Role: Engineering Manager
Salary: £65,000 – £75,000 DOE + Bonus (potentially higher for the right candidate)
Hours: Mon-Fri, core hours 08:30 – 17:00 (must be flexible depending on business needs)
Location: Marden, Kent
Contract: Full-time, Permanent
KHR is working with a growing and well-established engineering and manufacturing business to recruit an experienced technical Engineering Manager to lead a multidisciplinary engineering function.
The role will focus on leading and developing the engineering team, overseeing NPI/NPD projects from concept through to design and manufacturing, while also improving engineering processes. The successful candidate will be hands-on, commercially minded and comfortable working across multiple areas of the business.
Key Responsibilities
– Lead and develop multidisciplinary teams across different areas of engineering.
– Manage recruitment, appraisals, performance, coaching and ongoing development of engineers.
– Oversee NPI/NPD from concept/design through to manufacturing.
– Manage multidisciplinary engineering projects, ensuring technical, quality, cost and delivery requirements are met.
– Improve engineering processes, governance, documentation and ways of working.
– Work closely with Manufacturing and Production to support successful product development and industrialisation.
– Provide hands-on technical leadership, problem-solving and engineering decision-making.
– Support engineering strategy, innovation, resource planning and continuous improvement.
- Oversee engineering resources and priorities, ensuring teams are effectively allocated across multiple projects and business requirements.
- Identify and manage technical risks, supporting design reviews, technical trade-offs and ensuring engineering solutions meet standards.
- Develop engineering capability and best practice, introducing structured design methodologies, configuration control and lessons learned to improve product quality and reliability.
What We're Looking For
– Strong Engineering Management level experience.
– Strong NPI/NPD and product life cycle experience.
– Proven leadership of multidisciplinary engineering teams, across multiple areas of engineering/manufacturing
– Genuine people management experience, including recruitment, performance management and development.
– Experience working closely with manufacturing and production.
– Ideally from electronics, medical, defence, software, scientific or another complex engineering environment.
– A hands-on and technically engaged leadership style rather than purely strategic experience.
– Degree qualified in Engineering, Physics or a related discipline.
What's On Offer
– £65,000 – £75,000 salary, potentially higher DOE
– Bonus scheme
– Enhanced pension contributions
– Training and development
– Occasional international travel
- Other general benefits
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