Lean Production Engineer - OTD & Flow Optimizer

Holt Engineering Ltd; England; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Holt Engineering Ltd in Bournemouth is hiring a Production Engineer to stabilise production in a fast-moving, precision manufacturing environment. You’ll create and deliver recovery plans when work is late, minimise overruns and downtime, improve utilisation, and keep jobs moving through scheduling to protect on-time delivery.

You’ll own NCR/ECR discipline, drive timely closure and reduce repeat non-conformance through lean-led improvements.

Qualifications

• Experience in a Production Engineer / Manufacturing Engineer role in a machining/precision manufacturing environment.
• Confident driving recovery actions, priorities and scheduling to protect OTD
• Comfortable owning NCR/ECR activity from raising through to closure
• Lean mindset with evidence of waste reduction and practical improvements
• Strong problem-solving skills and a structured approach to delivery
• Clear communication across production, planning and wider stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Creating and delivering recovery plans for late production issues
• Minimising the effect of overruns in production
• Minimising the effect of downtime in production
• Ensuring production resources are fully utilised
• Working with lean manufacturing techniques to reduce cost of waste
• Supporting jobs through the scheduling system to ensure OTD to customers
• Being responsible for ECRs being raised and supporting closure
• Being responsible for all shopfloor NCRs being raised and supporting closure
• Driving the reduction of the number of shopfloor NCRs
• Any other duties relevant to the role

Skills

Production engineering

Lean manufacturing

Problem-solving

Communication

Planning & scheduling

Job description

Holt Engineering Ltd in Bournemouth is hiring a Production Engineer to stabilise production in a fast-moving, precision manufacturing environment. You’ll create and deliver recovery plans when work is late, minimise overruns and downtime, improve utilisation, and keep jobs moving through scheduling to protect on-time delivery.

You’ll own NCR/ECR discipline, drive timely closure and reduce repeat non-conformance through lean-led improvements.