Production Engineering Manager

We are recruiting a Production Engineering Manager to a leading supplier of complex CNC machined parts, who are product leaders with a global supply base. Based in Maidenhead at their state-of-the-art facility the Production Engineering Manager will be responsible for managing a team of engineers to deliver and engineer customer expectations on time and to the right quality.

The Role:

* Leadership of personal development plans for team members and support via coaching and mentoring programmes.
* Management of team members to ensure new product introduction plans are met on time and to agreed budgets.
* Ensuring Production receive all routings, programmes, tooling and fixtures required to complete their tasks on time and to quality standards expected.
* Maintenance of BOM”s and routings to a high standard to support ERP planning and estimating systems.
* Leadership of process and tooling development to support annual productivity and continuous improvement targets to achieve business plans.
* Leadership of capital equipment definition and implementation plans.
* Leadership of cost estimating resource to support new business acquisition, ensuring that quotations are timely and accurate.
* Ensure staff maintain a key focus on cycle time reduction, scrap reduction, tooling spend reduction, process capability and RFT improvements.
* Conduct of business in line with company policies and procedures inclusive of full compliance with HSE and anti-bribery and corruption policy.

Skills Required:

* Strong mechanical component manufacturing and precision machining background (CNC milling, turning, grinding).
* An ability to build teams and develop key members via delegation, coaching and mentoring.
* A passion for customer service, both externally and internally.
* Commercially and financially aware with an ability to translate projects into real business value.

Essential Experience / Qualifications:

* Must have worked in machine shop environment and have experience within a precision component manufacturing environment.
* Demonstrable minimum 10 years’ experience in a senior engineering role.
* Must have collaborative and open working style and encourage the team to work in this manner.

Your CV will be forwarded to Jonathan Lee Recruitment, a leading engineering and manufacturing recruitment consultancy established in 1978. The services advertised by Jonathan Lee Recruitment are those of an Employment Agency.