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Engineering Manager

Job details
Posting date: 30 April 2026
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 30 May 2026
Location: Corby, Northamptonshire, NN17 1UU
Company: Acorn Recruitment
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: a1WNz000004Wox3MAC_1777543115

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Summary

Engineering Manager

Corby, Northamptonshire | Competitive salary | Full-time | Permanent | Senior leadership role within a heavy industry manufacturing environment.

Introduction

Acorn by Synergie is recruiting for an Engineering Manager to join the senior management team within a large manufacturing environment. Reporting to the Works Manager, this role is responsible for delivering safety, performance, financial, and development metrics while defining and delivering site strategy.

Key Duties:

  • Provide engineering leadership to support manufacturing operations and ensure compliance with health, safety, and environmental requirements.

  • Lead asset reliability strategies, including criticality assessments and FMEA.

  • Drive maintenance and reliability excellence, improving process understanding and problem-solving capability.

  • Plan and schedule maintenance shutdowns, including major refurbishment activities.

  • Manage the annual maintenance and repair budget.

  • Contribute to strategic planning, engineering standards, and best practices.

  • Lead and develop a team of skilled engineers within a safety-critical environment.

  • Ensure manufacturing assets and infrastructure are maintained to high standards.

  • Drive improvements in plant performance, reliability, and availability.

Requirements:

  • Degree-qualified engineer (Mechanical or Electrical preferred).

  • Chartered status or working towards it (preferred).

  • Experience delivering maintenance excellence programmes in medium to heavy industry.

  • Proven experience leading large, multi-disciplinary engineering teams.

  • Strong understanding of manufacturing KPIs such as OEE and loss analysis.

  • Ability to use data-driven maintenance strategies to improve performance.

  • Experience working within safety-critical environments.

What We Offer:

  • Competitive salary.

  • Comprehensive benefits package.

  • Opportunity to join a well-established industrial organisation.

  • Long-term career development opportunities.

Interested?

Apply now with your up-to-date CV.

Acorn by Synergie acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment.

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