Senior Production Engineering Manager in Cardiff

As the Senior Production Engineering Manager, you will take ownership of the day-to-day engineering leadership across 2 manufacturing areas. You will be the key technical authority onsite, ensuring stable, compliant, highly efficient operations while driving capital investment and strategic engineering improvements.

Client Details

My client is a global leader within the life sciences and advanced manufacturing sector, supporting customers who deliver breakthrough solutions. Their Cardiff site is a high-growth facility producing highly technical products under stringent quality and regulatory standards.

Description

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on engineering support across manual and automated production lines.

• Act as the principal contact for resolving technical, process, validation, and quality issues internally and with key suppliers.

• Scope, purchase, install, validate, and introduce new machinery through structured change control.

• Deliver measurable cost savings, process improvements, and waste-reduction initiatives.

• Project manage significant capital projects from concept to completion, including budget control.

• Develop and maintain an Engineering Master Plan, assessing future space, equipment, and capability needs.

• Champion the use of continuous improvement methodologies (Lean, TPM).

• Produce high-quality documentation including specifications, SOPs, training materials, and maintenance standards.

• Ensure equipment reliability by aligning maintenance strategies with production priorities.

Profile

Ideal Candidate

• Demonstrated leadership experience within an operations or production engineering environment.

• Degree in Engineering (or equivalent experience).

• Strong background in regulated manufacturing (e.g., medical devices, pharmaceutical, biotech, aerospace, automotive).

• Hands-on experience implementing change, introducing new equipment, and leading technical investigations.

• Practitioner-level understanding of TPM, with evidence of driving cultural adoption.

• Knowledge of SPC and use of data to inform decision-making and process control.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills at all levels.

• Ability to balance long-term engineering strategy with pragmatic, day-to-day problem solving.

Job Offer

• Competitive base salary package aligned to senior engineering leadership.

• Annual bonus scheme linked to site and personal performance.

• Strong employer pension contribution.

• Private healthcare and well being support.

• Extensive training, CI development, and long-term career progression opportunities within a global group.