Engineering Manager
| Posting date: | 01 May 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £65,000 to £75,000 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Benefits |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 May 2026 |
| Location: | Bishop Auckland, County Durham, DL14 9PE |
| Company: | Hunter Selection Limited |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | SE27901_1777629277 |
Summary
Engineering Manager
Bishop Auckland
£65,000-£75,000 + Bonus
Benefits:-
- Private Pension + X4 Life Assurance
- 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays
- Discounted Memberships, 24/7 EAP
Would you like to work for a growing local business, that has the job security of being part of a multi-billion-pound global manufacturer, at their flagship UK site.
They are looking for an experienced Engineering Manager, to join at an exciting time with 5 years' worth of £10m investment going into the plant!
As site Engineering Manager your key role & responsibilities will be:
- Leading an experienced, multi-disciplined team (15 people), to deliver on engineering strategy, ensuring everything is working safely, reliably and efficiently
- Massive focus on continuous improvements, OEE, RCA & TPM strategies
- Develop the teams mindset, by coaching, to be more of a proactive maintenance environment
- Manage the CMMS effectively, create new PPM's, new workflows, SOP's
- Empower the team to be high-performing, setting goals & targets
- Health, safety, supplier & contractor management
- Budget control - £10m, CAPEX - £1m, support significant capital investment plans
Knowledge, skills & experience needed to be site Engineering Manager:
- Must have strong leadership qualities - driven, empowering, coach, influencer
- Performance & continuous improvement track records - setting goals, OEE, developing people
- 5-10 years experience as an engineering manager in a manufacturing environment
- Must be a resilient character, this is a busy role, driving the engineering department forward against long term plans for the site
- Financial acumen - £10m budget control, £1m+ CAPEX projects
- Must be technically strong - ideally taken the route up through engineering apprenticeship
- HNC/HND Engineering or higher + IOSH Managing Safely
- Used CMMS (ideally SAP), PPM & TPM strategy experience
If you do not get a response back on your application within 24-48 hours please presume you are unsuccessful.
If you are interested in this position please click 'apply'.
Hunter Selection Limited is a recruitment consultancy with offices UK wide, specialising in permanent & contract roles within Engineering & Manufacturing, IT & Digital, Science & Technology and Service & Sales sectors.
Please note as we receive a high level of applications we can only respond to applicants whose skills & qualifications are suitable for this position. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010.
For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.