Engineering Manager

Location: Corby, UK

Salary: competitive salary + Car/Allowance + Bonus + Private Healthcare + Leading Pension Scheme

Permanent

Site Based

Start Date: ASAP

Technical Partners are looking for an experienced Engineering Leader with a passion for driving maintenance excellence and building high‑performing teams within a complex, heavy‑industry environments. This is a rare opportunity to step into a pivotal leadership role within a major UK manufacturing operation undergoing significant investment and transformation.

What’s On Offer

A comprehensive and competitive benefits package including:

• Competitive salary
• Annual bonus
• Car or car allowance
• Family private healthcare
• 35 days annual leave
• One of the UK’s leading defined‑contribution pension schemes
• Annual pay review
• Employee discounts across major brands
• Wellbeing & lifestyle benefits

Why This Role?

This site has recently undergone a multi‑million‑pound upgrade, including:

• A new Cold Mill
• Expanded warehousing facilities
• New engineering workshops and stores

As Engineering Manager, you‘ll shape and deliver the site‘s maintenance excellence programme, while playing a key strategic role in future capital expenditure planning. You’ll also sit on the Operational Leadership Team, influencing the long‑term performance, reliability, and development of the entire operation.

This is a high‑impact, high-visibility role ideal for someone who thrives on challenge, innovation, and leading in a safety‑critical manufacturing environment.

Key Responsibilities

Reporting directly to the Works Manager, you will:

• Lead, develop and inspire a large, multidisciplinary engineering team (100+).
• Drive implementation of asset reliability programmes, FMEA processes, and maintenance effectiveness strategies.
• Champion engineering governance, ensuring all statutory and compliance standards are met or exceeded.
• Build and implement structured planned maintenance schedules, including major annual shutdowns and refurbishment works.
• Manage the site’s annual maintenance and repair budget, ensuring resources are deployed effectively.
• Play a key role in shaping future capital expenditure plans aligned with operational growth.
• Drive a culture of continuous improvement, enhancing asset performance, OEE, availability and reliability.
• Lead the development of an inspiring apprenticeship and talent pipeline programme, acting as a coach and mentor.
• Collaborate extensively with cross‑functional leaders, contributing to site safety, performance, financial and strategic objectives.

What You’ll Bring

We’re looking for an Engineering Leader with:

• A Degree in Mechanical, Electrical or relevant Engineering discipline (Chartered or working toward is ideal)
• Extensive experience within medium to heavy industrial manufacturing
• Proven leadership experience managing large engineering & craft teams
• Strong knowledge of maintenance excellence, reliability engineering, and improvement methodologies
• Solid understanding of KPIs such as OEE, loss analysis, and how maintenance impacts operational performance
• Strong communication skills with the confidence to influence at a senior level
• A commitment to safety, quality, continuous improvement and engineering excellence
• The ability to work under pressure, manage competing priorities, and deliver results

This is a role where you can truly make your mark – driving engineering standards, developing future talent, and playing a key part in the long‑term transformation of a major UK manufacturing operation.

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