Production Engineer

Headley Professional Recruitment Ltd; Leeds; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A reputable engineering firm near Leeds is seeking an experienced Production Engineer. The role involves creating manufacturing programs, planning jobs, and overseeing shop floor activities. Ideal candidates will be apprentice trained CNC machinists with a solid understanding of machining processes and materials. This position offers excellent career progression as the company continues to grow.

Qualifications

• Apprentice trained machine shop engineer or similar.
• Career experience working in machine shop environments.
• Excellent understanding of machining processes, materials, tooling.

Responsibilities

• Creating manufacturing programs using CAM software.
• Planning and scheduling of jobs and creating job routings.
• Liaising with subcontract partners as required.

Skills

CNC machining

CAM software

Supplier liaison

Engineering supervision

Education

Apprentice trained machine shop engineer

Tools

CAD/CAM software

Job description

Overview

Headley have a vacancy for an experienced Production Engineer with an established engineering business near Leeds.

The company manufacture a range of complex, technical products and require skilled and motivated engineers to add to their team.

This is a machine shop job position and would be suited to apprentice trained CNC machinists with “off tools” experience.

Duties

• Creating manufacturing programs using CAM software
• Component modelling where required
• Planning and scheduling of jobs, creating job routings and job cards
• Estimating process lead times
• Selection of appropriate tooling and liaising with suppliers
• Purchasing of materials and consumables as required
• Liaising with sub contract partners as required

Required experience

• Apprentice trained machine shop engineer, or similar.
• Career experience working in machine shop environments
• Excellent understanding of machining processes, materials, tooling
• Technically sound, able to use CAD/CAM and machine programming software
• Confident in dealing with suppliers and external contacts
• Able to supervise the shop floor where required

This is an excellent role with an established engineering manufacturer with a growing team able to offer career progression as the role develops.

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