Head of Engineering and Manufacturing Support at West Coast Personnel

• A leading manufacturing organisation is seeking an experienced Engineering Executive / Senior Engineering Manager to lead the Engineering, Maintenance, and Toolroom functions within a high-performance manufacturing environment.
• This is a senior engineering leadership opportunity suited to a technically strong, hands-on leader with extensive experience in discrete manufacturing environments. The successful candidate will combine engineering governance, manufacturing engineering expertise, maintenance and reliability leadership, and factory-floor operational support capability.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the Engineering, Maintenance, and Toolroom functions
• Drive engineering governance, technical standards, and reliability systems
• Support manufacturing operations through strong engineering leadership
• Oversee asset care, maintenance strategy, and continuous improvement initiatives
• Manage CAPEX projects and engineering improvement programmes
• Ensure effective manufacturing support engineering and technical problem-solving
• Lead and develop engineering managers, maintenance teams, and technical staff
• Maintain strong integration between product engineering, manufacturing processes, tooling, and production support
• Drive operational uptime, engineering efficiency, and technical compliance

Minimum Requirements

• BEng or BTech in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline
• 10–15 years’ manufacturing experience within discrete manufacturing environments
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in a senior engineering leadership role
• Proven leadership of engineering managers, maintenance managers, and multidisciplinary technical teams
• Strong understanding of:
• Manufacturing engineering
• Reliability and maintenance systems
• Engineering governance
• BOM management
• CAPEX execution
• Production support engineering
• Experience within one or more of the following environments:
• Automotive manufacturing
• Defence manufacturing
• Precision engineering
• Heavy fabrication
• Industrial equipment manufacturing
• Engineered products manufacturing
• Strong factory-floor presence and practical leadership capability
• Ability to operate effectively in high-accountability manufacturing environments

Advantageous

• GCC qualification
• SAP exposure
• Experience within globally competitive manufacturing environments

Preferred Background

The ideal candidate will have exposure to:

• Machining and CNC environments
• Toolroom operations
• Assembly manufacturing
• Precision or high-volume manufacturing
• Fabrication and engineered product environments