Junior Manufacturing Engineer – Sheet Metal & R&D

Ernest Gordon Recruitment Limited; Exeter; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free Parking

Pension

Training & Development

Flexible Working Hours

24 days Holiday

Job summary

Ernest Gordon Recruitment Limited in Exeter is seeking a Junior Manufacturing Engineer to help optimise manufacturability of new products from concept to production. You will work with design engineers to review designs and identify manufacturing challenges early in development.

The role focuses on sheet metal fabrication, tolerances analysis, and ensuring repeatable, cost-effective production processes, with opportunities for training, development and progression.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent qualification in Mechanical Engineering.
• Understanding of sheet metal manufacturing and fabrication processes.

Responsibilities

• Provide manufacturing and assembly guidance throughout the new product development process.
• Review and challenge product designs to improve manufacturability, repeatability and cost-effectiveness.
• Identify manufacturing, assembly, tooling and material challenges at the early stages of product development.
• Assess component and assembly tolerances, fastening methods, material selection and access requirements.
• Ensure designs are suitable for efficient and repeatable manufacture using the intended production processes.
• Influence component geometry, tolerances and part standardisation to improve manufacturing efficiency.

Skills

Manufacturing engineering

DFM

Tolerance analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Ernest Gordon Recruitment Limited in Exeter is seeking a Junior Manufacturing Engineer to help optimise manufacturability of new products from concept to production. You will work with design engineers to review designs and identify manufacturing challenges early in development.

The role focuses on sheet metal fabrication, tolerances analysis, and ensuring repeatable, cost-effective production processes, with opportunities for training, development and progression.