Process Engineer

Yolk Recruitment; Forton; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Early finish on Fridays

Healthcare cash plan

Discount shopping platform

Job summary

Yolk Recruitment is recruiting a Process Engineer for an engineering manufacturer in Chard. The role focuses on ownership of production processes, improving efficiency, reducing waste, and delivering high-quality products within a technically advanced environment.

You will control and improve manufacturing processes across the foundry area, ensuring capability, quality and output targets are met while driving continuous improvements and lean practices site-wide.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a process control environment in manufacturing or engineering.
• Strong knowledge of PFMEA, 8D, OEE and Lean manufacturing.
• Demonstrated problem-solving skills with root-cause analysis.

Responsibilities

• Conduct structured reviews of process effectiveness and identify improvements.
• Develop and improve PFMEA documentation and process controls.
• Support research, development and introduction of new manufacturing processes.

Skills

Process control

PFMEA

8D problem solving

OEE

Lean Manufacturing

Job description

Process Engineer

Up to £50,000 DOE

Yolk Recruitment are supporting a leading engineering manufacturer with the recruitment of a Process Engineer to join their team in Chard. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Process Engineer with a background in manufacturing, process optimisation and continuous improvement to take ownership of production processes, improve efficiency, reduce waste, and support the delivery of high-quality products within a technically advanced engineering environment.

The successful candidate will play a key role in improving manufacturing performance, reducing waste, increasing efficiency, and ensuring processes consistently meet customer and quality requirements.

As a Process Engineer, you will be responsible for controlling and improving manufacturing processes across the foundry area, ensuring production capability, quality standards, and output targets are achieved.

Key responsibilities include:

• Conduct structured reviews of manufacturing process effectiveness and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Develop, maintain, and improve local PFMEA documentation and process controls.
• Support the research, development, and introduction of new manufacturing processes.
• Lead process improvement projects focused on reducing scrap, rework, waste, and manufacturing costs.
• Act as a technical point of contact for process engineering issues across internal departments.
• Lead problem-solving activities using structured techniques such as 8D and root cause analysis.
• Work closely with engineering teams to reduce defects and improve product quality.
• Ensure customer technical requirements and manufacturing standards are achieved.
• Support plant equipment improvement activities, including major CAPEX projects.
• Promote lean manufacturing principles and best working practices across the site.
• Monitor and improve process capability through effective control measures.
• Collaborate with wider engineering teams to implement best practice and continuous improvement initiatives.

This is what you'll need:

• Proven experience working within a process control environment within a manufacturing or engineering environment.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing improvement techniques including PFMEA, 8D, OEE, and Lean Manufacturing.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to identify root causes and implement effective solutions.

And this is what you'll get:

• Competitive salary.
• Early finish on Friday's.
• Healthcare cash plan.
• Discount shopping platform