Managing Director – Engineering

Contact Gavin Murphy

Our client, an established engineering company based in Kilkenny, is seeking a Managing Director to lead the business through a period of growth.

The role carries a hands-on business development remit and oversight of daily operations, including the design function.

Benefits

Key Responsibilities

Set the service model and standards for a maintenance business serving regulated sites, built on multi-annual SLA contracts.
Define the SLA offer, including response times, planned maintenance schedules, spares holding, reporting and pricing tiers.
Ensure service delivery meets GMP, validation, calibration, change control and audit requirements on customer sites.
Turn the agreed growth strategy into an annual plan with targets by business line, sector and key account, reviewed quarterly with the Chairman and Board.
Lead business development personally, owning the pipeline from lead generation to close, and attach maintenance and spares offers to every project sold.
Oversee daily operations across sales, design, projects and maintenance, holding regular reviews on workload, delivery, safety and quality.
Lead the design function so designs are right first time, cost-effective and released on schedule, and projects are delivered on time and on budget.
Set pricing, estimating and bid/no-bid standards and report won and delivered margin by job, working with the CFO on job costing, costs and cash.
Lead the design, business development, estimating and marketing teams, own the company’s market position and build OEM partnerships.

Requirements

Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Automation or a related engineering discipline, with hands-on engineering experience.
10+ years in commercial, business development or general management roles, including 5+ years at senior level with full P&L accountability in a business turning over €10m or more.
Track record of building or scaling a contracted service and maintenance business, ideally through a move from manufacturing to services.
Experience delivering service or maintenance in regulated environments, with working knowledge of GMP, validation and audit requirements.
Direct experience in industrial automation and maintenance services, and a record of personally winning new customers in Food and Beverage, Medical Devices or Pharma.
Full clean driving licence and willingness to travel in Ireland, the UK and further afield.

For more information or to apply directly email gavin.murphy@sonastechnical.com or apply directly on Indeed.

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