Operations Engineering Director, CMS in Caerphilly

Genuit Group’s Climate Management Solutions (CMS) business unit is committed to enabling a sustainable future through innovative technologies that support low‑carbon heating, ventilation and water treatment. With leading brands such as Nu‑Heat, Adey, Monodraught and Nuaire, CMS delivers integrated solutions that improve indoor air quality, reduce energy consumption and support the decarbonisation of buildings.

The CMS Operations Engineering Director will manage the Manufacturing Engineering, Site Engineering and Engineering Projects teams at the Nuaire facility in Caerphilly. The role is responsible for unifying all aspects of factory engineering, reporting to the CMS Head of Operations and serving as a key member of the CMS Leadership team.

Responsibilities

• Drive a Safety First approach to Engineering, ensuring safe working practices and environment for all Nuaire colleagues at all times.
• Ensure compliance with all Quality and regulatory standards.
• Develop and execute the Engineering strategy across manufacturing and distribution centres within CMS to support business objectives.
• Work with Quality Managers to design and implement a Quality Management System across CMS.
• Support local GBS teams to accelerate factory standards towards world‑class standards and practices.
• Lead, coach and develop engineering teams, fostering a performance‑driven and collaborative culture.
• Drive engagement and accountability across the teams to ensure high levels of morale, productivity and retention.
• Identify and deliver improvement initiatives to optimise process efficiency, reduce costs and increase customer satisfaction.
• Support new product introductions, operational readiness and change management in collaboration with engineering and technical teams.
• Participate in and lead Kaizen improvement activities.
• Own the engineering budget.
• Assist the CMS Operations Leadership Team in developing strategic and operating plans to ensure the company has appropriate resources to support current forecasted business and projected growth.
• Collaborate across the business to design, refine and implement best‑practice engineering standards and processes, driving an efficient and results‑oriented performance‑managed approach.
• Identify areas of improvement, cost‑down opportunities and approaches to limit risk across the supply base.
• Own the daily planning and review meetings ensuring full collaboration from all key stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Proven senior engineering leadership experience in manufacturing across multiple manufacturing environments.
• Demonstrated experience developing significant capital expenditure programmes.
• Strong engineering experience including quality, site, facilities, maintenance and manufacturing engineering.
• Deep understanding of manufacturing engineering processes and documentation including regulatory compliance.
• Demonstrated success in implementing continuous improvement and lean manufacturing.
• Leadership, communication and team development skills.
• Well‑versed in continuous improvement tools and techniques such as GBS and Lean Six Sigma (advantageous).
• Ability to engage and manage key stakeholders, both internally and externally, including customers and suppliers.
• Commercially and financially astute with experience of managing budgets and a clear understanding of key manufacturing performance drivers.

Desirable

• BEng or MSc in an appropriate engineering field.
• Wide experience from multiple manufacturing sectors.
• Experience within construction, HVAC or building products manufacturing.
• IOSH/NEBOSH or similar health and safety qualifications.
• Familiarity with ERP systems and data‑driven decision‑making.

Benefits

• 25 days holiday
• Private medical
• Annual bonus
• Car allowance or company car
• Pension contribution matched up to 8%
• Life assurance, 3x base salary
• Genuit sharesave scheme