Manufacturing Engineer
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Start date: ASAP – urgent requirement
Contract: Interim Contract - assumed 3 to 6 months, potential extension
Location: West Yorkshire
Rate: Competitive to fit experience
A leading global manufacturer is seeking an experienced Manufacturing Engineer to join their team on a contract basis. This is an excellent opportunity to support a busy engineering and operations function, delivering manufacturing improvements, production support, and process optimisation within a technically challenging environment.
This role would suit a hands-on Manufacturing Engineer who can quickly integrate into an established team, solve complex manufacturing challenges, and deliver measurable improvements across production operations.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide day-to-day manufacturing engineering support across production, assembly, machining, testing and inspection processes.
- Resolve manufacturing, quality and process-related issues to improve safety, quality, delivery and cost performance.
- Develop and improve manufacturing methods, routings, process documentation and work instructions.
- Design and enhance tooling, fixtures, gauges and production aids to improve efficiency and repeatability.
- Lead root cause investigations and implement corrective actions using structured problem-solving techniques.
- Support New Product Introduction (NPI), process validation, production transfers and industrialisation activities.
- Work closely with production, quality and design engineering teams to improve manufacturability and operational performance.
- Drive Lean manufacturing and continuous improvement initiatives focused on waste reduction, productivity and process capability.
- Degree, HNC/HND, or equivalent qualification in Mechanical, Manufacturing or Production Engineering.
- Proven experience in a manufacturing engineering role within automotive, aerospace, industrial, precision engineering or a similar environment.
- Strong understanding of manufacturing processes, engineering drawings, GD&T and assembly methods.
- Experience supporting production operations and delivering practical engineering solutions in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
- Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, Continuous Improvement, 8D, 5 Why and root cause analysis methodologies.
- Experience with NPI, process validation, tooling improvements, process development or production readiness activities would be advantageous.
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Megan McConnell
MMegan specialises in Manufacturing/Engineering appointments across the North East, looking at roles from Engineer to Manager level with a Process, NPD, or Production Engineering focus. Megan joined Jackson Hogg in 2021, bringing over five years of prior recruitment experience. Before returning to her operational roots, Megan spent four years within the Research team, where she worked on global retained search projects and market research initiatives across a wide range of STEM sectors. Outside of work, Meg's loves to keep busy and is often out with her friends or travelling.
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