Job Title: Manufacturing Engineer
Location: County Durham
Salary: £40,000 - £48,000 DOE
Benefits
- 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays
- Flexible Start & Finish Times
- Company Pension
- Flexible Working Hours
- Supportive Engineering Team
The Company
Our client is an established UK manufacturing business supplying precision-engineered products into a range of industrial sectors. With continued investment in technology, people and manufacturing capability, they have built an excellent reputation for quality, reliability and customer service.
The business offers a collaborative engineering environment where ideas are encouraged, continuous improvement is part of the culture and engineers are trusted to make decisions that have a genuine impact on production performance. As customer demand continues to grow, they are looking to strengthen their engineering team with an experienced Manufacturing Engineer .
Job Description
As Manufacturing Engineer , you'll play a key role in introducing new products, improving manufacturing processes and supporting production from concept through to manufacture.
Typical responsibilities include:
- Managing New Product Introduction (NPI)
- Reviewing customer drawings and manufacturing requirements
- Improving manufacturing processes and efficiencies
- Reviewing manufacturing route cards
- Supporting tooling, jigs and fixture requirements
- Supporting APQP, PPAP and PFMEA activities
- Solving production and manufacturing issues
- Working closely with production, customers and suppliers
- Driving continuous improvement projects
This Manufacturing Engineer position offers genuine autonomy, technical variety and the opportunity to influence manufacturing decisions from day one.
Skills & Experience
To be successful as a Manufacturing Engineer , you'll ideally have:
- Previous Manufacturing Engineer , Project Engineer or Design Engineer experience
- Strong sheet metal and fabrication knowledge
- Experience within welding or fabricated products
- Exposure to APQP, PPAP and PFMEA
- Experience introducing new products into manufacture
- CAD experience (Inventor or similar preferred)
- Strong communication and customer-facing skills
- Excellent problem-solving ability
- A practical, hands-on engineering mindset
Why Should You Apply?
This Manufacturing Engineer opportunity offers the chance to join a well-established manufacturer investing heavily in its engineering capability. You'll enjoy a varied workload, genuine responsibility, close customer interaction and the opportunity to influence how products are manufactured, within a stable and growing business.
