Engineering Department Manager

Manchester / UK (Hybrid)

Permanent

We are seeking an experienced Engineering Department Manager to join a well-established engineering business with a strong pipeline of work across the water, nuclear, and energy sectors. This is a senior leadership role at the centre of a multi-discipline team (mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation), supporting delivery across large-scale infrastructure programmes.

The Role

Take ownership of engineering delivery across multiple projects, leading teams from early-stage design through to execution, and ensuring quality, coordination, and performance across all workstreams.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead a multi-discipline engineering team across several live projects

- Act as the key link between engineering, delivery teams, and external partners

- Manage workload, resource planning, and team capability

- Oversee progress, risks, and overall performance

- Drive technical quality and consistency across outputs

- Support future work and shape upcoming opportunities

- Improve engineering delivery across the business

Requirements

- Experience leading multi-disciplinary engineering teams on complex projects

- Proven experience managing mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation teams

- Strong understanding of multi-discipline design delivery

- Comfortable managing workload, priorities, and team structure

- Strong stakeholder engagement across all levels

- Background in infrastructure, energy, or similar engineering sectors

- Interested in a role with influence and ownership

- Motivated by long-term project pipelines and stability

- Keen to develop teams and increase capability

- Open to hybrid working across UK locations

- Engineering degree or equivalent

- Chartered status (or working towards) preferred

If you are interested or know someone suitable, please reach out for a confidential discussion