Manufacturing Engineer: Lean Improvement & Digital Ops

ENVISAGE RECRUITMENT LIMITED; Hardingstone; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

ENVISAGE RECRUITMENT LIMITED is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer in Northampton to develop and improve manufacturing processes, PFMEAs, control plans, and shop-floor guidance. You will work across production, quality, and maintenance to drive measurable improvements and ensure manufacturability and traceability.

The role focuses on KPI monitoring (OEE, cycle time, downtime), Lean/Kaizen methods, and digital manufacturing initiatives such as data capture and digital build records to support

Qualifications

• PFMEA, control plans, standard work and Kaizen practices are essential.
• Experience with root-cause analysis and Lean manufacturing methods is required.
• Ability to analyze data to drive improvements in OEE, cycle-time and downtime.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and improve manufacturing documentation and operator guidance for shop-floor use.
• Review, improve and introduce new manufacturing processes via change-management, ensuring safety and cost-effectiveness.
• Monitor and improve manufacturing performance using KPIs (OEE, output, downtime, scrap) and Lean/Kaizen techniques.
• Support digital manufacturing initiatives—shop-floor data capture, digital build records, traceability and KPI reporting.
• Design tooling and fixtures using CAD; interpret drawings and collaborate with Design, Quality, Operations and Maintenance to improve manufacturability.

Skills

PFMEA

Control plans

Process instructions

Standard work

Lean manufacturing

Kaizen

A3 problem solving

Poka-Yoke

Root-cause analysis

OEE awareness

Education

Engineering degree or equivalent

Tools

CAD

MES

Excel

PowerBI

Minitab

Job description

ENVISAGE RECRUITMENT LIMITED is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer in Northampton to develop and improve manufacturing processes, PFMEAs, control plans, and shop-floor guidance. You will work across production, quality, and maintenance to drive measurable improvements and ensure manufacturability and traceability.

The role focuses on KPI monitoring (OEE, cycle time, downtime), Lean/Kaizen methods, and digital manufacturing initiatives such as data capture and digital build records to support