Manufacturing Engineer — Lean Growth & New Site Expansion

Hunter Selection; Llanelli; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Life insurance

Bank holidays

Job summary

Hunter Selection is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer in Llanelli to design, optimise and implement manufacturing processes for high-volume production. The role covers process development, validation, and continuous improvement across the production lifecycle.

You will support new product introductions, engineering changes, and OEM program launches, while maintaining PFMEA, control plans, process flow diagrams and SOPs.

Qualifications

• Experience in manufacturing engineering within high-volume environments.
• Proven ability to develop and improve manufacturing processes.
• Experience supporting new product introductions and launches.
• Experience developing PFMEA, Control Plans, Process Flow Diagrams, SOPs and Work Instructions.
• Strong knowledge of Lean principles and continuous improvement techniques.
• Led root cause analysis and implemented corrective actions.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, validate, and continuously improve manufacturing processes.
• Support new product introductions and OEM program launches from concept to production.
• Create and maintain process flow diagrams, PFMEA, control plans, work instructions and SOPs.
• Establish process controls and methods to meet safety, quality, delivery and cost targets.
• Develop CAPEX proposals and business cases for tooling, fixtures and automation.

Skills

Manufacturing engineering

Process improvement

Lean manufacturing

Root cause analysis

NPI launches

Tools

PFMEA

Control Plans

Process Flow Diagrams

SOPs/Work Instructions

Job description

Hunter Selection is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer in Llanelli to design, optimise and implement manufacturing processes for high-volume production. The role covers process development, validation, and continuous improvement across the production lifecycle.

You will support new product introductions, engineering changes, and OEM program launches, while maintaining PFMEA, control plans, process flow diagrams and SOPs.