Engineering Manager

HERO Recruitment; Galway; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

HERO Recruitment is supporting a leading high-tech manufacturing organisation in appointing a Process Engineering Manager to lead the site’s Process & Test Engineering function. This senior role shapes the site’s industrial strategy and drives automation, robotics and high-speed manufacturing technologies.

The successful candidate will combine strong technical expertise with proven people leadership, industrialisation and capital investment experience, driving continuous improvement and

Qualifications

• Degree-qualified engineer in manufacturing, industrial, mechanical, electrical or automation.
• Minimum 5 years' engineering leadership experience in high-volume, high-tech manufacturing.
• Proven experience leading Process, Manufacturing or Industrial Engineering teams.
• Strong robotics, automation and advanced manufacturing knowledge.
• Experience in industrialisation, manufacturing ramp-up and capital budgets.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Process & Test Engineering function with strategic direction.
• Define and implement long-term industrial and manufacturing strategy.
• Drive automation, robotics and high-speed manufacturing technologies.
• Industrialise new products and processes from development to production.
• Manage complex engineering projects including deployment of automated systems.
• Oversee capital investment planning and expenditure programmes.
• Monitor performance and drive continuous improvement and asset utilisation.
• Ensure process performance, quality, compliance and operational excellence.
• Lead standardisation across products, processes and equipment.
• Collaborate with engineering, operations, product and global functions.
• Support ramp-up and complex process challenges.
• Develop engineering capability and foster innovation culture.

Skills

Leadership

Process engineering

Automation

Robotics

Industrialisation

Capital budgeting

Stakeholder management

Strategic thinking

Education

Degree-qualified engineer

Job description

We are supporting a leading high-tech manufacturing organisation in the appointment of a Process Engineering Manager to lead the site’s Process & Test Engineering function.

This is a senior engineering leadership role with responsibility for shaping the site’s long-term industrial strategy, driving advanced manufacturing capability and leading the deployment of automation, robotics and high-speed precision manufacturing technologies.

The successful candidate will combine strong technical expertise with proven people leadership, industrialisation and capital investment experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the Process & Test Engineering function, providing technical and strategic direction.
• Define and implement the site’s long-term industrial and manufacturing strategy.
• Drive the adoption and optimisation of automation, robotics and advanced manufacturing technologies.
• Lead the industrialisation of new products and processes from development through to production.
• Manage complex manufacturing engineering projects, including the deployment, commissioning and optimisation of automated and robotic systems.
• Develop and manage the site’s capital investment and industrial expenditure programme.
• Monitor equipment and manufacturing performance, driving continuous improvement, efficiency and asset utilisation.
• Ensure high standards of process performance, quality, compliance and operational excellence.
• Lead standardisation initiatives across products, processes, equipment and manufacturing technologies.
• Work closely with engineering, operations, product and global manufacturing functions.
• Support production ramp-up, industrialisation and complex process challenges.
• Develop engineering capability and promote a culture of innovation, continuous improvement and operational excellence.

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Degree-qualified Engineer with a background in manufacturing, industrial, mechanical, electrical or automation engineering.
• Minimum 5 years' relevant engineering experience, ideally within high-volume high-tech manufacturing.
• Proven experience leading Process, Manufacturing or Industrial Engineering teams.
• Strong experience with robotics, automation and advanced manufacturing technologies.
• Demonstrated experience in industrialisation, manufacturing engineering and production ramp-up.
• Experience with capital investment planning, equipment selection and industrial budgets.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing performance, productivity and continuous improvement.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence across site and global functions.
• Strategic and commercially aware, with the ability to translate long-term manufacturing objectives into practical initiatives.

The Opportunity

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced engineering leader to take ownership of a significant manufacturing engineering and industrial strategy function, with the opportunity to influence future manufacturing capability, automation investment and advanced technology deployment within a high-tech manufacturing environment.