Engineering Manager Coventry 08:30am – 17:00pm Mon – Fri Up to £70,000 OTE Established over 40 years ago, MNB Precision provides manufacturing and precision engineering services to the world’s leading companies across the Oil & Gas, Power Generation, Rail and other manufacturing industries. We are currently looking for an Engineering Manager to join the team: Key Responsibilities * Lead and develop the engineering function to deliver robust, efficient, and innovative solutions for complex, high-mix/low-volume machining operations in exotic and high-strength materials. * Standardise engineering processes for set-up reduction, quick changeovers, and flexible manufacturing to improve responsiveness and minimise downtime. * Drive process improvement projects to reduce scrap, rework, and dimensional variation, ensuring consistency when machining exotic alloys to tight tolerances. * Embed lean and continuous improvement practices into engineering workflows, focusing on eliminating waste, improving process stability, and enhancing productivity. * Develop and deliver a forward-looking technology and process roadmap, incorporating advanced tooling, CAD/CAM enhancements, and digital solutions to support quality and efficiency. * Develop and embed inspection processes, including CMM programming and operator self-inspection, working closely with the Quality Manager to ensure first-time-right quality, reduce non-conformances, and build accountability at the source. * Oversee and continuously improve bench fitting and manual processes, ensuring precision, consistency, and integration with CNC operations to deliver high-quality components to customer specifications. * Collaborate closely with production and quality teams to ensure engineering improvements are fully embedded and sustained across the shopfloor. * Optimise factory layout and material flow to enhance productivity, reduce waste and handling, and ensure scalability for future equipment, technology, and workflow changes. * Establish and monitor engineering KPIs focused on overruns, quality, and consistency (e.g. first-off acceptance rates, process capability, cycle time variance). * Provide hands-on technical leadership and problem-solving support for machining issues, tooling failures, and process deviations. * Support the COO in capex planning and implementation of new technologies, tooling, and software, ensuring measurable returns on investment. * Mentor and develop the engineering team to build capability in advanced machining methods, exotic materials processing, CAD/CAM, and continuous improvement. * Own CAD/CAM programming, tool selection, and machining strategies, ensuring programmes are accurate, repeatable, and cost-effective. * Optimise CNC programming and tool paths to minimise cycle times, reduce tool wear, and ensure first-time-right quality. * Control and reduce engineering overruns by improving estimating accuracy, monitoring actual vs. planned cycle times, and addressing root causes of variation. * Champion Design for Manufacture (DFM) and New Product Introduction (NPI), ensuring smooth and timely transitions from quotation through to stable production. Requirements: * You will be an experienced Engineering Manager, able to confidently lead and develop the engineering team to be able to deliver robust solutions for complex machining solutions. * You will have a strong background within continuous improvement processes to minimise downtime. * Strong understanding of machining processes as well as CAD/CAM and tooling solutions, ideally within the Oil & Gas, Aerospace or Defence industries