Mechanical Engineering Manager in Tadcaster

Department Responsibilities

• Lead the Mechanical Engineering department, providing strategic direction, resource planning, performance oversight, and operational management.
• Allocate engineering resources across all mechanical workstreams, ensuring appropriate skills, capacity, and support are available to meet project demand.
• Monitor and report departmental utilisation, balancing workload across teams and identifying capacity constraints or optimisation opportunities.
• Oversee the quality of mechanical engineering outputs, ensuring adherence to engineering standards, procedures, and regulatory requirements.
• Review and track departmental non-conformances and cost-of-poor-quality (COPQ), ensuring timely investigation, corrective actions, and prevention measures.
• Drive continuous improvement in engineering processes, documentation, design methodologies, and department workflows.
• Support pre-sales process by reviewing and optimising lead times for prospective projects.
• Lead the delivery of strategic initiatives and improvement programmes in collaboration with senior leadership.
• Develop and mentor Team Leaders and senior engineers, fostering talent development and succession planning.
• Support the creation and maintenance of a positive, collaborative, and high-performance culture within the department.

Project & Delivery Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Project Responsible Engineers (PREs) to ensure progress is on track, engineering plans remain viable, and key milestones will be met.
• Provide oversight and governance to ensure project designs align with customer requirements, internal standards, and regulatory obligations.
• Monitor engineering progress across all mechanical work packages, identifying risk areas, resource bottlenecks, or schedule threats and intervening where necessary.
• Work closely with Project Management to ensure accurate planning, forecasting, and integration of mechanical engineering deliverables within the wider project schedule.
• Coordinate closely with the Controls Engineering and Electrical teams to ensure seamless interdisciplinary collaboration and best project outcomes.
• Support root-cause investigation and resolution of technical issues, engineering errors, or design challenges affecting project performance.
• Provide clear communication to senior leadership and stakeholders on departmental status, risks, performance trends, utilisation, and quality metrics.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading or managing mechanical engineering teams within an automation, machinery, or complex engineered systems environment.
• Strong background in mechanical design, engineering governance, and adherence to industry standards and regulatory requirements.
• Demonstrable experience in resource planning, capacity management, and departmental performance tracking.
• Experience overseeing the delivery of multiple engineering projects simultaneously, ensuring quality and schedule adherence.
• Solid understanding of engineering project lifecycles, milestone planning, and cross-functional dependencies.
• Experience managing engineering non-conformances, root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and cost-of-poor-quality reduction.
• Strong leadership capabilities with experience developing engineering teams, mentoring senior engineers, and fostering high performance.
• Experience participating in or leading continuous improvement initiatives or large-scale engineering process changes.
• Degree, HND/HNC, or equivalent qualification in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related engineering discipline.
• Strong understanding of engineering fundamentals, mechanical design principles, and industry standards relevant to automated machinery.
• Proficiency with mechanical engineering tools and documentation (CAD awareness, design specifications, technical files), with the ability to evaluate completeness and quality.

Mpac is a global leader in automation and packaging solutions, known for combining advanced engineering with a people-focused, collaborative culture. With over a century of innovation, the company designs and supports integrated automation systems that help customers stay competitive across industries such as food, beverage, healthcare, and clean energy.