Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Cure Talent; Twickenham; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary plus biannual performance bonus

Private pension

Private health insurance

Career progression to leadership

Job summary

An innovative medical device company in southwest London is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Engineer to establish and develop dedicated manufacturing operations. This role involves defining and optimizing assembly processes, ensuring compliance with ISO standards, and leading a small manufacturing team. The ideal candidate will have a degree in engineering, experience in regulated environments, and a strong capability in improving production processes. The role offers a competitive salary, a flexible working pattern, and clear progression opportunities.

Qualifications

• Degree qualified in engineering, ideally electronic/electrical or manufacturing.
• Experience within a regulated manufacturing environment.
• Background in low volume, high value production environments.
• Ability to build processes from the ground up and work in hands-on settings.
• Aspirations to grow into manufacturing leadership.

Responsibilities

• Establish and develop a dedicated manufacturing area.
• Define and optimise assembly processes and production controls.
• Ensure ISO 13485 compliant manufacturing processes.
• Ensure ISO 13485 compliant manufacturing processes in collaboration with QMS and engineering.
• Support the recruitment and development of a small manufacturing team.

Skills

Experience within a regulated manufacturing environment

Comfortable operating in hands-on settings

Background in low volume, high value production

Ability to define and optimise assembly processes

Education

Degree in engineering (electronic/electrical or manufacturing)

Job description

Cure Talent is delighted to be partnering with an innovative medical device company based in southwest London, as they appoint the first dedicated Senior Manufacturing Engineer.

The business designs and manufactures a clinically approved medical device used in the treatment of wound and surgical site infections. With strong commercial momentum and international expansion underway, they are now entering an important phase of scaling their manufacturing capability.

This is not a steady state factory role. This is a hands‑on build and scale opportunity within a growing MedTech business.

The opportunity

Manufacturing is currently led by the engineering team, with production delivered through a manual assembly process. The business is now creating a dedicated manufacturing space and is looking for someone to take ownership of formalising and developing this function.

You will play a key role in structuring manufacturing operations, improving production control, enhancing process robustness, and supporting increased output as demand grows. Over time, you will build and lead a small manufacturing team and help shape the long term manufacturing strategy.

Key responsibilities

• Establish and develop a dedicated manufacturing area
• Define and optimise assembly processes, documentation and production controls
• Introduce structured planning, scheduling and inventory management
• Ensure ISO 13485 compliant manufacturing processes in collaboration with QMS and engineering
• Support the recruitment and development of a small manufacturing team

About you

• Degree qualified in engineering, ideally electronic/electrical or manufacturing
• Experience within a regulated manufacturing environment, ideally medical devices
• Background in low volume, high value production environments
• Comfortable operating in hands on settings and building processes from the ground up
• Ambition to grow into or further develop within a manufacturing leadership role

Package and working pattern

• Competitive salary plus biannual performance bonus4 day working week with flexible start and finish times
• Private pension and private health insurance
• Clear progression to leadership role longer term

If you are a Senior Manufacturing Engineer who enjoys building capability, driving improvement and scaling production within a growing MedTech business, we would love to hear from you.