Engineering Technician (Production) - 4-Day Week, Autonomy

The Roundhouse; Sandon; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Four-day working week

Every Friday off

Progression towards Production Mgmt

Company pension

Job summary

The Roundhouse in Staffordshire is seeking an Engineering Technician / Production Engineer to own manufacturing problems in a high‑mix sheet metal environment, with a 4‑day week and Friday off. This hands-on role covers root-cause analysis, process improvements, and supporting new product introductions.

You will work closely with production to implement tools, fixtures and controls, drive productivity and quality, and progress toward Production Management.

Qualifications

• Background in Production Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Process Engineering, Continuous Improvement, Engineering Technician or a similar practical manufacturing role.
• Hands-on experience within a manufacturing environment.
• Strong practical problem-solving and root cause analysis ability.
• Experience personally delivering manufacturing or process improvements.
• Comfortable working independently and taking ownership of problems through to resolution.
• Experience supporting new products, processes or manufacturing methods into production, or transferable experience.

Responsibilities

• Investigate and resolve manufacturing, process and equipment-related problems
• Carry out root cause analysis and implement corrective and preventative actions
• Improve manufacturing processes, productivity, quality and cost
• Support new product and process introduction onto the shop floor
• Help establish manufacturing methods, routing, tooling, fixtures and work instructions
• Support initial builds, trials, prove-out and process validation
• Identify manufacturing risks and resolve practical production issues before full release
• Develop or improve jigs, fixtures, tooling and manufacturing aids where required
• Work directly with operators and production teams to understand and resolve issues
• Use production data and process observation to verify improvements
• Take engineering improvements from initial problem through to implementation and measurable result

Skills

Root cause analysis

Manufacturing engineering

Problem solving

Continuous improvement

Job description

The Roundhouse in Staffordshire is seeking an Engineering Technician / Production Engineer to own manufacturing problems in a high‑mix sheet metal environment, with a 4‑day week and Friday off. This hands-on role covers root-cause analysis, process improvements, and supporting new product introductions.

You will work closely with production to implement tools, fixtures and controls, drive productivity and quality, and progress toward Production Management.