Industrialisation Engineer: Smart Production & Digital Twins

Laing O'Rourke group; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Laing O'Rourke is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer (Process, Equipment & Industrialisation) in Sherwood, Nottingham to shape how products move from design into scalable, repeatable production systems. You will balance process, people, equipment, automation and digital technologies within our Advanced Manufacturing team, turning concepts into deployable capabilities.

You will use engineering evidence, simulations and first principles to influence how construction products are manufactured,

Qualifications

• Experience developing or industrialising production processes, lines, cells or facilities.
• Ability to translate product and demand requirements into practical production systems.
• Experience with production system design, facility planning or industrialisation activities.
• Strong understanding of capacity, throughput, flow and manufacturing performance.
• Experience using digital manufacturing, simulation or virtual factory tools to support engineering decisions.
• Ability to work across disciplines and challenge assumptions using evidence-based engineering.

Responsibilities

• Define manufacturing process architectures, production strategies and capacity models for new manufacturing capabilities.
• Develop facility layouts and production systems that integrate people, equipment, automation and material flow.
• Use simulation and digital manufacturing tools to evaluate and optimise production performance before implementation.
• Work with suppliers, integrators and internal stakeholders to develop and deploy manufacturing solutions.
• Support trials, commissioning and operational readiness activities.
• Validate manufacturing performance using data, testing and engineering evidence.

Skills

Production systems

Industrialisation

Process engineering

Simulation tools

Digital manufacturing

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Education

Manufacturing/Mechanical Engineering degree

Relevant postgraduate qualification

Tools

DELMIA (3DEXPERIENCE)

Robot simulation

Virtual commissioning

Job description

Laing O'Rourke is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer (Process, Equipment & Industrialisation) in Sherwood, Nottingham to shape how products move from design into scalable, repeatable production systems. You will balance process, people, equipment, automation and digital technologies within our Advanced Manufacturing team, turning concepts into deployable capabilities.

You will use engineering evidence, simulations and first principles to influence how construction products are manufactured,