Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Matchtech; Ealing; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Optional 9 day fortnight

1pm finish on Fridays

Annual bonus

25 days holiday

Option to buy or sell holiday

Job summary

A leading engineering recruitment firm in the UK seeks a Senior Manufacturing Engineer to collaborate with various teams and focus on introducing new products into efficient manufacturing. Responsibilities include developing production plans, designing layouts, and leading continuous improvement initiatives. Candidates should have a degree in Industrial or Mechanical Engineering and expertise in continuous improvement techniques. This full-time role offers a range of benefits including a flexible work schedule and annual bonuses.

Qualifications

• Significant manufacturing experience required.
• Experience with LEAN and Six-Sigma is desirable.
• Understanding of Engineering Change Control processes.

Responsibilities

• Ensure designs released to production are manufacturable.
• Support prototype builds to resolve pre-production issues.
• Lead New Product Introduction and team training.

Skills

Continuous improvement techniques

Strong data analysis abilities

Competency in ERP systems

Familiarity with 3D CAD drawing packages

Interpreting engineering drawings

Education

Degree in Industrial or Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Direct message the job poster from Matchtech

Overview

Senior Manufacturing Engineer role collaborating with Engineering, Production and Project Team members to review new product designs, advise on Design for Manufacture principles, and support Production to meet daily targets. The role focuses on introducing new products into manufacturing by ensuring designs are standardised, manufacturable, and efficient. Responsibilities include developing production plans, designing layouts and tooling, supporting prototype builds, and leading continuous improvement initiatives. The position also supports daily production to achieve quality, cost, and delivery targets while maintaining safety and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure the designs released to production are standardised, manufacturable and testable. Attend Project Meetings, Design Reviews and DFM Reviews.
• Support prototype builds to highlight and resolve problems prior to full scale production.
• Submit Manufacturing plans, detailing layouts, process maps, cycle times, resourcing levels, tooling, capital equipment, facility upgrades and workstation setup.
• Lead the New Product Introduction Phase of the Design Process, ensuring product quality, project timescales, cost targets, configuration and traceability requirements are met. This will also include training of Operations staff.
• Design and implement new production lines and facility layouts, including submissions for Capital Expenditure.
• Develop, design and implement Production Jigs, Fixtures and Tooling to improve materials handling, standardisation and manufacturing efficiency.
• Calculate Work cell and production line balancing by conducting Time & Motion studies and Value Stream Mapping.
• Create Routings on the Company ERP System detailing process steps and standard times.
• Conduct root cause analysis of Non-Conformances and implement corrective actions.
• Manage equipment maintenance scheduling to minimise production stoppages.
• Estimate costs, production times and staffing requirements for new designs. Monitor production times to ensure published Product Costs are achieved and investigate any anomalies.
• Develop and maintain work instructions to ensure consistent standards are followed.
• Target scrap, rework and non-value-added activities by working with cross-functional teams and utilising Continuous Improvement methodologies.
• Work with Procurement and Production Support to improve material flow and reduce inventory.
• Investigate new techniques and equipment to ensure manufacturing philosophy incorporates current best practice.
• Support production to achieve on-time delivery of customer orders, including attending daily production meetings and resolving issues to minimise disruption.
• Follow Health and Safety procedures and address risks to maintain a safe working environment.

Skills, Qualifications and Experience

• Degree in Industrial or Mechanical Engineering, or other Engineering discipline with significant manufacturing experience
• Continuous improvement techniques such as LEAN, Six-Sigma and TQM
• Work measurement and standardisation
• Competency in ERP systems, including development of routings and Bill of Material structures
• Familiarity with 3D CAD drawing packages and competency in 2D CAD design
• Strong data analysis abilities
• Understanding of Engineering Change Control processes
• Interpreting engineering drawings, schematics, and other documentation
• Experience managing small teams (desirable)

Company overview

• Want to work for a successful business, who develop advanced specialist systems to deliver warfighting edge in the modern maritime and underwater battlespace?
• The company has awards, most recently named as an Award winner (Gold Award) in MoD Defence Employer Recognition Scheme

Benefits

• Optional 9 day fortnight
• TOIL
• 1pm finish on a Friday
• Annual bonus
• 25 days holiday
• Christmas shut down
• Option to buy or sell holiday
• Option to purchase private health care, dental, critical illness etc via salary sacrifice
• Reward hub - discounts at over 200 online stores
• 4 x annual salary life cover

Important: All applicants must be able to obtain Security Clearance

Seniority level: Mid-Senior level

Employment type: Full-time

Job function: Manufacturing and Engineering

Industries: Manufacturing, Engineering Services, and Defense and Space Manufacturing