Our client, an established and growing manufacturing business, is looking for a hands on Production Engineer to drive operational improvement and new product development.

The role covers two areas: improving existing high volume production through efficiency, automation, layout and waste reduction, and supporting the industrialisation of new product streams from prototype through to repeatable commercial production.

You will work between the shop floor, equipment suppliers, production teams and senior management in a practical, delivery focused role.

Key Responsibilities

* Review current manufacturing processes and improve output, labour efficiency, material flow and quality

* Introduce practical automation and move manual processes towards semi automated production

* Develop improved jigs, fixtures, handling systems, conveyors, assembly methods and line layouts

* Analyse bottlenecks, downtime, waste and labour intensive tasks, t...