Manufacturing Engineer

Overview

As a Manufacturing Engineer, you will design, set up and optimise the production of heat pumps at scale. You’ll work within a growing Portadown team to improve processes, ensure safety and quality, and support maintenance activities. Your role helps accelerate the deployment of home heating technology that reduces fossil-fuel dependence. You’ll collaborate cross-functionally to deliver scalable manufacturing solutions and contribute to Octopus Energy’s mission of greener, cheaper energy.

Responsibilities

• Plan, design, set up, test, modify, optimise and monitor manufacturing processes and equipment
• Identify and implement opportunities for process improvement
• Ensure equipment and processes meet health, safety, quality and environmental requirements
• Support maintenance to troubleshoot and repair manufacturing equipment
• Provide engineering input to maintenance planning and organization

Key requirements

• Minimum 3 years in technical engineering support within a mechanised, volume manufacturing setting
• Relevant engineering degree
• Strong technical expertise across engineering functions and practices
• Analytical and logical problem-solving approach
• Excellent interpersonal, presentation and communication skills; proven project management under tight deadlines
• Awareness of health, safety and environmental considerations
• Computer literacy with CAD and MS Office
• Knowledge of heat pump or heating equipment manufacturing is desirable but not essential
• Rotational moulding experience desirable but not essential

• strong communication
• team collaboration
• proactive problem solving
• CAD
• MS Office
• process engineering

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