Production Engineer: Offshore Manufacturing

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

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.