Morgan Advanced Materials
Engineering Manager
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Overview
The Engineering Manager leads the site engineering function, ensuring that plant, equipment and facilities are safe, reliable and capable of supporting the manufacture of high-quality technical ceramic products.
The role is responsible for leading engineering activities that improve equipment performance, reduce downtime and support safe, efficient and cost-effective production across a demanding ceramics manufacturing environment.
Morgan Advanced Materials
Morgan Advanced Materials is a business rich in history and innovation. Founded in the UK in 1856, we have grown into a global organisation with 70 sites in 18 countries. Our model to serve our customers where they need us has led to a diversified product range using our unparalleled expertise in ceramic and carbon materials, which we exploit to solve difficult problems for our customers across a diverse range of markets.
We are a purpose driven organisation. Our purpose is to use advanced materials to make the world more sustainable and to improve the quality of life. We deliver on that purpose through the products that we make, and the way that we make them.
The Technical Ceramics business of Morgan Advanced Materials engineers high performance functional and structural ceramic materials, components and sub-assemblies to address customer-specific technical challenges.
Key Figures: Revenue £1,100.7m (2024), ~8,000 employees, manufacturing in 20+ countries, and a global customer portfolio. A UK PLC with head office located in Windsor, Berkshire UK. Listed on London Stock Exchange; Member of the FTSE 250 Index.
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Responsibilities
- Lead, manage and develop the site engineering team, setting clear objectives, allocating resources, monitoring performance and supporting training, succession planning and continuous professional development.
- Ensure plant, equipment, utilities and site infrastructure are maintained in a safe, reliable and compliant condition through effective planned, preventive and reactive maintenance programmes.
- Develop and deliver site engineering plans, maintenance priorities and key performance indicators to improve reliability, reduce downtime, control costs and support production, quality and customer requirements.
- Promote a positive, accountable and collaborative culture, ensuring effective communication, regular one-to-one meetings, constructive feedback and consistent application of company people policies.
- Lead engineering improvement and capital projects from concept through to commissioning, ensuring appropriate technical review, risk management, budget control, documentation and stakeholder engagement.
- Drive continuous improvement across kilns, furnaces, presses, machining and finishing equipment, utilities and facilities, using root cause analysis and engineering data to prevent recurrence of faults and improve process capability.
- Manage engineering budgets, critical spares, suppliers and contractors to achieve value for money while maintaining required standards of safety, quality and service.
- Work closely with production, quality, environmental and other site functions to resolve operational issues, support new product and process introductions, and meet business objectives.
- Provide leadership on health, safety and wellbeing across the engineering function, ensuring risks are effectively managed and legal and company standards are maintained.
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Qualifications
- Relevant engineering qualification or equivalent practical experience.
- Chartered Engineer status, or progress towards relevant accreditation, is desirable.
- Significant engineering leadership experience in manufacturing; ceramics, high-temperature or process-industry experience is desirable.
- Strong knowledge of maintenance management, asset reliability, root cause analysis and continuous improvement.
- Proven people-management skills, including objective setting, performance management, coaching and technical development.
- Knowledge of UK engineering health and safety, including risk assessments, safe systems, machinery safety, contractor control and permits to work.
- Ability to travel to other locations to attend meetings, training or support other Morgan sites.
Morgan Advanced Materials is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and applicants. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.
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