Job Description

Company Overview:
COME JOIN OUR JOURNEY!
When you join TT, you join our global community of visionaries, creators, and achievers dedicated to engineering and manufacturing electronic solutions enabling a safer, healthier and more sustainable world. Simply put, we are a global manufacturer with a passion for engineering advanced electronics that benefit our planet and people for future generations. We are committed to having a positive impact on the world through a culture built around safety, transparency, collaboration, and positive relationships. Our teams are fueled by performance and expertise, leading the charge in innovation, efficiency and delivering world-class customer service. Be part of the journey. Role Overview and Responsibilities:
Introduction
The Head of Engineering will lead both Design Engineering and Manufacturing Engineering functions, driving innovation, process improvements, and operational efficiency across the business. A key responsibility will be the ownership of the Opportunities for Improvement (OfI) scheme, ensuring employee ideas are harnessed to deliver measurable improvements. The role is central to embedding lean manufacturing practices, enhancing productivity across operations and the machine shop, and building long-term capability through structured career development, internships, and talent programmes.
Key Responsibilities

• Leadership of Engineering Functions

o Manage and develop both Design and Manufacturing Engineering teams, ensuring alignment with business objectives and technical excellence.
o Foster a collaborative culture across engineering disciplines to improve communication, innovation, and problem-solving.

• Process Improvement & Lean Delivery

o Lead the business-wide OfI (Opportunities for Improvement) scheme, ensuring employee-driven ideas are captured, evaluated, and implemented.
o Champion lean manufacturing principles and continuous improvement across engineering, operations, and the machine shop.
o Drive efficiency gains through process optimisation, standardisation, and adoption of best practices.

• Project & Operational Management

o Oversee delivery of engineering projects, ensuring technical standards, cost efficiency, and deadlines are met.
o Support operations in solving production challenges, reducing waste, and increasing throughput.
o Ensure regulatory and industry compliance is upheld across design and manufacturing activities.

• Talent & Capability Development

o Lead career growth and succession planning within engineering teams.
o Develop and manage internships, graduate schemes, T-Levels, and work experience programmes, building a sustainable talent pipeline.
o Mentor engineers at all levels, ensuring skills development and capability growth across the business.

• Stakeholder Engagement & Communication

o Act as the key link between engineering, operations, commercial teams, and senior leadership.
o Communicate progress, challenges, and solutions clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Leadership & Site Engagement

? Act as a core member of the site leadership team, contributing to strategic decision-making and business performance.
? Lead KPI reporting and provide input into monthly Management Business Reviews, ensuring transparency on engineering and operational performance.
? Represent engineering in town hall presentations, communicating progress, achievements, and updates to the wider site. Qualifications, Skills and Attributes:
Core Requirements

• Strong technical background in engineering (design and/or manufacturing, ideally within Aerospace or precision engineering).
• Proven track record in lean manufacturing, process improvement, and efficiency initiatives.
• Strong leadership and people management skills with a focus on developing future talent and capability.
• Excellent communication, influencing, and collaboration skills across diverse teams.
• Commercial awareness with the ability to balance innovation, cost, quality, and delivery.
• Strategic thinker with hands-on problem-solving ability.

What We Offer You:
From this role you will have the opportunity to develop the experience needed to explore and progress to more senior leadership roles within the TT Electronics Fairford or the wider group if this is in your own career plan.

• Competitive Salary
• Enhanced pension contributions
• Healthcare cashback plan
• Employee assistance programme
• Short Term Incentive Plan
• Financial wellbeing benefit
• Discounted online and high street shopping and lifestyle vouchers
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Discounted RAC membership
• Discounted Gym membership
• 5 weeks (in hours) annual leave plus bank holidays
• A supportive and friendly working environment with a focus on wellbeing and sustainability

TT Electronics are committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and actively encourage applications from under-represented groups.
Our Recruitment Process:
Initially we will reach out to you for an informal conversation about the role. This will allow you the opportunity to ask questions and find out more about TT, our site and our team. It will also give us the chance to learn more about you and your experience to date. At this point both parties have the opportunity to decide if they would like to continue with the process.
Due to the specific projects TT Electronics supports we are unable to sponsor work visas. Candidates will be required to achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard Clearance
Successful candidates will be required to undertake pre and during employment drug and alcohol testing.
Solving Technology Challenges for a Sustainable World
We want the very best people in our TT family across the globe - so we welcome applications from everyone, to celebrate a diverse mix of experiences, backgrounds and identities. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and you can rest assured that TT Electronics takes positive steps to ensure we are an inclusive business, that will welcome and support you, from your initial application to wherever your career takes you! Please get in touch if you'd like to discuss any reasonable adjustments to your application, in order that we can accommodate and support you in the process. If you want to work for a company where who you are is valued and respected, we'd love to hear from you.
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