Sustaining Engineering Leader for High-Tech Products

Outsource UK; West of England; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Career development

Global opportunities

Innovative environment

Job summary

Outsource UK is seeking an experienced Sustaining Engineering Manager to lead a multidisciplinary team in a global engineering environment. You will own post-launch support, drive continuous improvement, manage design changes and ensure long-term product reliability and compliance across lifecycle.

The role requires strong leadership, stakeholder collaboration, and a deep understanding of thermal management or high-technology product systems, with a proven ability to balance people management

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering, Science or related discipline.
• Experience leading engineering or technical teams.
• Experience with full product lifecycle management.
• Experience supporting products post-launch, including design changes and issue resolution.
• Excellent stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Knowledge of product compliance requirements and change control processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor and develop a multidisciplinary sustaining engineering team.
• Manage team priorities, workload planning, resource allocation and capacity across multiple product lines.
• Take ownership of post-launch product support, including technical issue resolution, engineering changes and lifecycle management.
• Drive root cause investigations and implement effective corrective and preventative actions.
• Ensure products remain reliable, compliant, cost effective and aligned with customer requirements throughout their lifecycle.
• Work closely with Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Regulatory, Supply Chain and Customer Support teams.
• Use customer feedback, field performance data and operational insights to drive product improvements.
• Provide product performance and application insights to new product development teams.
• Ensure compliance with relevant safety, quality and regulatory standards.
• Continuously improve sustaining engineering processes, tools, reporting and performance metrics.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Process improvement

Planning & organising

Communication

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

Outsource UK is seeking an experienced Sustaining Engineering Manager to lead a multidisciplinary team in a global engineering environment. You will own post-launch support, drive continuous improvement, manage design changes and ensure long-term product reliability and compliance across lifecycle.

The role requires strong leadership, stakeholder collaboration, and a deep understanding of thermal management or high-technology product systems, with a proven ability to balance people management