Catia V5 + Production Engineer - Automotive

Mana Resourcing Ltd; Daventry; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A specialized engineering company in the United Kingdom is seeking a Design & Production Engineer to develop powertrain systems for prestigious automotive brands. The role involves CAD design, managing prototype builds, and ensuring production quality. Ideal candidates will have strong mechanical engineering knowledge and be skilled in CATIA V5. This position offers a competitive salary based on experience and benefits including a pension scheme and generous holidays.

Benefits

Company Pension Scheme

25 days holiday + Bank Holidays

Great training

Qualifications

• Experience in engineering design and manufacturing environment.
• Strong knowledge of manufacturing processes, tooling design, and DFM principles.

Responsibilities

• Turn ideas into precision-engineered reality in a supportive team.
• Develop innovative powertrain systems from prototype to production.
• Create detailed CAD models and drawings for prototype manufacture.
• Plan and manage prototype builds and finalize designs for production.

Skills

Strong Mechanical, Manufacturing, or Production Engineering knowledge

Skilled in CATIA V5

Good understanding of production processes

Familiarity with APQP, PFMEA, Control Plans, IATF 16949

Hands-on approach to engineering

Good team player

Tools

CATIA V5

Job description

Design & Production Engineer

Location: Northamptonshire

THE COMPANY

Our client is an independent company who have carved themselves a niche supplying/designing powertrain components (exhausts, and other specialist Automotive components) to OE Automotive customers. Their reputation and expertise is such that many of the most prestigious manufactures utilise their services. We are proud to be an integral part of our client's continuing success which has resulted in a bulging order book and a recent expansion to a new purpose designed production facility. The company are proud to have received the Queens Award for Enterprise.

THE ROLE

As a Design & Production Engineer you will be based within a supportive team environment providing you with the opportunity to be involved in challenging and interesting projects - you'll turn ideas into precision‑engineered reality. Developing innovative powertrain systems for world‑class automotive brands and leading their journey from prototype to production. Covering four areas:

• Concept & Feasibility
• Prototype Development & Validation
• Pre‑Production & Industrialisation
• Production Launch & Continuous Improvement

The minutia of the role includes:

• CAD concepts/designs using CATIA
• Provide early design and manufacturing input to assess feasibility, cost, and capability
• Design FMEA and Manufacturing Feasibility
• Create detailed CAD models and drawings for prototype manufacture
• Plan and manage prototype builds
• Review first‑off parts
• Finalise designs for production release
• Develop and validate process flows and Standard Operating Procedures
• Ensure routings, and process changes are correctly defined in ERP systems
• Lead process capability

THE CANDIDATE

• Our client is looking for strong a Design & Production Engineer applicants with, in addition to experience of working within an engineering design and manufacturing environment, the following skills:
• Strong Mechanical, Manufacturing, or Production Engineering knowledge
• Skilled in CATIA V5
• Good understanding of production processes, tooling design, and design‑for‑manufacture (DFM) principles
• Familiarity with APQP, PFMEA, Control Plans, IATF 16949 and Lean manufacturing methods.
• Hands‑on approach to engineering
• Good team player!

THE PACKAGE

• £Depending on Experience salary
• Company Pension Scheme
• 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays
• Great training

THIS ROLE IS COMMUTABLE FROM:

• Northampton
• Upper Heyford
• Kislingbury
• Daventry
• Corby
• Kettering
• Wellingborough
• Rushden
• Towcester
• Southam
• Leamington Spa
• Milton Keynes
• Rugby
• Coventry
• Warwick
• Banbury
• Leicester
• Market Harborough

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Production & Design Engineer, Design Engineer, Production Engineer, Catia V5 Engineer, CAD Engineer, Automotive Design Engineer, Automotive Production Engineer