Manufacturing Process Engineer

Overview

In this Manufacturing Process Engineer role, you will support industrialisation, scale-up, and continuous improvement of specialist manufacturing processes within the Production Engineering team. You will work across engineering disciplines to create stable, repeatable production processes and hands-on solutions close to the line. The position emphasizes collaboration with production and technical teams to deliver practical, measurable improvements. A key focus is driving yield, throughput, and process stability at scale, contributing to the company’s manufacturing performance and capability growth.

Responsibilities

• Support industrialisation and scale-up of CCM manufacturing processes
• Develop and maintain manufacturing standards (SOPs, process parameters, routings)
• Assist with introduction of new equipment and automated systems
• Contribute to equipment specification, supplier engagement, FAT/SAT, commissioning, and handover
• Provide hands-on engineering support to production and troubleshoot issues
• Lead and participate in RCA and structured problem-solving
• Identify and implement process improvements to increase yield, throughput, quality, and stability
• Apply Lean Manufacturing and CI techniques to processes
• Support PFMEA/FMEA, risk assessment, and engineering changes
• Contribute to CapEx and capital equipment projects
• Support factory layout, material flow, and production workflow improvements
• Maintain accurate manufacturing and engineering documentation
• Capture and develop process knowledge for repeatable, scalable production
• Collaborate with Production, Engineering, Quality, Maintenance, and external suppliers to deliver improvements

Key requirements

• Experience in manufacturing, process engineering, production engineering or industrialisation
• Experience with process optimisation and continuous improvement
• Experience with manufacturing equipment and automated production systems
• Equipment introduction, commissioning or production handover
• FAT/SAT and working with equipment suppliers
• Root cause analysis and structured problem solving
• Lean Manufacturing / Continuous Improvement / Kaizen
• PFMEA / FMEA and engineering change management
• Manufacturing documentation, SOPs and process standards
• Using manufacturing data to identify and deliver process improvements
• Interpreting engineering drawings and technical documentation
• Coordinating technical or manufacturing projects
• Collaborative work with production, engineering, quality and maintenance teams
• Degree, HNC/HND or equivalent desirable

• Structured and analytical thinking
• Hands-on and production-focused
• Data-driven and methodical
• Manufacturing/process engineering in production environments
• Process optimisation and continuous improvement
• Manufacturing equipment and automated systems

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