis, maintenance planning and asset performance monitoring.
• Lead engineering projects, equipment upgrades and capital investment programmes.
• Provide technical leadership across electrical, mechanical, controls and automation systems.
• Manage engineering budgets, contractors, maintenance expenditure and spare-parts resources.
• Maintain high standards of health, safety and engineering compliance.
• Work closely with production and operations teams to improve site performance.

Skills

Engineering management

Electrical engineering

Leadership

Problem-solving

Education

HND or equivalent

Job description

Location: West Cumbria

Sector: Manufacturing / Industrial Engineering

Employment: Permanent

Discover are supporting an established manufacturing business in West Cumbria that's looking for an experienced Site Engineering Manager to lead its engineering and maintenance function.

This is an opportunity to take ownership of engineering performance across a busy manufacturing environment, driving equipment reliability, developing the engineering team and delivering improvements to plant, machinery and site infrastructure.

The position would suit an experienced Engineering Manager or Maintenance Manager with a strong electrical engineering background, although mechanically biased candidates with proven leadership experience will also be considered.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, develop and manage a multidisciplinary engineering and maintenance team.
• Oversee planned and reactive maintenance, improving equipment reliability and minimising production downtime.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives through root cause analysis, maintenance planning and asset performance monitoring.
• Lead engineering projects, equipment upgrades and capital investment programmes.
• Provide technical leadership across electrical, mechanical, controls and automation systems.
• Manage engineering budgets, contractors, maintenance expenditure and spare-parts resources.
• Maintain high standards of health, safety and engineering compliance.
• Work closely with production and operations teams to improve site performance.

What We're Looking For

• Proven engineering or maintenance management experience within manufacturing or industrial environments.
• Strong electrical engineering knowledge preferred, although mechanical or multidisciplinary backgrounds will be considered.
• Experience managing engineering teams, maintenance strategies and plant reliability.
• Understanding of industrial machinery, electrical systems, automation and mechanical maintenance.
• Experience delivering engineering improvements and managing budgets.
• HND or equivalent experience in a relevant engineering discipline.
• A proactive leadership style with strong communication and problem-solving skills.

Interested?

If you're an experienced engineering leader looking to take ownership of a manufacturing site's engineering function, we'd be interested in speaking with you.