Engineering Manager

Company: Forged Solutions Group
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Location: Darley Dale
Job Description:

Job Description

Elevation Recruitment Group are excited to be exclusively partnered with Forged Solutions Group, a well established heavy engineering and manufacturing business in Darley Dale, who are looking to appoint an Engineering Manager to take ownership of their maintenance and reliability function.

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The Engineering Manager will report to the Head of Operations and sit within the senior leadership team, taking full accountability for maintenance, reliability, statutory compliance and capital projects, and leading a team of engineers, technicians and apprentices.

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This is more than managing a maintenance team. It is about raising standards, embedding a preventative maintenance culture and building a project pipeline that supports production and long term investment.

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Benefits:

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  • Genuine autonomy over CAPEX and engineering strategy
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  • Senior leadership position reporting directly to the Head of Operations
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  • Long term career development within an established manufacturing business
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  • Company pension scheme
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Working Hours: Days based, Monday to Friday

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Duties of the Engineering Manager will include:

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  • Leading the site's engineering and maintenance function, ensuring compliance with statutory regulations and internal standards
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  • Owning delivery of the CAPEX and major maintenance programme
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  • Rolling out TPM, Autonomous Maintenance and Planned Maintenance strategies to improve reliability
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  • Acting as Duty Holder for statutory engineering compliance
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  • Managing and developing the maintenance team, including engineers, technicians and apprentices
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  • Applying a structured project management methodology across all engineering projects
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  • Working cross functionally to embed engineering safety standards and improve asset performance
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Requirements of the Engineering Manager:

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  • HNC or HND (or equivalent) in an engineering discipline, IEng registration desirable
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  • Proven engineering leadership experience within heavy industry or a process manufacturing environment
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  • Strong track record managing CAPEX and maintenance budgets
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  • Solid understanding of TPM, WCOM or similar continuous improvement frameworks
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  • Experience working within ISO9001 and ISO45001 certified environments
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  • Familiar with permit to work systems
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  • A calm, resilient leader who can hold people to account while developing and supporting their team
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This role is commutable from: Matlock, Chesterfield, Derby, Sheffield, Buxton, Bakewell, Belper and Ripley.

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Suited candidates previously hold roles such as: Engineering Manager, Maintenance Manager, Head of Engineering, Technical Manager, Asset Manager, Reliability Manager, Site Engineering Manager and Plant Engineering Manager.

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Please note that any direct applications received for this role will be passed to Elevation Recruitment Group. Any CVs submitted on a speculative basis by other recruitment agencies will not be accepted as a formal introduction and will not result in a fee.

Posted: August 21st, 2026