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Futures Manufacturing
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Wakefield, West Yorkshire
Engineering Manager
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Salary: £50000 - £55000 + Plus Benefits |
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Overview
Our client, an electronics manufacturing business, seek to appoint an Engineering Director to manage the design and development activity of a team of design engineers. The appointed Engineering Director will have at least 15 years' experience in design engineering coupled with at least 5 years' experience in a senior / principle design engineer role taking the lead on the design of complex designs. This is still a hands on design role where you'll have your own design work alongside running the team. You will need to be a well educated, highly technical and analytical engineer with a background in design engineering to be able to assist your team with the technical workload. You also need good people management skills to manage a large and diverse multi-disciplined engineering team. This role would suit a previous Senior / Principal Engineer with experience of managing a small team looking to take their first step into a more senior management role. It is important you have a broad base within electronic engineering. Engineering Director - Role and Responsibilities - Principle Design Engineer / Design Manager / Electronics / Engineering Manager - Oversee the design of new products and plan the engineering resource required for new projects as required by the business - Direct engineering resource to produce new designs for a varied customer base - Liaise with sales/quality/production/operations and with key customers as part of the senior leadership team to ensure the timely and cost effective completion of design and development projects - Handle multiple design projects to meet company deadlines. Prioritise engineering resource - Commercial acumen facilitating involvement in bids and tenders. A key role in setting strategy for the company Engineering Director - Skills and Abilities - Principle Design Engineer / Design Manager / Electronics / Engineering Manager - Degree in Design / Engineering or equivalent (as a minimum) - Minimum of 10 years' industrial experience in a design engineering role - Highly technical engineer with an innovative approach to design - Good working knowledge of electronics - Experience of feasibility studies, advising commercial teams and adding technical expertise to sales function Engineering Director, Design Engineer, Design Manager, Electronics, Engineering Manager This job was originally posted as www.totaljobs.com/job/89912309