Head of Engineering – Galway

Competitive Salary + Bonus + Benefits + Equity | Onsite

A leading manufacturing site in Galway is undergoing major transformation and investment under private equity ownership. We are seeking a Head of Engineering to modernise the engineering function, embed reliability practices, and significantly improve equipment uptime (targeting an increase from 50–60% to 80–90%).

Key Responsibilities

• Lead a 30-person engineering team across maintenance, facilities, and projects

• Implement reliability, predictive and preventative maintenance strategies

• Improve equipment availability, changeover efficiency, and validation readiness

• Ensure full GMP/FDA/HPRA compliance

• Drive cultural modernisation and support digital transformation (incl. SAP rollout)

• Oversee capital projects and partner with Production, Supply Chain, and Technical functions

Experience Required

• Senior engineering leadership in high-availability manufacturing

• Strong GMP/FDA knowledge

• Proven track record improving uptime via reliability engineering

• Experience managing multi-product, high-changeover environments

• Experience leading transformational change within engineering teams or site operations
• Demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders at all levels and navigate complex organisational dynamics

What’s on Offer

• Competitive Salary + bonus + benefits

• Equity potential

• Significant influence and investment backing

• Opportunity to transform a core site during major growth

For further information on this Head of Engineering role in Galway please contact Caroline Kingston on +353 868395531 or email caroline@hero.ie Check out all our open jobs on our HERO Recruitment website – https://www.hero.ie/.

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