Defence Composites Manufacturing Engineer (Onsite)

Yolk Recruitment; Coventry; Presencial; GBP 38.000 - 45.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Holiday allowance

Flexible hours

Pension scheme

Life cover 3x salary

Career progression

Descripción de la vacante

MERITUS is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer for an onsite role in Coventry within the defence manufacturing sector. You will help bring engineering designs into repeatable production, support readiness, and drive process improvements across teams.

The role covers NPI, DFMEAs, and applying Lean principles (5S, line balancing, flow). You will work closely with Engineering, Operations and Quality to deliver safe, efficient manufacturing and continuous enhancement of products and processes.

Formación

• Requires manufacturing engineering experience in a production environment.
• Experience with composites.
• Experience supporting multiple manufacturing or assembly processes.
• Practical experience with press moulding and CNC machining.
• Experience introducing or improving manufacturing processes, incl. NPI, manufacturing readiness or DFM.
• Strong understanding of Lean principles and continuous improvement.
• Experience with structured problem‑solving (5 Whys, Ishikawa, 8D).
• Ability to review CAD models and support prototyping/initial production runs.

Responsabilidades

• Take products and processes from engineering into repeatable manufacture.
• Support manufacturing readiness and improve processes.
• Create manufacturing instructions and PFMEAs.
• Use DFM principles to simplify production.
• Lead continuous improvement across processes using Lean techniques.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Operations, Quality and Programme teams.

Conocimientos

Manufacturing engineering

Composites experience

Press moulding

CNC machining

NPI/DFM

Lean manufacturing

Problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Educación

Degree or HNC in engineering

Descripción del empleo

MERITUS is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer for an onsite role in Coventry within the defence manufacturing sector. You will help bring engineering designs into repeatable production, support readiness, and drive process improvements across teams.

The role covers NPI, DFMEAs, and applying Lean principles (5S, line balancing, flow). You will work closely with Engineering, Operations and Quality to deliver safe, efficient manufacturing and continuous enhancement of products and processes.