Engineering Manager

Senior Engineering Manager (Manufacturing Engineering) Salary: £70,000 + bonus up to 27% + monthly car allowance Location: Bolton | Hybrid – typically 2–3 days onsite The Opportunity A leading European defence engineering organisation is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to provide manufacturing technical leadership across a complex product portfolio. This is an opportunity to influence manufacturing capability, industrialisation and production readiness, ensuring complex products transition successfully from development into series production while meeting future demand. Key Responsibilities

• Technical Leadership: Act as a manufacturing technical authority, influencing decisions across projects and engineering teams.
• Industrialisation: Lead manufacturing activities from development and production validation through to series production.
• Manufacturing Improvement: Drive continuous improvement, resolve technical challenges and develop production capability.
• Production Capacity: Lead manufacturing initiatives to support increased production rates and future requirements.
• Obsolescence & Risk: Manage manufacturing obsolescence and mitigate risks relating to manufacturing methods and technical definition.
• Investment & Stakeholders: Oversee project-level manufacturing CAPEX requirements and maintain strong relationships with customers, suppliers and internal teams. About You
• Strong technical engineering background within a complex manufacturing environment.
• Experience in manufacturing engineering, industrialisation and production readiness.
• Proven ability to lead technical activities and influence stakeholders at project level.
• Experience with manufacturing improvement, technical risk and production capability development.
• Relevant engineering degree, or technical apprenticeship with HNC or equivalent qualification.
• Defence experience is advantageous but not essential. What's on Offer?
• Salary of approximately £70,000
• Bonus potential up to 27%
• Monthly car allowance
• Hybrid working, typically 2–3 days onsite
• A senior technical leadership role supporting complex defence engineering programmes. Apply today or get in touch for a confidential conversation.