Sheet Metal Lead Engineer

Established in 1966, Nuaire is a UK based ventilation solutions provider designing and manufacturing products for the domestic, commercial, and industrial construction sectors. Our state-of-the-art facilities in Caerphilly operate with minimal impact on the environment, driven by ambitious targets to drive forward green manufacturing practices.

Our exceptional teams apply their first-class technical, customer service and manufacturing expertise to understand our customers’ needs and solve today’s ventilation challenges. Our loyal and highly skilled workforce are key to our success in delivering clean air, everywhere. 

Now part of the Genuit Groups’ Climate Management Solutions (CMS) business unit, Nuaire has ambitious growth plans.

The Role

The Lead Sheet Metal Engineering is responsible for the leadership, development and execution of all engineering activities within the Sheet Metal Manufacturing operations. The role translates engineering strategy into operational delivery, ensuring safe, efficient and high-performing manufacturing processes, equipment and facilities. The position provides technical leadership across sheet metal fabrication, CNC operations, automation, tooling, layout optimisation, quality improvement and continuous improvement activities while supporting operational performance, OEE and future growth.  

A key role in supporting the Department Manager in the day-to-day running of the sheet metal department, ensuring smooth operations, continuous improvement, and high-quality output.

Responsibilities

• Lead a Safety First culture across all engineering activities

• Ensure compliance with HSE, statutory, and regulatory requirements

• Maintain risk assessments, SOPs, SSOW, and engineering standards

• Support workplace safety improvements (PUWER, manual handling)

• Own engineering support for sheet metal production operations

• Ensure equipment reliability, uptime, and rapid breakdown response

• Prioritise engineering workload aligned to production demands

• Lead engineering reviews and escalation processes

• Provide technical leadership across laser cutting, punching, bending, fabrication, and assembly

• Collaborate with production to ensure manufacturability and process capability

• Resolve fit, form, and function issues using structured problem solving

• Drive standardisation of processes, tooling, and work instructions

• Maintain BOM accuracy and manufacturing data integrity

• Evaluate machinery performance and lead equipment upgrades and new installations

• Support automation, PLC systems, layout improvements, and manage suppliers/contractors during commissioning

• Support OEE deployment, analyse losses, and drive performance improvements using Lean/CI tools and data insights

• Lead continuous improvement, Kaizen, and cost/productivity/quality initiatives

• Lead engineering projects, support NPI, commissioning, and change control with robust documentation and validation

• Lead and develop engineering teams, building capability, skills, and succession planning
   

A full list of responsibilities is available via the application link.
 

The Person

• Strong engineering leadership experience within a manufacturing environment.  

• Extensive knowledge of sheet metal fabrication and CNC manufacturing processes.  

• Experience in OEE, TPM and operational performance improvement.  

• Strong project management and capital investment experience.  

• Proficiency in CAD systems (Inventor, AutoCAD or equivalent).  

• Strong analytical, problem-solving and communication skills.  

• Experience using Power BI and manufacturing performance data.  

The Benefits

• 25 days holiday 

• Pension contribution matched up to 8% 

• Life Assurance 3x base salary 

• Genuit sharesave scheme