To further their expansion, this leading tester of manufacturing and engineering processes seek a remote Sales Engineer to sell their services into manufacturing and engineering businesses across the UK.

On offer is

• A basic salary of £32k to £40k with a 10% bonus
• Additional benefits
• Fantastic opportunities to progress
• Full initial and ongoing training
• The flexibility to work remotely – with very occasional trips to the Head office in Southampton

What will you be doing?

As Sales Engineer you will be approaching and selling the businesses testing capability into Senior Engineers, buyers, Production Managers and Senior Manufacturing managers.

Whilst there is a huge database to make contact through and try and sell additional services to, they also need someone who is self sufficient and able to generate leads through Linkedin and other avenues.

What experience must I have had?

We need someone confident in talking to engineers. You will be used to selling a solution into them. It is likely you will have a sales background, but we would also consider a Technical Engineer with the right ability to break into sales.

Interested, in the first instance please send a full copy of your CV to the email below.

This isn't a role for someone who simply keeps a factory ticking over.

We're looking for an experienced General Manager / Plant Director / Senior Operations Leader who knows how to take ownership of an engineering operation, lead from the front and make it perform.

You'll take full responsibility for a well-established manufacturing site in Walsall, leading a team of circa 50 and owning the operation from P&L and people through to safety, quality, delivery and continuous improvement.

The business supplies engineered industrial products into demanding sectors including automotive, aerospace and general manufacturing. It needs a leader who is equally comfortable on the shop floor, around the management table and in front of senior stakeholders.

THE ROLE

You'll have genuine ownership of the site, including:

• Full P&L and operational responsibility
• Leadership and development of the site team
• Driving safety, quality, delivery, cost and productivity
• Improving operational performance through Lean / continuous improvement
• Building stronger processes, accountability and KPI discipline
• Identifying opportunities around capacity, efficiency, waste and cost
• Working cross-functionally across engineering, production, quality and supply chain
• Creating a culture where people take ownership and performance improves

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

The important bit.

We need an established senior manufacturing leader from a heavy engineering or technically demanding manufacturing environment.

You'll ideally already be operating as a:

General Manager | Plant Manager | Plant Director | Operations Director | Head of Operations

You must bring:

• Significant senior operational leadership within heavy engineering / industrial manufacturing
• Experience leading a complete manufacturing or engineering operation
• P&L / budget accountability
• Strong knowledge of manufacturing processes and operational KPIs
• A demonstrable record of improving productivity, cost, quality, delivery and safety
• Strong Lean / CI / operational excellence credentials
• The ability to lead managers as well as shop-floor teams
• An Engineering or relevant technical degree

Experience within automotive, aerospace, metals, machining, fabrication, engineered components or similarly demanding manufacturing would be particularly relevant.

WHY CONSIDER IT?

This is a proper operational leadership role.

You'll have the autonomy to shape the site, develop the team and make tangible improvements to the performance of the business.

It should appeal to someone who enjoys being close enough to operations to understand what's really happening, but senior enough to change it.

Salary: up to £80,000 + package
Location: Walsall, West Midlands

If you've built your career leading engineering and manufacturing operations and you're ready to take full ownership of a site, we'd like to hear from you.