Production Engineer: Feasibility, NPI & Production Release

Holt Engineering; Blandford Forum; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Holt Engineering in Blandford is seeking a Production Engineer to support sales with manufacturing feasibility reviews and to own routings, process times, and job card data within ERP. The role interfaces with sales, engineering, customers and operations.

You will review customer designs for manufacturability, assist with quoting and feasibility, and ensure routings and data are clear before shop floor release. A manufacturing/production background and ERP literacy are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in manufacturing or technical engineering support.
• Confident reading and interpreting engineering drawings.
• Understand how design, routing, tooling and process data affect manufacture.
• ERP experience would be useful, especially around routings, job cards or production data.
• Strong communication with internal teams and customer engineering contacts.
• Organised and able to prioritise work based on business impact.
• Good IT skills, including Excel, Word, Outlook and general system use.
• HNC/HND or higher in an engineering discipline is desirable, but relevant experience will also be considered.

Responsibilities

• Provide manufacturing feasibility reviews for prototype and production enquiries.
• Work with customer engineering teams to improve designs from a DFM perspective.
• Compile material usage information and update NPI documentation for relevant departments.
• Maintain accurate routings, process times and special instructions within the ERP system.
• Support internal process change notes and controlled documentation updates.
• Identify tooling, test fitting or additional manufacturing requirements before production release.
• Work with Operations to confirm production readiness and resolve missing information.
• Maintain document control and configuration discipline in line with ISO9001 requirements.

Skills

Reading drawings

ERP experience

Strong communication

Organised

IT skills

Education

HNC/HND or higher in engineering

Tools

Inventor

3D CAD

ERP systems

Job description

Holt Engineering in Blandford is seeking a Production Engineer to support sales with manufacturing feasibility reviews and to own routings, process times, and job card data within ERP. The role interfaces with sales, engineering, customers and operations.

You will review customer designs for manufacturability, assist with quoting and feasibility, and ensure routings and data are clear before shop floor release. A manufacturing/production background and ERP literacy are essential.