Head of Engineering Permanent Position Salary depending on experience Growing Engineering Business Coventry Owen Daniels are partnered with a leading engineering business who are seeking a Head of Engineering, on a permanent basis. As the Head of Engineering, you will lead the engineering design, manufacturing engineering and testing teams. You will lead new future product designs and innovations and also maintain the current product portfolio. You will have the responsibility to drive engineering changes across multiple products and processes and continuously improve engineering activities. This includes control and allocation of your team resource according to the priorities and projects assigned to you. Head of Engineering Job Description Ensure that engineering design, development, testing and change management is conducted to agreed deadlines, cost, quality and standards To drive quick resolution of technical problems and advise the team Ensure all engineering changes are documented in line with the common engineering organisation standards Ensure the rigorous application and demonstration of compliance with relevant legal and safety regulations to all allocated products during full lifecycle Control and allocate resource according to priorities and projects assigned Ensure resources and cost can be attributed to projects to allow good project cost control using the common engineering organisation standards Identifying and managing opportunities for improvements in processes and projects to drive continuous improvement actions through to successful completion Collaborating with various teams to ensure successful delivery of all engineering change activities. Management and development of local technical competencies in accordance with the company strategy Manage communication, training and implementation of agreed regional and global engineering practices and standards Responsible for all Health and Safety activities under the team Head of Engineering Essential Skills / Experience / Qualifications HND or BEng in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent engineering discipline Have held a role as an engineering manager with complete responsibility for product, people and budget (P&L experience essential) 3D CAD experience (ideally in CREO) Excellent working knowledge of hydraulic, electrical and mechanical systems