Technical Engineering Manager

Ford & Stanley Recruitment; Crewe; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering recruitment firm is seeking a Technical Engineering Manager to build a new technical function focusing on reliability and monitoring within a freight environment. In this key role, you will oversee condition-based maintenance systems, lead a team of engineers, and influence long-term reliability through data-led improvements. Ideal candidates will have substantial experience in heavy maintenance and a commitment to engineering excellence. The position offers competitive salary and excellent benefits.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Final-salary pension scheme

Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

Life assurance

Flexible benefits package

Clear career progression

Qualifications

• Strong technical leadership experience in a heavy maintenance or asset-intensive engineering environment.
• Capability to drive technical investigations and produce detailed reports.
• Ability to develop fault-finding guides for maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of technical engineers and fitters.
• Own the RCM/remote condition monitoring systems.
• Drive technical investigations into failures and defects.

Skills

Strong experience in heavy maintenance

Proven exposure to Condition-Based Maintenance

A passion for data-led decision making

Experience leading technical teams

Continuous improvement mindset

Commitment to safety and quality

Job description

Technical Engineering Manager - Reliability & Remote Condition Monitoring

Location: Crewe
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £55,000 - £62,000
Working Pattern: 40 Hour - 8:00- 17:00

Are you a technical leader who wants more than just managing today’s problems, someone who wants to design, own, and shape the future of fleet reliability?

This is a rare opportunity to build a brand-new technical function from the ground up, with genuine authority over reliability strategy, condition monitoring, and maintenance quality.

A UK freight and logistics operator is investing in the next generation of Reliability-Centred Maintenance (RCM) and remote condition monitoring across its locomotive fleet.

The Client are creating a new Technical Engineering team at a flagship heavy maintenance depot. As Technical Engineering Manager, you will lead this team and take full ownership of the organisation’s RCM systems, turning live data into actionable intelligence that drives safer, smarter, and more reliable maintenance.

Reporting into the Fleet leadership team, this role sits at the intersection of engineering strategy, quality improvement, and operational delivery.

This role offers the chance to truly make it your own. You will:

• Be the technical authority for RCM and condition‑based maintenance.
• Own and evolve the RCM / remote condition monitoring systems across the locomotive fleet.
• Use trend analysis and live performance data to prevent in‑service failures before they occur.
• Influence long‑term reliability improvements by working closely with Engineering and Maintenance teams.
• Lead and develop a team of technical engineers and fitters, building investigation and diagnostic capability.
• Drive technical investigations into failures, defects, and incidents — producing detailed reports that create learning, not blame.
• Develop fault‑finding guides for Maintenance, Operations, and Drivers to reduce downtime and improve first‑time fixes.
• Champion maintenance quality, continuous improvement, and engineering excellence.
• Act as a safety influencer, embedding safe systems of work while constantly looking for better, smarter ways of working.
• Provide second‑line engineering support as part of an on‑call rota.

This is a role for someone who wants visibility, influence, and the freedom to leave a lasting technical legacy.

We’re looking for a technically credible leader with:

• Strong experience in a heavy maintenance or asset‑intensive engineering environment.
• Proven exposure to Condition‑Based Maintenance and/or Reliability‑Centred Maintenance.
• A passion for data‑led decision making and system‑driven reliability improvement.
• Experience leading and developing technical teams.
• A continuous improvement mindset — curious, analytical, and never satisfied with “good enough”.
• A clear commitment to safety, quality, and engineering standards.

In return, you’ll join an award‑winning organisation that genuinely invests in its people, offering:

• Competitive salary.
• Excellent final‑salary pension scheme (after qualifying period).
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay.
• Life assurance.
• A flexible benefits package designed to support both work and home life.
• Clear career progression within a growing, forward‑thinking engineering function.

If you’re ready to take ownership, influence strategy, and put your stamp on how reliability is delivered, apply now.

About Ford & Stanley Group

Ford & Stanley Talent Services Group are in the business of people and performance. Our mission is to create one million better workdays through facilitating great recruitment, leadership, and occupational mental fitness. We support our clients in their most challenging business areas - recruiting, developing, and retaining the best talent from shop floor to boardroom. Ford & Stanley TalentWise specializes in blue‑collar trade & technical services - permanent and temporary. Ford & Stanley Recruitment specializes in white‑collar spanning all company functions with specialist verticals within Digital, Rail Engineering, Civils & Infrastructure, General Manufacturing, Supply Chain & Logistics both permanent and contract. Ford & Stanley Executive Search specialises in Executive Search & Executive Interim Solutions in the UK, North America, Middle East, and Europe. Ford & Stanley Genius Performance accelerates performance when good people are coached, inspired, trained, and focused on the right way.

Ford & Stanley Talent Services Group Ltd is a Disability Confident employer that is committed to a policy of equal opportunities for all opportunity seekers. We shall always adhere to such a policy and will review on an ongoing basis all aspects of recruitment to avoid unlawful or undesirable discrimination. We will treat everyone equally irrespective of sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, age, disability, colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief or political beliefs and we place an obligation upon all staff to respect and act in accordance with the policy.