Shop-Floor Production Engineer: CAD & Tooling Improvements

Talent STEM Ltd; Cramlington; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 51,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary up to £46k

Permanent role

Day shift

Shop-floor role

Manufacturing environment

Job summary

Talent STEM Ltd. in Northumberland is seeking a Production Engineer to work with an established manufacturing business. You will be hands-on on the shop floor, solving manufacturing problems and developing tooling with CAD support.

Ideal candidates combine practical engineering knowledge with strong problem-solving skills, capable of analysing issues and delivering workable improvements across production lines. This is a permanent, day-based role with clear opportunities for process optimisation.

Qualifications

• Hands-on production engineering experience on the shop floor.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings.
• Experience with tooling, fixtures or manufacturing process development would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on engineering support to production teams on the shop floor
• Investigate production issues and develop practical engineering solutions
• Develop, improve and optimise manufacturing processes
• Support improvements to productivity, quality, cycle times, scrap and downtime
• Use CAD to support the design and modification of tooling, fixtures and components
• Work closely with production, tooling, quality and engineering teams
• Support the introduction of new products, tooling and manufacturing methods
• Produce and update manufacturing instructions, SOPs and technical documentation
• Support tooling and process trials
• Identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities across production

Skills

Shop floor collaboration

Problem solving

Drawings interpretation

Manufacturing processes

CAD proficiency

Education

Mechanical/Manufacturing/Production Engineering qualification or equivalent

Tools

CAD

Job description

Talent STEM Ltd. in Northumberland is seeking a Production Engineer to work with an established manufacturing business. You will be hands-on on the shop floor, solving manufacturing problems and developing tooling with CAD support.

Ideal candidates combine practical engineering knowledge with strong problem-solving skills, capable of analysing issues and delivering workable improvements across production lines. This is a permanent, day-based role with clear opportunities for process optimisation.