Senior Production Engineering Manager

Cardiff Permanent View Job Description
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.
  • Lead engineering in an advanced regulated manufacturing facility
  • Drive real change through modernisation, investment, and continuous improvement.

About Our Client

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.

Job 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.

The Successful Applicant

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.

What's on 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.



Contact
Mark Hickman
Quote job ref
JN-122025-6903070
Phone number
+44 292 064 2034

Job summary

Job function
Engineering & Manufacturing
Subsector
Maintenance, Reliability
Sector
Healthcare / Pharmaceutical
Location
Cardiff
Contract type
Permanent
Consultant name
Mark Hickman
Consultant phone
+44 292 064 2034
Job reference
JN-122025-6903070