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Job Description
Engineering Manager (R&D)
Location: Cardiff
Salary: Up to £60,000
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, on site
Vargo is supporting a multinational engineering business with the appointment of an experienced Engineering Manager to lead on R&D Projects, on a permanent basis.
This is a technical leadership role responsible for leading the development of innovative solutions and ensuring the successful delivery of new products, customer-specific developments, and technology improvement projects. The role combines technical leadership, project management, and people management, supporting growth in custom-engineered solutions, new markets, and technologies.
Key responsibilities
- Lead the development of new products and technologies.
- Drive the design and development of customer-specific solutions.
- Provide technical guidance and mentoring to engineers and designers.
- Review and approve technical designs, calculations, specifications, and drawings.
- Support complex customer applications and technical problem-solving.
- Lead concept generation, feasibility studies, prototyping, and product validation.
- Coordinate testing and verification programmes.
- Manage multiple R&D projects, ensuring delivery to agreed scope, budget, and timescales.
- Allocate engineering resources effectively across projects.
- Provide technical support to Sales and Business Development teams.
- Work closely with Global R&D, Finance, Quality, and Operations.
- Support product certification, technical documentation, and engineering change control.
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The role will also involve supporting innovation, IP protection, product improvement, and R&D-related activity.
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You will bring strong technical competence, commercial awareness, and leadership capability. You’ll be confident leading technical projects, supporting engineers, and working closely with customers and internal stakeholders.
Required Experience Includes
- Degree in mechanical engineering, product design, or a related discipline.
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in product development or engineering.
- Experience managing technical projects.
- Previous leadership or supervisory experience.
- Strong stakeholder management skills.
- Excellent problem-solving ability.
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For more information, please contact Tom Miller at Vargo Group on 07901913560 or email tom.miller@vargogroup.co.uk.
Please note: Our client is unable to offer VISA sponsorship for this position. All applicants must have full right-to-work in the UK in order to be considered.
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