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Engineering Department Manager

Job Posted: 5 days ago

Salary: £ Competitive
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Manchester

Expire in: 23 days

Job Description

Engineering Department Manager  

Manchester / UK (Hybrid)  

Permanent

We are seeking an experienced Engineering Department Manager to join a well-established engineering business with a strong pipeline of work across the water, nuclear, and energy sectors. This is a senior leadership role at the centre of a multi-discipline team (mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation), supporting delivery across large-scale infrastructure programmes.

The Role  

Take ownership of engineering delivery across multiple projects, leading teams from early-stage design through to execution, and ensuring quality, coordination, and performance across all workstreams.

Key Responsibilities  

- Lead a multi-discipline engineering team across several live projects  

- Act as the key link between engineering, delivery teams, and external partners  

- Manage workload, resource planning, and team capability  

- Oversee progress, risks, and overall performance  

- Drive technical quality and consistency across outputs  

- Support future work and shape upcoming opportunities  

- Improve engineering delivery across the business

Requirements  

- Experience leading multi-disciplinary engineering teams on complex projects  

- Proven experience managing mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation teams  

- Strong understanding of multi-discipline design delivery  

- Comfortable managing workload, priorities, and team structure  

- Strong stakeholder engagement across all levels  

- Background in infrastructure, energy, or similar engineering sectors  

- Interested in a role with influence and ownership  

- Motivated by long-term project pipelines and stability  

- Keen to develop teams and increase capability  

- Open to hybrid working across UK locations  

- Engineering degree or equivalent  

- Chartered status (or working towards) preferred

If you are interested or know someone suitable, please reach out for a confidential discussion

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