Senior Engineering Manager in Cheltenham

Our client is an established engineering organisation operating within the aerospace, defence and industrial sectors. They are seeking an Engineering Manager to join their leadership team, responsible for driving engineering excellence, supporting new business growth, and delivering high-quality product solutions. The role can be based within the client's North Wales or South West facilities; however, regular travel between both sites would be expected, incorporated into a hybrid working arrangement across a 4-day working week.

This is a key leadership role requiring a collaborative, results-driven professional with strong technical expertise and people management capability.

• Align engineering resources with strategic objectives to support both short- and long-term business goals.
• Lead, develop and manage a high-performing engineering team, including capacity planning, recruitment, coaching, performance management and employee relations.
• Contribute to and lead new business proposals, including bid development, customer relationship management and strategy to secure new contracts.
• Manage new product development programmes from contract award through to introduction into the supply chain, ensuring delivery against cost, schedule and performance targets.
• Oversee in-service engineering support, including issue resolution, failure analysis and concession management.
• Drive technology acquisition and maturation through market analysis, gap identification and strategic planning.
• Establish and maintain performance metrics to monitor the health of key business processes and support continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support compliance with relevant certifications, approvals and internal procedures.

• Degree-qualified in an engineering discipline (or equivalent experience).
• Minimum of 10 years’ engineering experience within aerospace, defence or a similar highly regulated industry.
• Proven leadership experience, with the ability to deliver results through teams.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Professional and composed approach when dealing with challenging situations.
• Effective time management and organisational skills.
• Experience with Lean and/or Six Sigma methodologies.
• Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel domestically and internationally.

• High integrity and commitment to doing the right thing.
• Team-oriented with a collaborative mindset.
• Strong coaching and performance management capability.
• Focused on delivering value and driving operational excellence.

• Competitive salary and benefits package (details available on request).
• Opportunity to play a key role in a forward-thinking engineering organisation with strong growth ambitions.