Senior Process Engineer

Meridian Business Support Ltd; Hampstead; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Meridian Business Support is recruiting a Senior Process Engineer for an Exeter based role. You will join a team of four to assess existing engineering processes, analyse data and recommend practical improvements within a 5S framework.

The successful candidate will drive production efficiency, support KPI reporting on QA/QC and product development, and partner with the process owner to implement new equipment while advancing continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• 5 years of process/manufacturing engineering experience.

Responsibilities

• Drive efficient and consistent production by monitoring, maintaining and improving production processes.
• Support process manager with reporting of key metrics including Quality assurance, Quality Control and Product Development.
• Actively participate in the departments help-chain, to support with process related issues, investigate and diagnose manufacturing and quality deviations, equipment failures to root cause.
• Support collection and review of department specific process control data.
• Assist the process owner with the introduction and integration of new equipment.
• Participate in the departmental 5S regime, contributing to TPM implementation and OEE measurement and improvement for critical equipment.
• Actively engage in Continuous Improvement Kaizen events focused on process optimisation.

Skills

5 years experience

Manufacturing engineering

Quality tools

Computer literacy

Education

BSc / BEng in Engineering

BTEC Level III in Engineering

Tools

Minitab

Excel

Word

Project

Job description

Senior Process Engineer

Company: Meridian Business Support

Salary: £42,000 to £42,000 a year

Hours: Full-time

Location: Exeter, EX2 7HB

Job type: Permanent

Posting date: 31 Oct 2026

Closing date: 29 Nov 2026

An exciting opportunity within a leading Exeter based Engineering firm for an experienced Process Engineer or Process Improvement Engineer. You will work as part of a team of 4, assessing existing Engineering Processes, analysing associated data and working worth teams in a practical setting to make recommendations for process improvements, continuous improvement strategies and all working within a 5S regime.

The Role:

• Drive efficient and consistent production by monitoring, maintaining and improving production processes.
• Support process manager with reporting of key metrics including Quality assurance, Quality Control and Product Development.
• Actively participate in the departments help-chain, to support with process related issues, investigate and diagnose manufacturing and quality deviations, equipment failures to root cause.
• Support collection and review of department specific process control data.
• Assist the process owner with the introduction and integration of new equipment.
• Participate in the departmental 5S regime, contributing to TPM implementation and OEE measurement and improvement for critical equipment.
• Actively engage in Continuous Improvement Kaizen events focused on process optimisation.

Preferred Skills:

• 5 years of process/manufacturing engineering experience in a production environment
• Understanding of manufacturing systems, quality tools and their practical application
• BSc / BEng in Engineering related discipline preferred, minimum BTEC Level III qualification in Engineering. Experience with Mix of 6 toolkit (Process Management, 6 Sigma, Flow / Value Stream Analysis / Lean Principles, Kaizen, Machine Reliability / Human Performance, Manufacturing ASAT)
• High level of computer literacy (Word / Excel / Project / Minitab)

Meridian Business Support is a recruitment specialist acting on behalf of our client as an Employment Agency for this vacancy.

Please note that this specific role may be subject to export control restrictions, including under ITAR. Any offer of employment from this particular company will be conditional on the successful candidate meeting the applicable legal requirements for access to controlled information or technology.

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