Director, Engineering – Europe/Asia

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

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Barnes Aerospace

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1001 - 5000 employees

🏭 Manufacturing

📦 Logistics

🚀 Aerospace

Manufacturing • Logistics • Aerospace

Barnes Aerospace is a global manufacturer and maintenance provider specializing in precision-machined and fabricated components and complex assemblies for aeroengines, airframes, and nacelles. The company also operates certified MRO repair stations (FAA, EASA and other authorities) offering component repair, overhaul, and modification services, and emphasizes strict compliance with industry standards (ISO, AS, Nadcap). With global facilities across the US, UK, Poland, Taiwan, and Singapore, Barnes serves commercial aviation, defense, industrial, and space customers and partners with OEMs on long-term manufacturing and aftermarket contracts.

📋 Description

• Lead new-make and repair engineering teams across the Europe and Asia regions • Oversee a multi-site engineering organization supporting OE production and component repair, including NPI, product engineering, process and manufacturing engineering, tooling, automation, and sustaining technical support • Deploy standardized processes, common technical methods, and scalable engineering practices • Establish a clear, scalable organization with defined accountability across engineering functions • Provide technical leadership and coaching for new product-line introduction • Review and challenge process plans, manufacturing sequences, CNC strategies, grinding methods, tooling and workholding, inspection plans, equipment selections, and production-readiness assumptions • Create and deploy regional engineering standards • Build, coach, and retain an inclusive, accountable engineering organization with career paths, succession plans, and development experiences • Review and support resource planning, technical risk, program reviews, customer escalations, performance management, and talent decisions • Partner with program management and commercial teams on technical estimates, milestone plans, risk assessments, and customer-facing status • Ensure NPI readiness reviews address technical maturity, manufacturability, process qualification, tooling, materials, special-process controls, training, capacity, quality requirements, and customer approvals • Own the regional engineering operating model, technology and capability roadmap, and executive governance of investment priorities • Support manufacturing excellence, technology, and automation initiatives to improve yield, first-pass quality, throughput, cycle time, labor productivity, and cost • Create and manage engineering quality, compliance, and technical authority • Ensure engineering methods and technical data support customer, regulatory, quality-system, and special-process requirements • Lead regional technical escalations involving quality, yield, process stability, supplier issues, repair performance, or customer risk • Represent regional engineering capability in customer, OEM, supplier, and strategic-partner discussions • Support regional growth through engineering-led customer solutions • Represent corporate initiatives and manage technical strategic relationships and technical consortiums in Europe and Asia

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years of progressive engineering experience within aerospace, gas turbine, precision manufacturing, or another highly engineered manufacturing environment • Demonstrated leadership of multidisciplinary engineering teams and leaders in multi-site operations, with a record of developing people and delivering business results • Experience leading technical activities across multiple manufacturing facilities and influencing teams in a matrix organization • Strong analytical, problem-solving, technical-writing, and executive/customer communication skills • Ability to travel routinely within the region and internationally as needed to support sites, customers, suppliers, program gates, and leadership reviews • Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, aerospace, manufacturing, metallurgical, or related engineering discipline • Advanced degree in engineering or business preferred • Knowledge of or experience with AS9100, NADCAP, and FAA or EASA requirements where applicable

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote work within the UK or Asia • Up to 50% travel