NPI & Production Engineer: Process Ownership & Improvement

Orion Electrotech; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Orion Electrotech partners with an innovative engineering company to recruit a Manufacturing & NPI Engineer. The role acts as the critical link between engineering, operations and external manufacturing partners, owning processes, documentation, product introduction and continuous improvement activities.

You will collaborate with Design, R&D and Operations to transfer products into production, drive process improvements, and maintain robust production standards across multiple disciplines.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting products within a manufacturing environment.
• Strong technical documentation and process development experience.
• Exposure to NPI, production transfer or industrialisation activities.
• Continuous improvement and problem-solving capability.
• Experience working with engineering changes, manufacturing processes or quality investigations.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work across engineering, operations and supplier networks.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain manufacturing documentation, SOPs and work instructions.
• Support the transfer of new products from development into production.
• Act as a key interface between engineering teams and manufacturing partners.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to improve quality, efficiency and consistency.
• Support tooling, fixtures and manufacturing process development.
• Investigate manufacturing and quality issues, conducting root cause analysis and implementing corrective actions.
• Support engineering change activities and ensure documentation and processes remain current.
• Work closely with cross-functional stakeholders to improve manufacturing readiness and operational performance.

Skills

Manufacturing experience

Documentation

Process development

NPI experience

Industrialisation

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Orion Electrotech partners with an innovative engineering company to recruit a Manufacturing & NPI Engineer. The role acts as the critical link between engineering, operations and external manufacturing partners, owning processes, documentation, product introduction and continuous improvement activities.

You will collaborate with Design, R&D and Operations to transfer products into production, drive process improvements, and maintain robust production standards across multiple disciplines.