Engineering Manager (R&D)

Location: Cardiff
Salary: Up to £60,000
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, on site

Vargo is supporting a multinational engineering business with the appointment of an experienced Engineering Manager to lead on R&D Projects, on a permanent basis.

This is a technical leadership role responsible for leading the development of innovative solutions and ensuring the successful delivery of new products, customer-specific developments and technology improvement projects. The role combines technical leadership, project management and people management, supporting growth in custom-engineered solutions, new markets and technologies.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the development of new products and technologies.

• Drive the design and development of customer-specific solutions.

• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to engineers and designers.

• Review and approve technical designs, calculations, specifications and drawings.

• Support complex customer applications and technical problem-solving.

• Lead concept generation, feasibility studies, prototyping and product validation.

• Coordinate testing and verification programmes.

• Manage multiple R&D projects, ensuring delivery to agreed scope, budget and timescales.

• Allocate engineering resources effectively across projects.

• Provide technical support to Sales and Business Development teams.

• Work closely with Global R&D, Finance, Quality and Operations.

• Support product certification, technical documentation and engineering change control.

The role will also involve supporting innovation, IP protection, product improvement and R&D-related activity.

About you

You will bring strong technical competence, commercial awareness and leadership capability. You’ll be confident leading technical projects, supporting engineers and working closely with customers and internal stakeholders.

Required experience includes:

• Degree in mechanical engineering, product design or a related discipline.

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in product development or engineering.

• Experience managing technical projects.

• Previous leadership or supervisory experience.

• Strong stakeholder management skills.

• Excellent problem-solving ability. 

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For more information, please contact Tom Miller at Vargo Group on 07901913560 or email tom.miller@vargogroup.co.uk.

Please note: Our client is unable to offer VISA sponsorship for this position. All applicants must have full right-to-work in the UK in order to be considered.

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Lead Accountant

Cardiff (Hybrid)

Manufacturing

Salary: Up to £55,000 + 10% bonus

Our award-winning manufacturing client is looking to appoint a Lead Accountant into a broad, influential finance role.

This is an opportunity for someone who wants more than a routine month-end position. You will support management accounts, reporting, analysis, controls and business partnering, working closely with operational teams to understand performance and improve decision-making. 

The Role

• Prepare monthly management accounts, journals and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Support month-end, year-end and audit processes.
• Produce analysis on costs, margins, variances and operational performance.
• Assist with budgeting and forecasting.
• Improve financial controls, reporting and processes.
• Partner with non-finance stakeholders across the business.

About You

• Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA).
• Strong management accounting and reporting experience or related experience (such as audit).
• Comfortable working with operational and non-finance teams.
• Manufacturing, engineering, industrials, logistics or similar sector experience would be advantageous.
• Commercially minded, hands-on and confident explaining the numbers.

Package

• Salary up to £55,000
• 10% bonus
• Hybrid working
• Broad role with operational and commercial exposure

Apply

For more information, please contact Tom Miller at Vargo Group on 07901913560 or email tom@vargogroup.co.uk

Please note: Our client is unable to offer VISA sponsorship for this position. All applicants must have full right-to-work in the UK in order to be considered.

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