Engineering Manager

We are seeking an Engineering Manager to to join a growing, engineering business, and lead a multidisciplinary engineering function during an exciting period of expansion and innovation. The successful candidate will lead Mechanical, Electronic, Software and Physics/technical teams within an R&D and product development environment.

You'll deliver technically robust, manufacturable and commercially viable solutions across a diverse product and project portfolio, aligning engineering delivery with business objectives, customer requirements and manufacturing capability.

This role is not a Maintenance lead role, the candidate will be engineering new products and taking them to the market.

The key responsibilities are as follows:- Lead, mentor and resource multidisciplinary engineering teams<br />Oversee delivery from concept through manufacture and installation<br />Run cross-functional design reviews and technical decision-making<br />Ensure designs are safe, compliant, practical and manufacturable<br />Identify technical risks and implement mitigation actions<br />Improve engineering processes, documentation standards and governance<br />Contribute to engineering strategy, planning, budgeting and proposals<br />Ensure technical qualification of manufactured/installed products What we're looking for:- Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Physics or similar<br />Significant experience in multidisciplinary engineering environments<br />Proven leadership of engineering teams and complex project delivery<br />Strong product development life cycle knowledge<br />Excellent communication, organisation and stakeholder management Desirable ISO9001 design/development experience (or similar)<br />Background in instrumentation, precision engineering, or advanced technology<br />Systems engineering, engineering change control/configuration management<br />Experience transitioning R&amp;D into production Based on-site in Mid Kent, working full-time, 40 hours per week Monday-Friday.

Occasional client travel may be required as part of this role. The company offers a great pension plan, with a performance related bonus structure, company sick pay, life assurance, a good holiday. They invest in their personnel and have a good training &amp; development plan