Production Engineer – Lean, OTD & Efficiency Champion

Holt Engineering; Lower Blandford St Mary; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary £41,500–£49,750

High-impact role

Fast-moving environment

Job summary

Holt Engineering in Bournemouth is seeking a Production Engineer to build and deliver recovery plans for late production issues, protect on-time delivery and maximise shopfloor utilisation.

You will drive lean improvements, own NCR/ECR activity, and coordinate with planning to reduce downtime and waste while meeting monthly production and quality targets. This fast-moving role suits hands-on problem-solvers who can prioritise, schedule, and communicate clearly with production and planning teams.

Qualifications

• Experience in a Production Engineer/Manufacturing Engineer role in a machining/precision manufacturing environment.
• Confident driving recovery actions, priorities and scheduling to protect OTD.
• Comfortable owning NCR/ECR activity from raising through closure.
• Lean mindset with evidence of waste reduction and practical improvements.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a structured delivery approach.
• Clear communication across production, planning and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Creating and delivering recovery plans for late production issues
• Minimising the effect of overruns in production
• Minimising the effect of downtime in production
• Ensuring production resources are fully utilised
• Working with lean manufacturing techniques to reduce cost of waste
• Supporting jobs through the scheduling system to ensure OTD to customers
• Being responsible for ECRs being raised and supporting closure
• Being responsible for all shopfloor NCRs being raised and supporting closure
• Driving the reduction of the number of shopfloor NCRs
• Any other duties relevant to the role

Job description

Holt Engineering in Bournemouth is seeking a Production Engineer to build and deliver recovery plans for late production issues, protect on-time delivery and maximise shopfloor utilisation.

You will drive lean improvements, own NCR/ECR activity, and coordinate with planning to reduce downtime and waste while meeting monthly production and quality targets. This fast-moving role suits hands-on problem-solvers who can prioritise, schedule, and communicate clearly with production and planning teams.