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Manufacturing & Engineering Director

Location: Bridgend, Wales

Salary: £Flexible / Negotiable - dependant on experience and background

Are you a hands-on leader with a deep engineering background and a passion for operational excellence?

We’re partnering with a fast-growing UK manufacturing business in the FMCG and consumer goods sector, seeking a Manufacturing Engineering Director to drive operational performance across multiple sites.

This is a pivotal, senior leadership role within a SME, group owned business. The successful candidate will take full responsibility for manufacturing, engineering, and operation,, ensuring reliability, productivity, and continuous improvement across the group.

The Role:

• Lead and develop the manufacturing and engineering functions, ensuring safety, efficiency, and quality across all production operations.
• Deliver world-class operational performance through robust process control, preventative maintenance, and data-driven decision-making.
• Oversee capital investment projects, asset management, and technical upgrades across multiple production sites.
• Champion lean manufacturing, automation, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Work closely with senior leadership to align engineering and production performance with overall business strategy.
• Develop, mentor, and motivate multi-disciplinary teams, fostering a culture of accountability and operational excellence.

About You:

• A qualified Engineer (mechanical, electrical or manufacturing discipline).
• Proven experience in leading manufacturing and engineering functions, ideally within FMCG, consumer goods, or packaging environments.
• Highly hands-on leader, visible on the shop floor and deeply involved in technical and operational problem-solving.
• Strong track record in improving plant reliability, OEE, and cost control.
• Commercially astute, with the ability to link operational metrics to business performance.
• Excellent people leader, capable of building strong, motivated, and technically capable teams.

MPI have a requirement for Aircraft Engineering Mechanical Supervisors with Merlin experience

The roles will be based at RNAS Culdrose, Helston TR12 7RH

Competitive salary with excellent benefits to be discussed on application. 

38 hours per week, Monday to Friday, day shifts
 
Our client is proud to support the IMOS (Integrated Merlin Operational Support) and the AESAS (Aircraft Engineering Support and Aviation Support) at RNAS Culdrose, delivering activities ranging from the repair and maintenance of military aircraft to off-aircraft support services. Culdrose is one of the Navy`s two principal air bases, and one of the busiest military airfields in the UK.

Our Aircraft Engineers will support Aircraft Engineering services at RNAS Culdrose across both AESAS and IMOS Contracts, supporting operational deliverables and interfaces in a highly regulated environment.
 
What you'll need:
Must have a few years experience working in an airworthiness environment, relevant experience for the Merlin aircraft
Hold/have ability to hold Certificate of Competency for Supervisory level
Previous experience and a good working knowledge of the following: Merlin Aircraft Engineering and Aircraft Systems; Merlin Aircraft Servicing and Support Equipment; Lean Operating Procedures; Naval Air Publications and Compound Interactive Electronic Technical Publications (CIETP); Health and Safety; the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Regulations; and Tool Control and Quality Practices
An understanding of Engineering and Asset Management Systems
Completed or be able to a Maintenance Human Factors Course

What we offer:

Salary: Competitive salaries with annual reviews

Pension: Up to 6% contributory pension scheme

Holidays: 29 days' annual leave plus bank holidays

Full detailed job description on request.

Applicants must be living in the UK and if non UK Passport holders, applicants must have the right to live and work in the UK. 

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+ The development of professional and technically competent reports and liaison with specialists and clients predominantly within the highways sector, making use of efficient working practices to provide industry leading, best value services.
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+ Working knowledge of Eurocode 7 and UK annex design codes, ground investigation and construction contracts and specifications including a working knowledge of Design Manual for Roads and Bridges CD622 and CS641.
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