Product Value Engineer - Cost Reduction Specialist

Headturner Search; Ledbury; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Headturner Search is seeking a Product Value Engineer – Cost Reduction in Ledbury. The role focuses on cost-out opportunities, product improvement, and commercial performance across engineering, procurement, production and commercial teams.

You will assess designs, materials and components to deliver tangible value while ensuring manufacturability and performance. This position emphasizes product cost reduction rather than process optimization.

Qualifications

• Solid mechanical engineering foundation with practical experience in manufacturing.
• Experience in value engineering, product improvement or cost reduction.
• Ability to interpret designs, drawings and materials for cost and manufacturability.

Responsibilities

• Review existing products to identify cost-out opportunities and simplifications.
• Evaluate designs, specifications and materials from engineering and commercial perspectives.
• Develop and manage a pipeline of value engineering projects and track savings.

Skills

Mechanical engineering

Cost reduction

Value engineering

Design for cost

Materials selection

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

CAD

3D modeling

Job description

Headturner Search is seeking a Product Value Engineer – Cost Reduction in Ledbury. The role focuses on cost-out opportunities, product improvement, and commercial performance across engineering, procurement, production and commercial teams.

You will assess designs, materials and components to deliver tangible value while ensuring manufacturability and performance. This position emphasizes product cost reduction rather than process optimization.