Engineering Manager

Are you ready to shape the future of engineered bespoke technology on a global stage? Join our pioneering team in Poole and take the helm as our client’s next Engineering Manager! Are you confident and knowledgeable with stress analysis calculations? Can you lead a team of Mechanical Design specialists who will rely on your knowledge to sign the designs off?

In this role, you’ll be steering a talented engineering department at a company renowned for delivering both rapid-turnaround and highly complex engineering solutions to clients around the globe.

Reporting directly to the Operations Director, this is your opportunity to play a pivotal role in developing trailblazing products that make industries safer, smarter, and more efficient.
 
What Makes This Role Exciting:
 

- Lead Innovation: Be the driving force behind the research, design, and development of revolutionary lifting equipment.

From concept to prototype to final release, your vision will help set new benchmarks in safety and functionality.
- Global Impact: Every day brings new challenges from an international customer base — your work will drive solutions across diverse sectors and geographies.
- People & Culture: Guide and develop a high-performing engineering team, inspiring creative problem-solving, technical excellence, and continuous growth.
- Hands-On Leadership: Engage directly in critical decision-making, detailed specification reviews, performance appraisals, and representing the organisation on technical councils.
- Tech at the Forefront: Utilise the latest FEA software, 3D modeling, and compliance strategies with ASME, CE, and UKCA requirements — all while keeping your team at the leading edge of lifting industry regulations and standards.
- Innovation Pipeline: Own the end-to-end new product development journey for market-defining equipment, from blue-sky brainstorming to pre-production testing.
- Real-World Results: See your leadership and ideas materialize in the equipment that keeps critical industries running safely and efficiently.

 
What this role requires in terms of talent and experience:
 

- UK National, due to client security limitations
- Ideally you will have a BEng qualification.

This role requires a solid engineering (not product design) background
- A strong background in Mechanical or structural engineering
- A forward-thinking leader with a passion for developing people and products alike.
- Proactive and adaptable — driving projects to completion in fast-changing, high-responsibility environments.
- A strategic mind who can act both globally and locally, prioritizing a diverse project portfolio with precision.
- A champion of engineering standards and continuous improvement, always ready to consult, mentor, and innovate.

 
Benefits as Engineering Manager:
 

- Up to £65k DOE
- Generous holiday
- Pension
- On- site parking
- Friendly well-respected business
- Exciting projects

 
Ready to take charge of tomorrow’s engineering challenges in a fully immersive and exciting business.

If you’re a UK national with a degree in Mechanical or Structural Engineering, excited by the prospect of leading both people and cutting-edge innovation - we want to hear from you.
 
Apply directly or get in touch at alison.francis@holtengineering.co.uk