Lead Manufacturing Engineer

Wärtsilä; Havant; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Wärtsilä is seeking a lead manufacturing engineer to support daily operations, drive process improvements and mentor junior staff. You will collaborate with Design Engineering on DFM and coordinate with Sub-Contract teams to ensure quality and on-time delivery across projects.

The role requires reading engineering drawings, strong problem-solving and cross-functional communication in a fast-paced industrial environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in a busy production office environment and reading engineering drawings with tolerance requirements.
• Experience with super alloys, castings and composites is preferred.
• Apprentice-trained machinist background is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Assist department manager in day-to-day running of production engineering team.
• Create, improve and maintain manufacturing processes.
• Provide production support and solve manufacturing issues.
• Support Sub-Contract team with technical liaison.
• Ensure on-time delivery targets by working to tight deadlines.
• Collaborate with Design Engineering on new product DFM and cross-functional communication.

Skills

Fixture design

CAD Solid Edge

CNC programming

ERP/MRP

Engineering drawings

Education

Apprenticeship/Machinist background

HNC/HND desired

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Office

Job description

• Work holding /fixture design experience

Wärtsilä Energy leads the transition towards a 100% renewable energy future. We help our partners to accelerate their decarbonisation journeys through our market-leading technologies and power system modelling expertise. These cover decarbonisation services, future-fuel enabled balancing power plants, hybrid solutions, energy storage and optimisation technology, including the GEMS Digital Energy Platform.

Did you know Wärtsilä has delivered 79 GW of power plant capacity and more than 130 energy storage installations in 180 countries around the world?

In this fast changing world of energy, we are constantly on the lookout for future-oriented talent to join our team and to work towards enabling sustainable societies through innovation in technology and services - together. Want to join the ride?

Position Description:

• As lead manufacturing engineer you will assist the department manager in the day to day running of the production engineering team.
• Responsible for creating, improving and maintaining manufacturing processes.
• Provide production support and problem solve manufacturing issues.
• Support Sub-Contract team with technical liaison.
• Prepared to be flexible with working hours to suit the business needs.
• Work to tight deadlines to achieve on time delivery targets.
• Possess strong problem-solving and good communication skills.
• Work with Design Engineering on new product DFM
• Ability to communicate and influence cross functional teams

Responsibilities:

• Drive improvements as part of continuous improvement culture
• Supervise and mentor the junior members of team.
• Work in a safe manner in line with the companies Health and Safety policy.
• Ensure quality is maintained and processes are correctly implemented to company standards.

Essential Experience:

• Experience of working in a busy production office environment
• Previous experience of working with super alloys, castings and composites
• Ideally Apprentice served with machinist experience background
• Able to read engineering drawings and understand tolerance requirements
• Strong modern tooling knowledge.
• Familiar with modern machining methods
• Work holding /fixture design experience
• Expertise in CAD. Solid Edge or similar system
• Understanding of CNC code and offline programming experience an advantage
• Capital Expenditure (CAPEX): Identify suitable new equipment, create proposals, and oversee the commissioning and FAT
• Computer Literate (Microsoft)
• SAP experience an advantage. Understanding of ERP/MRP systems
• Creation of BoM and routings
• Understand Health& Safety environment/procedures.

Education:

• Apprenticeship/machinist background
• HNC/HND desired but relevant experience will also be considered.

Experience

• 10 years (min) Engineering experience within the manufacturing industry.
• CI experience (6 Sigma methodologies)

Last application date: 24/08/2026

At Wärtsilä we value, respect and embrace all our differences, and are committed to diversity, inclusion and equal employment opportunities; everyone can be their true self and succeed based on their job-relevant merits and abilities.

Please note that according to Wärtsilä policy, voluntary consent for a security check may be required from candidates being considered for this position, depending on the applicable country.

This is Wärtsilä

Wärtsilä is a global leader in innovative technologies and lifecycle solutions for the marine and energy markets. Our team of 18,300 professionals, in more than 230 locations in 77 countries, shape the decarbonisation transformation of our industries across the globe. Read more on www.wartsila.com.