Production Engineer

Vulcan Offshore Ltd; Southampton; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Vulcan Offshore in Eastleigh, near Southampton, is seeking a hands-on Production Engineer to translate engineering drawings into efficient manufacturing processes on-site. You’ll help with BOMs, tooling, and assembly, ensuring first-time-right quality.

You’ll work with design engineers, maintain ISO 9001 standards, and drive continuous improvement on the shop floor, balancing problem solving with practical assembly tasks.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in a Production Engineer role.
• Degree in Mechanical or Manufacturing Engineering or equivalent.
• Strong CNC machining and/or welded fabrication knowledge.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and GD&T.
• Experience in subsea, offshore, defence or similar high-integrity sectors.
• Working knowledge of ISO 9001 quality systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop and refine manufacturing processes, routings, and work instructions fabrication
• Play a key role in Contract Reviews to ensure that all aspects of each project is covered at the start
• Support the shop floor day-to-day — troubleshooting production issues and removing bottlenecks before they arise.
• Work closely with our design engineers to ensure new products have all the relevant manufacturing information entered into the ERP system
• Assist QA/QC tasks for root-cause analysis and drive continuous-improvement.
• Maintain and improve quality within our ISO 9001 framework
• Support production planning, estimating, and capacity

Skills

Hands-on Production Engineer

CNC Machining

Welded Fabrication

Reading GD&T

Problem Solving

Subsea Offshore experience

ISO 9001 knowledge

ERP system usage

Education

HNC/HND or degree in Mechanical/Manufacturing Engineering

Tools

ERP system

Job description

PRODUCTION ENGINEER Vulcan Offshore — Eastleigh (Southampton)

Location: Eastleigh, Southampton (on-site)

ABOUT VULCAN OFFSHORE

We're a precision manufacturing and engineering company based in Eastleigh, near Southampton. We design and build products used within the Subsea Geotechnical and Geophysical sectors by fabrication and CNC-machining. We're a trusted supplier to may key operators within the sector and have been on an upward growth path for the last 5 years.

Our ISO 9001-certified workshop combines skilled craftsmanship with tight tolerances to deliver equipment that has to perform first time, in some of the most demanding environments on earth. We're a close-knit team that takes real pride in the work that leaves our shop floor.

THE ROLE

As our Production Engineer, you'll be the vital link between design and the shop floor — turning engineering drawings into efficient, repeatable manufacturing processes. You'll optimise how we order materials through BOM creation, fabricate by assisting with jigs and tooling, and assembly by ensuring processes and documentation is in place.

The right individual will drive continuous improvement, and make sure every job is right first time.

This is a hands-on role for someone who's as comfortable at a PC solving a process problem as they are completing assembly and production tasks, working it through with the team.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop and refine manufacturing processes, routings, and work instructions fabrication
• Play a key role in Contract Reviews to ensure that all aspects of each project is covered at the start
• Support the shop floor day-to-day — troubleshooting production issues and removing bottlenecks before they arise.
• Work closely with our design engineers to ensure new products have all the relevant manufacturing information entered into the ERP system
• Assist QA/QC tasks for root-cause analysis and drive continuous-improvement.
• Maintain and improve quality within our ISO 9001 framework
• Support production planning, estimating, and capacity

WHAT YOU'LL BRING

• Hands-on experience in a Production Engineer role is the most important, supported by HNC, HND or a degree in Mechanical or Manufacturing Engineering (or similar), or equivalent years experience.
• Strong working knowledge of CNC machining and/or welded fabrication
• Confident reading and interpreting engineering drawings and GD&T
• A practical, problem-solving mindset — happy to be out on the shop floor finding root cause issues or proving processes.
• Experience in subsea, offshore, defence, or other high-integrity, low-volume sectors
• Working knowledge of ISO 9001 quality systems