Mechanical Engineering Manager - Production

The Role

Own Machine Design as a function, with scope to manage Production Tooling where business needs require a combined mechanical/tooling leadership seat. Build the team, standards, supplier model, and operating cadence required to deliver reliable production equipment, fixtures, automation, and upstream tooling outcomes at scale.

What you'll do

• Lead and develop the Machine Design team, and manage Production Tooling engineers when the team structure requires it.
• Own delivery outcomes across machine design and tooling programs: schedule, risk, production impact, validation quality, supplier performance, and sustained line capability.
• Translate Production Engineering priorities into a clear portfolio roadmap across fixtures, automation, production-enabling equipment, tooling programs, and supplier qualification work.
• Set and uphold standards for design reviews, commissioning, validation evidence, documentation, rel...