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Engineering Test Manager
Job summary
A leading recruitment agency is seeking an Engineering Test Manager for a global manufacturer in South Wales. The successful candidate will oversee testing activities, manage a small team, and ensure timely and accurate results for product development. Applicants should have a Mechanical Engineering background and relevant experience in development or testing. A competitive salary of £55,000 - £65,000 with an excellent benefits package is offered. This is a chance to shape the future of onsite testing capabilities.
Benefits
Qualifications
- Mechanical Engineering education is essential for this role.
- Relevant experience in Development/Test environments is required.
- Familiarity with data acquisition systems is necessary.
Responsibilities
- Plan and coordinate testing activities for prototypes and customer programmes.
- Lead and manage a development team effectively.
- Design or adapt test equipment and maintain compliance.
Skills
Education
Engineering Test Manager – South Wales – £55,000 - £65,000 + benefits
Yolk Recruitment is exclusively partnered with a global manufacturer to recruit an Engineering Lab Manager for their South Wales R&D facility. This is a key leadership role, managing a small test and development team and ensuring the laboratory delivers safe, accurate and timely results to support new product development, prototyping, validation and customer projects.
- Planning and coordinating testing activities for prototypes, validation and customer programmes.
- Leading and managing a team, allocating work and developing capability.
- Designing or adapting test equipment and fixtures, specifying datalogging systems and ensuring all equipment is maintained, calibrated and compliant.
- Running and overseeing test activities – force, pressure, environmental etc.
- Producing documentation including test plans, procedures, reports, production test specs and maintenance schedules.
- Supporting production, sales, quality and customer teams with data and expertise.
- Identifying future equipment needs and improvements to lab capability.
- Promoting a safety-first culture and driving continuous improvement in the lab.
- Collaborating with wider R&D departments, DFMEA, DVP and varied problem solving.
- Mechanical Engineering education
- Relevant experience within Development / Test
- Familiarity with data acquisition systems
- Desirable – knowledge of hydraulics, pneumatics, basic PLC programming. Training can be provided.
- Safety-conscious, organised, and confident in structured problem-solving.
- Salary in the region of £55,000 - £65,000.
- Excellent benefits package including pension, holidays and wider perks.
- A role with scope to shape the future capability of Test activities onsite
- Development opportunities within a secure, international manufacturer.
Are you up to the challenge? If you feel you have the skills, experience and passion to be successful in this role apply now!
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