Senior Manufacturing Engineer — End-to-End Production (4-Day Week)

Cirrus Selection Limited; Ampthill; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 57,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

4 day work week

Pension

Job summary

Cirrus Selection Limited based in Ampthill, Bedfordshire, is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Engineer to own the manufacturing process for electro‑mechanical assemblies from NPI to full-rate production. The role carries a £53,000–£57,000 salary plus bonus, with a 4‑day week and pension.

You will define build sequences, maintain SAP BOMs/routings, specify tooling, and lead cost-improvement initiatives while collaborating with production, quality and design teams.

Qualifications

• Solid experience as a Manufacturing Engineer, Process Engineer or Production Engineer in a complex assembly environment.
• Hands-on electro-mechanical assembly process knowledge, including bonding.
• Lean manufacturing and Six Sigma tools used for real impact.
• Experience managing BOMs and routings in SAP or a similar MRP/ERP system.
• Confident producing 2D technical drawings in CAD.

Responsibilities

• Defining build sequences, process instructions and production layouts for electro-mechanical assemblies, using lean principles to get flow right first time.
• Building and maintaining manufacturing BOMs and routings in SAP.
• Specifying new tooling and fixtures, and writing the technical requirement specifications behind them.
• Estimating engineering and shop floor effort for new work.
• Leading root cause and corrective action when yield or quality drops.
• Shaping the site's manufacturing technology roadmap and capital equipment plans, from requirement through to acceptance.
• Working closely with production, industrial engineering, quality and design, and pushing back on design when something won't build well.

Skills

Lean

Six Sigma

SAP BOM/Routings

CAD drawings

Root cause analysis

Tools

SAP

CAD

Job description

Cirrus Selection Limited based in Ampthill, Bedfordshire, is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Engineer to own the manufacturing process for electro‑mechanical assemblies from NPI to full-rate production. The role carries a £53,000–£57,000 salary plus bonus, with a 4‑day week and pension.

You will define build sequences, maintain SAP BOMs/routings, specify tooling, and lead cost-improvement initiatives while collaborating with production, quality and design teams.