Manufacturing Engineer

Owen Daniels; West Midlands; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Owen Daniels is recruiting for a Manufacturing Engineer on long-term contract in Birmingham. You will support production, drive process improvements and ensure robust quality standards in a busy automotive environment. The role requires PFMEA, control plans, root-cause analysis and documentation, with autonomy and rewarding responsibilities in a growing manufacturing business.

Qualifications

• Experience as Manufacturing/Process/Production Engineer in automotive manufacturing.
• Proven PFMEA documentation experience.
• Experience with root-causes analysis and structured problem solving.
• Strong continuous improvement mindset.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on engineering and technical support to production.
• Develop and improve manufacturing processes.
• Create, review and maintain PFMEAs and Control Plans.
• Investigate manufacturing and quality issues and carry out root-cause analysis.
• Develop and maintain work instructions and manufacturing documentation.
• Support NPI and the introduction of new products and processes.
• Drive improvements in productivity, quality, efficiency and process capability.

Skills

PFMEA

Control Plans

Root Cause Analysis

Continuous Improvement

Manufacturing Engineering

Job description

Location: Birmingham

Contract: Outside IR35

Duration: Long-term contract opportunity

Hours: Full-time

We are currently working with an established and growing manufacturing business based in Birmingham, who are looking to bring an experienced Manufacturing Engineer into the team on a contract basis.

This will suit a candidate with exposure having worked within a busy fast paced manufacturing environment (ideally automotive), supporting production, improving processes and ensuring robust manufacturing and quality standards are maintained.

The successful engineer will have strong experience across manufacturing engineering, PFMEA, quality and technical documentation, and will be comfortable in an autonomous and rewarding role.

As a Manufacturing Engineer, you will be responsible for supporting manufacturing processes, resolving production issues, maintaining engineering documentation and driving continuous improvement activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide hands‑on engineering and technical support to production.
• Develop and improve manufacturing processes.
• Create, review and maintain PFMEAs and Control Plans.
• Investigate manufacturing and quality issues and carry out root‑cause analysis.
• Develop and maintain work instructions and manufacturing documentation.
• Support NPI and the introduction of new products and processes.
• Drive improvements in productivity, quality, efficiency and process capability.

Essential Experience

• Previous experience as a Manufacturing Engineer, Process Engineer or Production Engineer.
• Experience within an automotive manufacturing environment.
• Proven experience fulfilling PFMEA documentation.
• Experience with root‑cause analysis and structured problem solving.
• Strong continuous improvement mindset.