Running a manufacturing or engineering business isn't easy. Margins are tight, lead times slip, skills are scarce, and the day-to-day still has a habit of ending up on your desk.
If your operation feels stuck, chaotic or too dependent on you, this coaching helps you build a profitable, owner-optional business with stable delivery, stronger margins, and a team that can run the operation without constant supervision.
I work with both owner-managed companies and professionally led organisations, including senior leadership teams within larger engineering, manufacturing, industrial and defence firms.
Most of the organisations I work with generate between £2M and £50M in turnover, although I also coach senior executives and leadership teams within larger engineering, manufacturing and defence organisations.
This programme is built specifically for industrial firms such as:
If your business engineers, builds, fabricates or assembles physical products — this coaching is for you.
Answer 12 questions to benchmark your leadership, systems, margins and delivery capability against what's needed to scale safely in manufacturing and engineering.
Identify hidden profit leaks and operational bottlenecks
See where your systems and leadership need strengthening
Get a clear roadmap for reducing your dependency on the business
In less than 5 minutes, benchmark your systems, margins, delivery reliability and leadership against what's needed to scale profitably.
Everyone comes to you for answers. You've become the bottleneck.
Enquiries spike and collapse. Everything relies on referrals or main contractors.
Rework, waste, downtime and pricing leakage quietly destroy profit.
Delivery depends on "tribal knowledge" rather than robust systems.
Good people exist — but they're not fully developed, accountable or empowered.
Late payments, tooling spend, WIP, working capital and operational decisions create ongoing strain.
Strengthen pricing, fix quoting, reduce waste, improve margin visibility and gain financial control.
Develop supervisors, foremen and managers so the business no longer relies on you.
Systemise production, delivery, quality, sales and customer service so performance becomes predictable.
Lean workflow, scheduling, WIP control, capacity planning and reduced rework.
Grow with structure — not chaos.
The business works even when you're not there. Your team leads. You oversee.
Clear leadership roles and responsibilities
Improved cash collection and margin visibility
Reduced rework and operational delays
More predictable quoting and pipeline discipline
Stronger accountability across the team
Your time shifts from firefighting to strategic direction
We review your workflow, leadership structure, quoting, financials, constraints, bottlenecks and delivery issues.
A clear, engineering-led plan covering people, systems, processes, margin improvement, sales and cash.
Fortnightly coaching sessions to develop managers, improve decision-making and keep execution on track.
Tools, templates and processes your team can use immediately for consistency and better performance.
Daily huddles, weekly meetings, dashboards and KPIs that keep the business aligned and stable.
I'm a Chartered Engineer, former Royal Navy Weapon Engineering Officer, and a graduate of Cranfield University, where I earned an MSc in Guided Weapon Systems Engineering — one of the UK's most prestigious defence and aerospace engineering qualifications.
With over 20 years' experience across the full defence engineering lifecycle — including procurement, systems engineering, mission-critical operations, maintenance and in-service support — I help both business owners and senior executives strengthen leadership, improve profitability, develop high-performance teams and build companies that can operate without relying on any single individual.
If you're running a successful manufacturing or engineering business and want more profit, more control and more time, let's talk.