Engineering Resource Manager

Job Summary:

K5 Engineering Solutions Ltd. is seeking an Engineering Resource Manager to coordinate the people, technical capacity, and resources required across engineering activities. This role will maintain a clear view of current and upcoming demand, helping engineering teams allocate capability effectively across projects and service commitments.

What You'll Do:

• Manage resource allocation across engineering projects and technical work
• Review upcoming demand against available engineering capacity
• Coordinate engineers, technicians, contractors, and specialist resources
• Work with project leads to understand changing resource requirements
• Identify potential capacity gaps and recommend practical solutions
• Balance competing priorities across simultaneous engineering assignments
• Maintain resource schedules and forward-looking availability information
• Support decisions involving additional contractors or specialist capability
• Monitor utilisation and highlight areas of under- or over-allocation
• Coordinate resource changes when project schedules or priorities shift
• Provide management with clear updates on capacity, demand, and future resource needs

Requirements:

• Experience in engineering operations, resource management, workforce planning, project delivery, technical services, or a related field
• Strong planning and resource coordination abilities
• Good understanding of engineering or technical working environments
• Ability to balance multiple projects and changing priorities
• Confident communication with engineering teams and project stakeholders
• Comfortable working with capacity, scheduling, and workload information
• Strong organisational and practical problem-solving skills
• Previous management or resource-planning experience is advantageous
• Engineering, operations, project management, or related qualifications are helpful, with relevant transferable experience also considered

Why Work With Us:

• Influence how engineering capability is deployed across important work
• Gain broad visibility across technical projects and service activities
• Work closely with engineering and project leadership teams
• Develop specialist expertise in technical resource management
• Contribute to stronger capacity and workforce planning
• Build experience towards senior engineering operations or programme leadership roles

Pay: £65,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Flexitime
• Health & wellbeing programme
• On-site parking

Work Location: In person