Global Head of Engineering

Global Head of Engineering, United Kingdom

Client:

Guided Solutions

Location:

United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

EU Work Permit Required:

Yes

Job Views:

10

Posted:

18.04.2025

Expiry Date:

02.06.2025

Job Description:

Our client is designing and manufacturing cutting-edge patient-specific medical devices, including anatomical models, surgical cutting guides, and complex custom implants for a variety of clients such as the NHS and leading medical device manufacturers.

Due to their continued growth, they are now looking for a Global Head of Engineering to join their team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Management & Leadership of the growing UK and US Engineering Team (including staff welfare, attendance, performance, and career progression pathways)
• Implement and identify to management suitable processes to promote the company's latest growth (e.g., departmental structure, remuneration, bonus schemes, etc.)
• Establish and supervise training programmes to induct new engineering staff into the business, recording necessary details to feed into the qualification requirements of the Quality Management System.
• Establish and supervise training programmes for Level 1/2/3 new engineering staff.
• Quality Management throughout the device design and manufacture workflow – working with the Head of QMS to ensure that processes are monitored, documented, and adhered to by all staff.
• Management and scheduling of projects to deliver efficiently, on time and in full.
• Metrics for employee and project performance to measure success and suggest key development opportunities, reporting regularly to the senior management team.
• Continual management of the scheduling, efficiency, and working environment of engineers.
• Lead the ongoing recruitment of the growing team, collaborating with internal/external resources where appropriate, including technical evaluation of new candidates and recommendations to help objective decision-making throughout the hiring process.
• Lead by example on the design function within the product workflow, including hands-on segmentation and free-form design of patient-specific devices, according to internal QMS procedures.
• An excellent level of technical knowledge related to human anatomy/biomedical engineering and additive manufacturing to lead and mentor the team.

To be considered for the role, you must closely match the following job profile:

• Engineering Degree (Biomedical specialization preferred).
• At least 5 years of experience leading a team of engineers in a commercial environment.
• Sector-specific knowledge of the orthopaedic market (preferably in or alongside the design of patient-specific surgical devices).