Technology Manager

MTC - Manufacturing Technology Centre; Coventry; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) in Coventry seeks an experienced Technology Manager to lead the Machines and Mechatronics Department. Based in Coventry, you will steer technology strategy and provide technical leadership for projects, aligning with the group capability development roadmap to meet current and future industrial demand.

You will lead technical governance, drive health and safety, and foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement across the team, collaborating

Qualifications

• A Mechanical Engineering degree or equivalent qualification.

Responsibilities

• Leading technical projects, taking ownership to ensure work meets or exceeds agreed customer requirements, and is delivered within agreed budgets and timescales.
• Leading Technical Governance for project deliverables within the area of expertise, ensuring adherence to and championing MTC best practices.
• Supporting and working with department leadership to empower a culture of innovation and entrepreneurialism.
• Driving message regarding Health and safety within the team. Show ownership and engagement of Health and Safety to proactively ensure own and colleague’s health (both physical & mental).
• Driving engineering excellence and a continuous improvement culture within the department.
• Lead engagement with providers, HVMC, academia and events.
• Leading by example and demonstrating self-awareness of the ‘shadow you cast’.

Skills

Mechanical Engineering

Project leadership

GD&T

Budget management

Stakeholder comms

Autonomous work

Confidentiality

System design

Coaching & mentoring

Team collaboration

Education

Mechanical Engineering degree

Job description

The Vacancy

We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Technology Manager to join our Machines and Mechatronics Department.

Based in Coventry, the Technology Manager (TM) role is focused on leadership of the department technology strategy and on technical leadership of projects.

You’ll be working with Technology Managers, Product Development function & Engineering Manager to lead and execute department’s Technology Strategy and deliver the group capability development Roadmap, ensuring this remains aligned to current & future industrial sector demand.

Your Responsibilities Will Also Include

• Leading technical projects, taking ownership to ensure work meets or exceeds agreed customer requirements, and is delivered within agreed budgets and timescales.
• Leading Technical Governance for project deliverables within the area of expertise, ensuring adherence to and championing MTC best practices.
• Supporting and working with department leadership to empower a culture of innovation and entrepreneurialism.
• Driving message regarding Health and safety within the team. Show ownership and engagement of Health and Safety to proactively ensure own and colleague’s health (both physical & mental).
• Driving engineering excellence and a continuous improvement culture within the department.
• Lead engagement with providers, HVMC, academia and events.
• Leading by example and demonstrating self-awareness of the ‘shadow you cast’.

Who We’re Looking For

• A Mechanical Engineering degree or equivalent qualification
• Extensive experience in mechanical or manufacturing engineering applications, with specialisation in machines or automation.
• Extensive experience in producing, reviewing and approving technical drawings as per standard BS8888 and good understanding of GD&T.
• Experience technically leading large programmes of work (>£250k project value) or lead multiple smaller projects concurrently.
• Extensive knowledge of materials, relevant directives, regulations and standards, mechanical principles, and manufacturing techniques.
• Structured approach to identifying and solving problems .
• Self-motivated and a self-starter, with the ability to work autonomously to meet deadlines, budgets and quality expectations, both within a team, or independently.
• Experience working where subsequent adherence to associated process and policy is critical to maintain customer confidentiality.
• Pragmatic hands-on experience, providing problem solving approach and who is willing to physically participate in completion of work when required.
• System design & optimisation.
• Able to demonstrate industrial project delivery including, but not restricted to: requirements capture and management, concept generation, detailed design, build and validation ensuring compliance with all relevant standards, technical support of commissioning, awareness of project budget and deliverables.
• Ability to communicate to all levels of the business in a professional and courteous manner, to support all parts of the business to run as one MTC to deliver corporate objectives. Can use several different communication tools to ensure what they wish to share as a message is cascaded and understood to effectively lead teams.
• Ability to demonstrate the use of coaching and mentoring to support colleagues and transfer knowledge in area of expertise to others, within own department and wider MTC colleagues.
• Committed to work collaboratively and network effectively, able to recognise the contribution of others and teamwork with a one MTC mind-set.

Desirable Skills/Qualifications

• Experience leading a multi-disciplinary team or multiple teams, with day-to-day line management of Engineers up to Team Lead level, including their development (1-2-1s, appraisals, etc.).
• Proven experience of growing and developing a technical theme, implementing effective changes to continually monitor and evaluate group performance and standards.

Interview Process

Once you submit your application, this will be passed on to our Talent Acquisition team for review. If you are successfully shortlisted, the next steps will be a 2-stage interview process.

Reference and Security Checks

All employment offers will be subject to us obtaining satisfactory employment references. As part of your role, you will be required to undergo a level of security clearance.

About The MTC

The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) is an internationally renowned and respected research and development organisation, bridging the gap between academia and manufacturing, and is home to some of the brightest minds in engineering from around the globe.

The MTC's engineers, scientists and technicians work with some of the most advanced manufacturing equipment in the world in a supportive and collegiate environment for the development and demonstration of new technologies on an industrial scale, helping manufacturers of all sizes develop new and innovative processes and technologies.

Established to prove cutting edge manufacturing advances in an agile environment in partnership with industry, academia and other institutions, the MTC works with hundreds of industrial clients across a range of sectors including automotive, aerospace, rail, informatics, food and drink, infrastructure, construction and civil engineering, electronics, oil and gas and defence. The MTC helps businesses thrive by advancing their technological and engineering capabilities to improve their business efficiency, capability and competitiveness.

Supported by one of the largest public sector investments in UK Manufacturing, the MTC's engineering capabilities cover research and development, advanced manufacturing management, factory design and training for the skills of the future.

The MTC has world‑class facilities in Coventry, Liverpool and Oxford, and is part of the UK's High Value Manufacturing Catapult, supported by Innovate UK.