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Associate Business Director | Senior Appointments Specialist | Engineering & Manufacturing | Yorkshire

Engineering Director – Heavy Industrial Manufacturing

Location: Hereford

Salary: Attractive salary package

Bonus: Quarterly performance scheme

About the Opportunity

Elevation Recruitment Group is partnering with a leading heavy industrial and metals manufacturing operation to recruit an Engineering Director for their major UK production facility.

This is a senior leadership role offering complete accountability for the engineering function. You'll establish and deliver a robust engineering strategy that ensures the plant consistently achieves its safety, quality, throughput and cost objectives.

The Role

As Engineering Director, you will:

• Drive the engineering strategy across all aspects of plant operations, including staffing, equipment, budgets, facilities and capabilities
• Lead cultural transformation within the engineering function to align with plant objectives and drive daily, weekly and monthly performance
• Ensure the safety of your engineering team and all contractors on site, with full accountability for EHS compliance
• Achieve and maintain agreed levels of overall plant availability and performance (OEE)
• Collaborate with senior leadership to develop and deliver a Capital Expenditure Plan that meets strategic requirements on time and within budget
• Establish and monitor Key Performance Indicators to track engineering function efficiency and effectiveness
• Deliver measurable improvements in team performance and capability
• Manage planned and predictive maintenance schedules alongside condition monitoring to maximise machine availability and minimise costs
• Reduce demarcation between engineering and operations across all trades and resource types
• Manage consignment spares to optimise risk and cost

Who You Are

• Degree-level education or equivalent in an engineering-related discipline
• 10+ years' experience in metal production, oil & gas, chemical engineering, or comparable heavy/capital-intensive industries
• 10+ years' experience managing and developing teams
• Proven full functional responsibility for engineering within a relevant business
• Full budgetary responsibility experience (£4m–£8m range)
• Demonstrable experience managing large capital projects
• HSE qualification (NEBOSH/IOSH or equivalent)
• Strong practical engineering understanding with genuine empathy for operational teams
• Proven track record of delivering creative improvements to performance and operational methods
• IT literacy with ability to generate own reports and correspondence
• Knowledge of the metals production industry sector
• Attractive salary package
• Quarterly performance bonus scheme
• Excellent contributory company pension
• Life assurance (4x salary)
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Free eye tests and prescription safety glasses
• Free onsite parking
• Training and development opportunities

About Us

Elevation Recruitment Group specialises in placing exceptional leadership talent within the manufacturing and engineering sectors across Yorkshire and beyond. We partner with industry-leading organisations to find the right people for transformational roles.

Seniority Level

• Director

Employment type

• Full-time

Industries

• Heavy Industrial Manufacturing