Process Engineering Manager

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

Job summary

HERO Recruitment supports a leading high-tech manufacturing organisation in appointing a Process Engineering Manager to lead the site's Process & Test Engineering. The role is a senior engineering leadership position responsible for shaping the site’s industrial strategy and deploying automation, robotics and high-speed manufacturing technologies.

The successful candidate will blend technical depth with people leadership, industrialisation and capital investment experience to drive performance,

Qualifications

• Degree-qualified Engineer with manufacturing/industrial/automation background.
• Minimum 5 years' relevant engineering experience in high-volume high-tech manufacturing.
• Proven experience leading Process or Industrial Engineering teams.
• Strong experience with robotics and automation.
• Experience with capital investment planning and budgets.
• Excellent stakeholder management and strategic thinking.

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.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Process engineering

Automation robotics

Industrialisation

Capital budgeting

Stakeholder mgmt

Manufacturing strategy

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

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.