Manufacturing Engineer - New Product Development

Domino Printing Sciences; Bar Hill; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company as a Manufacturing Engineer specializing in new product development. You will ensure seamless transitions from concept to production, collaborating with various teams to optimize processes and meet regulatory requirements. This hybrid role offers a competitive salary and generous benefits, including a bonus scheme and medical insurance.

Benefits

25 days of holiday

Discretionary bonus scheme

Life insurance

Medical insurance

Pension plan with 8% employer contributions

Qualifications

• Results-driven engineer with a passion for innovation and process optimisation.
• Ability to analyse data and influence stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead new product development activities supporting successful delivery of assigned projects.
• Collaborate with design, product, and operations teams to drive project completion.
• Ensure product cost targets are achieved.

Skills

Problem-solving

Project management

Attention to detail

Adaptability

Job description

About The Role

As a Manufacturing Engineer specialising in new product development, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the seamless transition of new products from concept to full-scale production. You will work at the intersection of engineering, project management, and quality assurance to drive efficiency and cost-effectiveness in our product development lifecycle. Collaborating closely with design, operations, and supplier teams, you will implement best practices, optimise processes, and ensure all products meet customer and regulatory requirements.

This role is ideal for a detail-oriented and commercially minded engineer who thrives in a fast-paced, innovation-driven environment.

This is a hybrid role and can be based near one of our European locations in Bar Hill, UK, or Hamburg, Germany. The position requires regular travel to our main offices to ensure effective collaboration and operational excellence.

Main Responsibilities

1. Lead new product development activities supporting successful delivery of assigned projects.
2. Collaborate with design, product, and operations teams to drive project completion.
3. Collaborate with production and supplier teams to implement best practice assembly and test processes.
4. Take responsibility for ensuring product cost targets are achieved and ensure customer value is core to operations network development.
5. Develop and manage delivery of PPAP requirements for new products.
6. Work closely with suppliers to ensure the availability of materials and components during NPD lifecycle, ensuring assembly, test, and data capture processes are robust.
7. Create and maintain comprehensive documentation related to operations deliverables.
8. Ensure all documentation complies with regulatory standards and company policies.
9. Generate regular progress reports for stakeholders, highlighting key achievements and challenges.

About You

You are a results-driven engineer with a strong passion for innovation, process optimisation, and cross-functional collaboration. Your ability to analyse data, influence stakeholders, and drive cost efficiencies makes you a key asset in any product development team.

You Excel In

• Problem-solving and critical thinking – tackling challenges head-on with innovative solutions.
• Project management – handling multiple projects in a fast-paced environment while meeting deadlines.
• Balancing technical and commercial acumen – ensuring cost-effectiveness without compromising quality.
• Attention to detail – maintaining precision in documentation, compliance, and execution.
• Adaptability – adjusting strategies to meet evolving business and project needs.
• Driving measurable impact – delivering operational efficiencies, cost savings, and process improvements.

What You Can Expect

As a talented individual working at Domino, you can expect a competitive salary and a generous benefits package, including:

• 25 days of basic holiday, plus options to buy or sell additional days, ensuring you have ample time to relax and recharge.
• A discretionary bonus scheme, a testament to your hard work and dedication.
• Life insurance, providing security and peace of mind for you and your loved ones.
• Medical insurance with the option of purchasing a health cash plan, dental insurance, travel insurance, and cycle to work scheme, ensuring your health is always a top priority.
• Join our green car scheme, a step towards a more environmentally friendly commute.
• Pension plan, starting with 8% employer contributions.

We recognise that flexible homeworking can be beneficial and at Domino we want people to feel able to own the way they work. What this looks like might vary between teams - what’s important is that we enable you to get the best from us and for us to get the best from you, whether that’s from your home office or on site, as long as we continue to collaborate and enable great outcomes for our customers.

We are a highly successful company, we’re large enough to offer career development opportunities yet small enough for your contribution to be readily recognised and rewarded.

About Us

At Domino Printing Sciences we do more. Our expertise isn't just in providing cutting-edge variable data printing technology; it's in revolutionising how manufacturers embrace sustainable packaging and spearhead advancements in coding automation. We’ve been a part of the global variable data printing story for a long time, and our solutions help ensure the success of the world’s leading brands. Our goal is to be the leading global variable data printing brand through applying our expertise and reliable solutions to help the world’s manufacturers be sustainable and cut waste, while attracting, informing, and protecting their consumers. But we also know that it’s not just about the work we do—it’s about fostering a collaborative, dynamic and welcoming environment where everyone can flourish, contributing to Domino not only as a pioneer in the industry but also as an exceptional place to work.

Positions may be at an advanced stage of the recruitment process and can close at any time.