Key Responsibilities

Engineering & Manufacturing Systems Leadership

• Lead the Manufacturing Engineering function across machining, fabrication, assembly, and production support activities
• Ensure robust engineering governance, technical standards, and manufacturing support systems
• Maintain and improve BOM structures, routings, manufacturing documentation, and engineering master data
• Drive process optimisation, industrialisation, capacity improvement, and manufacturing efficiency initiatives
• Support new product introduction and ongoing product engineering requirements
• Ensure alignment between product engineering requirements and manufacturing capability

Maintenance & Reliability Leadership

• Lead maintenance and reliability strategies to maximise equipment availability and manufacturing performance
• Drive preventative and predictive maintenance programmes
• Improve asset reliability, lifecycle management, and engineering support processes
• Ensure compliance with machinery, safety, and statutory engineering requirements

Toolroom & Machining Leadership

• Provide leadership to toolroom and machining support functions
• Ensure tooling capability supports production requirements, quality standards, and operational efficiency
• Drive continuous improvement within machining and tooling environments
• Support precision manufacturing and assembly operations through effective tooling strategies

Strategic Engineering Leadership

• Lead, mentor, and develop engineering managers, maintenance managers, and technical teams
• Drive engineering CAPEX planning and implementation
• Build a culture of accountability, ownership, technical excellence, and continuous improvement
• Partner with operational leadership to ensure engineering solutions support business objectives
• Establish engineering systems and governance capable of supporting sustainable growth

What We're Looking For

Essential Qualifications & Experience

• BEng or BTech in Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering discipline
• 10–15 years' experience within manufacturing environments
• Minimum 5 years' experience in senior engineering leadership roles
• Proven experience leading engineering managers, maintenance managers, and multidisciplinary technical teams
• Strong understanding of:
  • Manufacturing Engineering
  • Engineering Governance & Systems
  • Asset Reliability & Maintenance
  • BOM and Routing Management
  • CAPEX Planning & Implementation
  • Continuous Improvement
  • Production Support Engineering

Manufacturing Environment Experience

• Automotive Manufacturing
• Defence Manufacturing
• Precision Engineering
• Heavy Fabrication
• Industrial Equipment Manufacturing
• Engineered Products Manufacturing
• Similar discrete manufacturing environments

• Machining environments
• Toolroom operations
• Fabrication and assembly
• Precision manufacturing
• High-volume manufacturing
• Engineered products manufacturing

Advantageous

• GCC (Government Certificate of Competency)
• SAP experience
• Experience in globally competitive manufacturing environments
• Exposure to defence, aerospace, automotive, or other technically demanding industries

The Ideal Candidate

Please Note

• Pure Operations or Plant Managers
• Production-focused leaders without engineering depth
• Maintenance-only professionals
• FMCG or process manufacturing specialists without discrete manufacturing experience
• Utilities or facilities engineering leaders
• Project or Design Engineering professionals
• Technical specialists without leadership scale and team leadership experience