Manufacturing Engineering Manager

Established in 1966, Nuaire is a UK based ventilation solutions provider designing and manufacturing products for the domestic, commercial, and industrial construction sectors. Our state-of-the-art facilities in Caerphilly operate with minimal impact on the environment, driven by ambitious targets to drive forward green manufacturing practices.

Our exceptional teams apply their first-class technical, customer service and manufacturing expertise to understand our customers’ needs and solve today’s ventilation challenges. Our loyal and highly skilled workforce are key to our success in delivering clean air, everywhere. 

Now part of the Genuit Groups’ Climate Management Solutions (CMS) business unit, Nuaire has ambitious growth plans. 

The Role

The Manufacturing Engineering Manager is responsible for the day-to-day leadership and execution of engineering activities across site operations, ensuring safe, efficient, and high-performing manufacturing and facilities environments. This role translates the engineering strategy set by the CMS Operations Engineering Director into operational delivery, driving performance across manufacturing and engineering projects.  

A critical element of the role is a strong operational understanding of PLC-controlled systems, automated flow lines, and end-to-end manufacturing processes to ensure optimal line performance, reliability, and continuous flow.  

The role plays a key supporting position in driving Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), ensuring engineering activities directly contribute to improved availability, performance, and quality across all operations. 

Responsibilities

Safety & Compliance  

• Lead a Safety First culture across all engineering activities on site  

• Ensure compliance with all HSE, statutory, and regulatory requirements  

• Drive safe systems of work, risk assessments, and engineering standards  

Engineering Operations Delivery  

• Own the daily execution of engineering support to production  

• Ensure equipment uptime, reliability, and responsiveness to breakdowns  

• Manage and prioritise engineering workload aligned to production needs  

• Lead daily engineering reviews and escalation processes  

PLC, Automation & Flow Line Performance  

• Develop and maintain strong understanding of PLC-controlled systems and automated equipment  

• Support fault finding and problem-solving on PLC-driven manufacturing lines  

• Drive optimisation of automated flow lines to improve TAKT, cycle time, and throughput  

• Work closely with engineering and controls specialists to enhance system performance and reliability  

• Ensure robust documentation, backups, and change control for PLC systems  

Operational Process Optimisation  

• Drive understanding of full manufacturing process flow from goods-in to dispatch  

• Identify bottlenecks, constraints, and inefficiencies across production lines  

• Support line balancing, standard work, and continuous flow principles  

• Ensure engineering solutions align with operational needs and production targets  

• Track and improve downtime, mean time between failure, and asset performance metrics  

• Support lifecycle planning and asset replacement strategies  

OEE Support & Performance Improvement  

• Support the development and deployment of OEE measurement across manufacturing areas  

• Ensure accurate capture and categorisation of downtime and performance losses  

• Work with production teams to analyse OEE losses and identify root causes  

• Drive engineering-led improvements to increase equipment availability and reduce breakdown losses  

• Support initiatives to improve line performance and reduce micro-stoppages  

• Collaborate with Quality and Production teams to reduce defect-related losses  

• Provide data-driven insights to support continuous improvement activity  

GBS - Continuous Improvement & Lean  

• Identify and deliver process improvements, cost reduction, and efficiency gains

• Lead and support Kaizen activities and CI initiatives, using the GBS Tools  

• Embed Lean tools and standardised engineering practices  

Project & Change Implementation  

• Support delivery of capital projects and engineering improvements  

• Ensure smooth installation, commissioning and handover  

• Support new product introduction and operational readiness  

Quality & Standards  

• Work closely with Quality to ensure robust engineering standards and processes  

• Support development and adherence to Quality Management Systems  

• Ensure engineering changes are controlled, documented, and validated  

Team Leadership & Development  

• Lead, coach, and develop engineering teams on site  

• Drive engagement, accountability, and performance management  

• Build capability in maintenance, manufacturing engineering, automation, and CI/GBS tools  

Planning & Collaboration  

• Support resource planning and capacity alignment  

• Collaborate with Production, Supply Chain, and Quality teams  

• Ensure engineering input into planning cycles  

Cost & Budget Control  

• Support management of engineering budgets and cost control  

• Identify and deliver cost-down opportunities  

• Manage contractors and external engineering support effectively  

The Person

• Strong engineering leadership experience within a manufacturing environment  

• Operational understanding of PLC systems, automation, and fault finding  

• Experience working with automated flow lines and continuous production environments  

• Proven experience in maintenance, manufacturing engineering, and site services  

• Demonstrated ability to improve equipment reliability and operational performance  

• Experience supporting OEE frameworks and performance improvement initiatives  

• Strong problem-solving and data-driven decision-making capability

• Effective leadership, communication, and team development skills 

The Benefits

• 25 days holiday 

• Pension contribution matched up to 8% 

• Life Assurance 3x base salary 

• Genuit sharesave scheme